CPUE and discard analysis
Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) and discards from small scale pot were analyzed and shown in
Table 2 Average CPUE of the blue swimming crab from 6 operations was 2.81 crabs/pot. Fishermen
retained only the blue swimming crab and discarded all the others. Average discard ratio and discard
rate were 0.30 and 0.22 respectively. The average discard/pot was 0.76.