In remote, data-poor fisheries like this one, surveys asking fishers to recall their catch and effort are often the only practicable method. Self-reported data are less reliable than observed data, especially in this case where we are annual estimates by asking fishers to recall their reconstructing behavior and catch over a relatively long time frame. Fortunately. carefully designed surveys can deliver similar results as creel-type surveys, although they are prone to over-estimation (Kuster 2006)