Manuka

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2008

Population

Total number of households: 44 households
Estimated total population: 313 people
Number of households surveyed: 19 households
Average household size: 7.1 people

Source of income

% Fishing % Salary
1st source of income 52.6 15.8
2nd source of income 5.3 21.1
(percentage of households)

Seafood consumption

Fresh fish77.6 kg per adult per year
Invertebrates2.3 kg per adult per year
Canned fish10.0 kg per adult per year

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2008

Extrapolated total catch
(based on catch composition reported by fishers)

FamilyTotal weight
(tons/year)		 Percentage
of total catch
Acanthuridae 7.62 19.6 %
Balistidae 0.33 0.9 %
Carangidae 0.53 1.4 %
Holocentridae 0.66 1.7 %
Labridae 0.36 0.9 %
Lethrinidae 15.11 38.9 %
Lutjanidae 2.78 7.1 %
Scaridae 4.64 11.9 %
Serranidae 3.22 8.3 %
Siganidae 3.64 9.4 %
Others 0.16 0.4 %