Contents
      1. Type of Data Currently Collected:
      2. Methods Used for Data Collection: 
      3. Challenges
      4. New Approach Used. 
                                       1. Type of Data Collected
                             Type of Data    Details 
                             Scientific:    • Status of sea cucumber stock
                                            • Status of fisheries resources at Special Management Areas (SMAs) 
                                            • Status of the coastal fish stocks
                             Social:        • Social and economic status of House Holds
                                            • Number of fishers
                                            • Number of fishing vessels
                                            • Information on Fishing techniques and gears
                             Aquaculture:    Hatchery production
                                             Nursery production
                                             Farm production
                             Economic:       Local Fish market prices
                                             Estimated fish sold at locally
                                             Export data
                             Compliance &  Record of reported offences
                             Enforcement    Record of court cases
                                            Record of licenses issued
                                     2. Method used to collect data 
                             Type of Data      Details                                        Methodology
                             Scientific:      •  Status of sea cucumber stock                 •  In-water resources assessment
                                              •  Status of fisheries resources at Special     •  In-water resources assessment
                                                 Management Areas (SMAs) 
                                              •  Status of the coastal fish stocks            •  Artisanal unloading, creel survey, Bio-
                                                                                                 sampling
                             Social:          •  Social and economic status of House Holds    •  Households survey using 
                                              •  Number of fishers                               Questionnaires
                                              •  Number of fishing vessels                    •  Fishers survey using Questionnaires
                                              •  Information on Fishing techniques and gears •   Fisheries Census using Questionnaires
                             Aquaculture:       Hatchery production                            Logbooks
                                                Nursery production                             Logbooks
                                                Farm production                                Logbooks
                             Economic:          Local Fish market prices                       Local Market survey
                                                Estimated fish sold locally
                                                Export data
                             Compliance &     Record of reported offences                       Logbooks
                             Enforcement      Record of court cases                             Logbooks
                                              Record of licenses issued                         Registrations
                                         2. Method used to collect data 
                                Type of Data       Details                                        Methodology
                                Scientific:       •   Status of sea cucumber stock                •   In-water resources assessment
                                                  •   Status of fisheries resources at Special    •   In-water resources assessment
                                                      Management Areas (SMAs) 
                                                  •   Status of the coastal fish stocks           •   Artisanal unloading, creel survey, Bio-sampling
                                Social:           •   Social and economic status of House         •   Households survey using Questionnaires
                                                      Holds                                       •   Fishers survey using Questionnaires
                                                  •   Number of fishers                           •   Fisheries Census using Questionnaires
                                                  •   Number of fishing vessels
                                                  •   Information on Fishing techniques and 
                                                      gears
                                Aquaculture:         Hatchery production                            Logbooks
                                                     Nursery production                             Logbooks
                                                     Farm production                                Logbooks
                                Economic:            Local Fish market prices                       Local Market survey
                                                     Estimated fish sold at locally                 Fisheries Census
                                                     Estimated fish exported                        Export data
                                Compliance &  Record of reported offences                            Logbooks
                                Enforcement       Record of court cases                              Logbooks
                                                  Record of licenses issued                          Registrations
               3. Challenges
         Lack of technical skills among staffs (data 
         collection, data management, data analysis)
         Lack of research technologies and equipments – 
         Bio-sampling, etc
         Accurate and consistent Data ( from fishers)
         Improve the coverage of data collection for 
         coastal fisheries (Increase number of SMAs, 
         data from different landing sites throughout 
         Tonga)
         Statistical analysis software
         Data from near shore fisheries –FAD fishery, 
         game fishing