Market Surveys Credit: M. Blanc Credit: M. Kronen

So what is a market survey ? Market survey A market survey is looking at what vendors have for sale Fish can be sold at the market, along the roads etc Credit: A. Teteilbaum Credit: P. Boblin

Market survey data Types of information Informations about vendors (marketers) Species for sale and quantities Species lengths/weights Processing types Income & costs Marketer perceptions and changes in time

Market survey form Header : it identifies the survey sheet, who, when, where Atlantis fisheries 1512 Atlantis island USD Tummoil fish market 08/10/2014 Maria Bentanu Joseph Iliko

Slice M1 X Baldur & Sons 5 Harbor road 5th, Tummoil Jon Baldur X 04/11/1978 Tummoil X X Maria Baldur Wife 08/09/1980

Slice M1 15 12 X Patata market 6 80 10 5 5 USD 150 130

Slice M1 Examples of outputs Number of vendors per stall Average number of vendors per stall Average income per stall per day What else could we extract ?

Slice M2 Lethrinus atkinsoni Reef fish 34 15 kg Lutjanus bohar Reef fish 20 18 kg Birgus latro Crab FB 2 4 kg Birgus latro Crab M 3 5 kg S/B fill with F=Female; FB=Female in berry; M=male for crustaceans

Slice M2 Examples of outputs Catch for sale composition by species – Avg number Catch for sale composition by species – Avg weight Species % contribution Lutjanus gibbus 36.3 Lutjanus kasmira 10.7 Lethrinus obsoletus 5.7 Sphyraena forsteri 5.0 Epinephelus polyphekadion 4.5 Epinephelus tauvina 3.6 Epinephelus merra 2.9 Lutjanus fulvus 2.8 Lutjanus monostigma 2.6 Sargocentron spiniferum

Slices M3-M4 Lethrinus atkinsoni FL 34 cm 0.8 kg Lutjanus bohar FL 25 cm 0.40 kg Lutjanus bohar FL 30 cm 0.55 kg Lutjanus bohar FL 34 cm 0.58 kg Birgus latro Crab FB 25 cm 1.8 kg Birgus latro Crab FB 30 cm 2.2 kg Birgus latro Crab M 28 cm 1 kg

Slices M3-M4 Examples of outputs Catch size/weights by species Catch composition by family– Avg size and weight Size frequency by species

Slice M5 X Market fee USD 20 Ice USD 10 X Wage s USD 50

Slice M5 Reef fish Kg USD 2 Fresh Reef fish Kg USD 2.5 Smoked Crab Piece 1 USD 5 Live

Slice M5 Examples of outputs Origin of marine products for sale Average selling cost Average market cost per cost type

Slice M6 15 5 X Growing vegetables 10 X Less fishes are landed by fishers X Fishes for sale are smaller X Selling more surgeonfishes

Slice M6 Fishes are getting smaller and there are fewer There is a high demand from hotels but we can’t provide the species they want

Slice M6 Examples of outputs Number of years selling Selling same seafoods, quantities and size as 5 years ago