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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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 ?

8. Slice M2
Lethrinus atkinsoni Reef fish kg
Lutjanus bohar Reef fish kg
Birgus latro Crab FB kg
Birgus latro Crab M kg
S/B fill with F=Female; FB=Female in berry; M=male for crustaceans

9. 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

10. Slices M3-M4 Lethrinus atkinsoni FL 34 cm 0.8 kg
Lutjanus bohar FL 25 cm kg
Lutjanus bohar FL 30 cm kg
Lutjanus bohar FL 34 cm kg
Birgus latro Crab FB cm kg
Birgus latro Crab FB cm kg
Birgus latro Crab M cm 1 kg

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

12. Slice M5 X
Market fee USD 20
Ice USD X
Wage s USD 50

13. Slice M5 Reef fish Kg USD 2 Fresh Reef fish Kg USD 2.5 Smoked
Crab Piece USD Live

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

15. 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

16. 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

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