Spearfishing in Trinidad FINAL
4. What part of Trinidad and Tobago do you live in?
5. Reason for spearfishing
6. How were you introduced to spearfishing? How did you get into it?
7. No. of years spearfishing
10. Where do you usually dive from? Which beach or marina?
11. Where is your MAIN spearfishing area? (where do you most regularly dive?) You may select more than one
12. Average number of hours per trip spent spearfishing
13. Average number of trips made per month
14. Does your spearfishing activity change seasonally or do you spearfish all year round?
15. Average depth at which you free dive
16. Number of guns you currently own
17. Average number of spearfishers per boat
18. What species do you regularly catch
19. Average number of fish caught per trip by you ONLY
20. Average total weight of catch per trip by you ONLY (lbs)
21. What is your average number of different species caught per trip?
22. Minimum weight of fish you would shoot (E.g. 2lbs)
23. Do you sell your catch? If so why?
25. Do you ever rent a boat/charter to spearfish?
This question requires an answer
26. Please list your initial gear purchase costs in TT$ (only input gear you bought to begin spearfishing)
27. Average cost in TT$ of a spearfishing trip (exclusive of initial gear cost)
28. Approximately how much do you spend on spearfishing gear per year? (in TT$)
29. Please list names other persons you know to spearfish. This list will be used simply to quantify the number of spearfishers in Trinidad.
30. Here you can put any comments you would like to make.
E.g. Recommendations for the Fisheries to aid the spearfishing community
Positive/Negative trends in spearfishing over the years
What would you like to be done to protect the resource?
Do you know of any rules or laws with regard to spearfishing in Trinidad?
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