ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with a brief discussion of the problems associated with the attempt to achieve an ideal management system of the area's resources. It discusses the principal resources of the region and the quantities of fish harvested in years; the fluctuations of fish populations, both natural and in response to fishing efforts; and the energy flow through the system from sunlight to man. Fish spawn once a year, and most marine fish produce very large numbers of eggs. Generally, the greater the weight of spawning fish, the more eggs spawned. A fishery, depending upon the normal life span of the targetted species, involves fish above a certain weight and therefore can include many year-classes. The weight of the population increases for four years as the fish grow and during this period the increase in weight is greater than the loss due to deaths of individuals.
