Appendix E
Types of Fish and Methods of Fishing
1.
NET FISHING - LONG NET, THROWN NET
Scientific Name
Island
Ik kadre
A fish
Chelon vaigiensus
Rongelap - long net
Utot or dibab
butterfly fish
Chaetodon anriga
Uterik - long net
Pajrok
chub or rudder fish
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Rongelap, Wotho, Ailuk
Balle
Starry flounder
Platichthys stellus
Ailuk - long net
Jome
goatfish
Mulloidichyhys auriflama
Rongelpa, Urerik - thrown
Jo
goatfish
Mulloidicthys samoensis
Rongelap - long net
Rongelap - thrown net
Marshallese Name
or
wut
wot
Method
net
‘
Wotho - not specified
Aliluk -
grouper
Rongelap, Ailuk - long net
Tinar
small grouper
Ailuk -
Kalemee j
blue spotted grouper
Ailuk -
Kuro
grouper
Epinephelus fuscogultatus
Ailuk -
Ettou
mackerel
Trachurops crumepthalmus
Rongelap - thrown net,
long net
Tool
mullet
Rongelap, Wotho - long net
Akor
mullet
Chelon vaigiensis
Uterik ~ long and thrown net
Tak
needle fish
Mao or Mera
parrot fish
Momo
Epinephelus hexagonatus
Cepahalopholis argus
Crenmugil crenilabis
Belone platyura, Raphiobelone robusta
Rongelap, Ailuk ~- long net
Wotho, Ailuk
Scarus jonesi/sordidus
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