Bushmeat Database

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Bushmeat Catch per Unit Effort in space and time: a monitoring tool for bushmeat hunting
Author
Author	Rist, J.
Year
Year	2007
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Volume
Volume	PhD
Pages
Pages
Abstract
Abstract	This study evaluates the potential of using Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) as an index of abundance with which to monitor exploited tropical forest species, and so aid the sustainable management of bushmeat hunting. Both the theoretical validity and practical feasibility of the CPUE model are investigated using data collected from a 15 month study based in the hunting community of Midyobo Anvom, Equatorial Guinea. Economic measures of hunting effort were found to be as good at explaining variation in catch as biologically-relevant measures, and hunter skill is likely to be an important factor in reducing unexplained variation in hunter catch. Hunters were found to be quantitatively and spatially accurate in the reporting of their hunting activities and locally-based methods of data collection were able to reliably detect useful levels of change in community-level CPUE. The existence of a proportional relationship between CPUE and density was found for some of the principle bushmeat prey species. This study concludes that a bushmeat CPUE index has the potential to be both theoretically valid and practically feasible, and as part of a wider management strategy involving food and livelihood alternatives could make a valuable contribution to the achievement of sustainable levels of bushmeat hunting.
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