2019-03-162019-03-161993Nearshore marine resources of the South Pacific: information for fisheries development and management. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji. [open access]https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/2938All fisheries should, ideally, pass through a four stage process of appraisal, assessment, management and monitoring. Fisheries assessment methods are reviewed, as are methods for parameter estimation. A cost effective system for assessing and monitoring small scale multispecies, multi-gear fisheries is described, based on sample surveys of the fishery, routine fishing with standardized gear for data acquisition, assessment of the status of individual fish stocks and establishing a permanent monitoring system.application/pdfBook Chapter