Longliners have inboard engines. Engine capacity is increasing to reflect changes in vessel carrying capacity. Over 65 percent of annual fish landings comprise offshore migratory pelagics such as dolphinfish, wahoo and tuna and tuna-like species, captured mainly between December and June each year. Flyingfish form an important but variable component of the catch, and a multitude of shallow reef and bank fish species and several coastal pelagic species are also key components of the catch. Pelagics are captured using surface trolling by hand and, to an increasing extent, mechanized midwater longlines.
Fish traps capture reef fishes and lobsters.
There is a traditional fishery for small cetaceans and a regulated conch and sea urchin fishery. There are no inland fisheries of commercial importance. A traditional fishery for local freshwater prawns remains closed at present due to resource decline. Utilization of the catch Virtually all the catch is consumed locally. There are now facilities at most of the landing sites offering changing rooms, a fish market, gear mending facilities and a cooperative facility for the fishermen.