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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"lobster fishery"”.
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Succulent and spiny : the Bahamas' quest for a sustainable lobster fishery
The Caribbean spiny lobster fishery is one of the most important industries in the economy of the Bahamas, and in turn it is one of the largest lobster industries in the world. The natural geography of the Bahamas makes its waters into a lobster haven that Bahamian fishermen have successfully …
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Comparison of three survey methods applied to the recreational rock lobster fishery of Western Australia.
A mail survey of recreational rock lobster licence holders has been conducted annually since 1986. The results from this survey have been used in the management of the recreational rock lobster fishery in Western Australia. Mail surveys are susceptible to non-response and recall bias. The key to …
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Towards operationalising an ecosystem approach to the Namibian rock lobster fishery : identifying management objectives and indicators
… methodology was repeated for the Namibian Rock Lobster fishery. Highly prioritised issues from the workshop were used to construct causal maps and value trees, for which indicators were suggested in consultation with stakeholders. The results of the ERA confirmed that there is a severe lack of …
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The development of an operational management procedure for the South African west coast rock lobster fishery
… TAC for the South African west coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) fishery. This fishery has been under considerable stress in recent years as a result of overfishing and low somatic growth rates. Present catch levels, less than 2000 MT, are substantially smaller than levels recorded in the …
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A historical analysis of the West Coast rock lobster fishery in South Africa with forward-looking implications for policy
The newly formed Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began collecting data on fisheries in the early 1950s. At this time, the industry faced a period of extremely rapid expansion. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the growth of yields far exceeded human population growth while fisheries remained …
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Planning for the strategic management of South Africa's West Coast rock lobster fishery : an integrated approach to group decision support
… for the future management of the West Coast Rock Lobster fishery. The primary objective of the study was to consider an integrated approach to group decision support, incorporating a particular soft-OR approach, SODA, together with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). An integration of these …
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The Effect of "Casitas" on Lobster Biology and Fishery Sustainability in the Bahamas
… fishing gear used to harvest Caribbean spiny lobster (<em>Panulirus argus</em>) in the Caribbean and in The Bahamas, where lobster is the most valuable fishery. Yet, casitas are largely unregulated in The Bahamas and they may threaten fishery sustainability through alteration of lobster …
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Human health and environmental risk assessments: politics or science?
… of pollution to occur. Areas of the Belledune fishery are now unfit for human consumption after being subjected to “risk free” pollution; however, rather than close the lobster fishery, all lobsters caught within a 4-mile radius of the smelter in Belledune, are bought by the polluter, and then …
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The impact of seasonal movements by ovigerous American lobsters (Homarus americanus) on egg development and larval release
<p>The American lobster (Homarus americanus) supports one of the most economically successful fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. The continued success of this fishery is attributed in part to vigilant broodstock conservation through the preservation of ovigerous (egg-bearing) females. Previous studies …
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Uptake of manganese into the exoskeleton of the swimming crab Liocarcinus depurator (L.) in relation to biomonitoring and biosorption
… and is often caught as bycatch from the common lobster fishery grounds. This study aims to employ the species in relation to the biomonitoring potential for Mn in the Scottish inshore waters and in UK monitoring programmes by choosing Loch Fyne in the west coast of Scotland as a naturally high …
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The rise and fall of the spiny lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in the Hauraki Gulf, northeastern New Zealand
The spiny lobster (Jasus edwardsii) is a critical sea urchin predator on Australasian rocky reefs. In New Zealand, J. edwardsii also supports the country’s most valuable inshore commercial fishery, and subsequently is subjected to intense fishing pressure. While marine reserves have long been shown …