Assessment of the sea cucumber resource and fishery in the Bolinao-Anda reef system

Autor: Ronald Dionnie D. Olavides, Christine Mae A. Edullantes, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Science Diliman, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 1-12 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0115-7809
2012-0818
Popis: Fishery-independent and -dependent surveys were conducted to assess the status of the sea cucumber resource and fishery in Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan. Thirty-five species of holothurians were recorded in 25 sampling stations within seagrass beds, coral reefs and mixed habitats. The estimated total population density of all aspidochirote sea cucumber species is 63 ind. ha-1. The artisanal multi-species fishery is at present primarily based on Holothuria scabra, Stichopus horrens and Bohadschia marmorata although there are indications that other high-value species were fished to local extinction. Taken together, the small sizes (
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