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| Caribbean spiny lobster - Gulf of Mexico Mexican waters |
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| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , is part of WECAFC Stock Status Reports data collection. |
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| ident Block | ident Block | | | | Species List: | | Species Ref: en - Caribbean spiny lobster, fr - Langouste blanche, es - Langosta común del Caribe |
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| Aq Res | Biological Stock: Yes Value: Local
Management unit: Yes Reference year: 2017
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| Considered a management unit: An aquatic resource or fishery is declared as [Fishery] Management Unit if it is effectively the focus for the application of selected management methods and measures, within the broader framework of a management system. According to the FAO Glossary for Responsible Fishing, "a Fishery Management Unit (FMU) is a fishery or a portion of a fishery identified in a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) relevant to the FMP's management objectives." FMU's may be organised around fisheries biological, geographic, economic, technical, social or ecological dimensions , and the makeup and attribute of a fishery management unit depends mainly on the FMP's management objectives. |
| Jurisdictional distribution: Jurisdictional qualifier (e.g. "shared", "shared - highly migratory") of the aquatic resource related with its spatial distribution. |
| Environmental group: Classification of the aquatic resource according to the environmental group (e.g. pelagic invertebrate, or demersal fish) to which the species belong. |
| Reference Year: The Reference Year is the last year considered in the stock assessment and/or fishery status. |
| | | | | | Aq Res State Trend Several country reports (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bahamas, Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba) indicate a fully fished or stable status, while for other countries (Caribbean Netherlands, Dominican Republic, France, Honduras, Panama and United States of America) the status of stocks is unknown (FAO, 2015). Habitat Bio Climatic Zone: Tropical. Vertical Dist: Benthic. Geo Dist Geo Dist: National Water Area Overview  | | Water Area Overview Caribbean spiny lobster - Gulf of Mexico Mexican waters
| Large Marine Ecosystem Areas (LME) | 5: Gulf of Mexico |
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Water Area OverviewCaribbean spiny lobster - Gulf of Mexico Mexican waters Aq Res Struct Biological Stock: Yes Exploit Total landings reached a peak in the 1980s with 1 700 tonnes. Since then, an overall downward trend has been observed with some growth from 2008 onwards. Bio Assess Results The spiny lobster fishery in Mexico can be considered stable and observed fluctuations are due to the impact of environmental factors and coastal development. Sci Advice • Stock assessment models need to be improved incorporating the distribution of fishing effort and lobster stocks, as well as migration and recolonization patterns of fishing areas. • To increase and strengthen the interdisciplinary approach and the integration of scientific and non-scientific knowledge. • Given the complexity of the Caribbean spiny lobster life cycle and its wide distribution, it is necessary that fishery management is made by fishing areas with national and regional regulations. • Strengthen fisheries monitoring with periodic stock assessments. Management Management unit: Yes Sources FAO. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission. 2019. Review of the state of fisheries and fisheries resources in the WECAFC region. Meeting document WECAFC/SAG/IX/2018/3 of the ninth session of the Scientific Advisory Group, Christ Church, Barbados, 19-20 November 2018.  http://www.fao.org/fi/static-media/MeetingDocuments/WECAFC/SAG2018/3e.pdfFAO. 2019. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission/FAO Comisión Central de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro-Occidental. 2019. Report of the second meeting of the OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM/CFMC Working Group on Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 21–23 March 2018/Informe de la segunda reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de OSPESCA/COPACO/CRFM/CFMC sobre la Langosta Espinosa del Caribe, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 21-23 de marzo 2018. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/Informe de Pesca y Acuicultura. No. 1264. Bridgetown. 68 pp. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. http://www.fao.org/3/ca4984b/CA4984B.pdf Bibliography FAO. Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission/FAO Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest/FAO Comisión Central de Pesca para el Atlántico CentroOccidental. 2019. Report of the ninth session of the Scientific Advisory Group, Christ Church, Barbados, 19-20 November 2018. Rapport de la neuvième session du Groupe scientifique consultatif, Christ Church, Barbade, 19-20 Novembre 2018. Informe de la octava sesión del Grupo Asesor Científico, Christ Church, Barbados, 19-20 de Noviembre de 2018. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report/Rapport sur les pêches et l’aquaculture/Informe de Pesca y Acuicultura. No. 1266. Bridgetown, 156 pp. http://www.fao.org/3/ca4776t/ca4776t.pdfAll references to figures, tables and bibliography in the text are found within the source of information. |
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