Caribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida|
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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. |
| | ident Block | ident Block | | | | Species List: | | Species Ref: en - Caribbean spiny lobster, fr - Langouste blanche, es - Langosta común del Caribe |
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| Large Marine Ecosystem Areas (LME) |
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| 5 | Gulf of Mexico |
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| 6 | Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf |
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| | Aq Res | Biological Stock: Yes
Value: National
Management unit: Yes
Reference year: 2009
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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 - USA Florida
| Large Marine Ecosystem Areas (LME) | 5: Gulf of Mexico | | 6: Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf |
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Water Area OverviewCaribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida Aq Res Struct Biological Stock: Yes Exploit Spiny lobster landings off Florida peak in 2 000 at 10.1 million pounds. The commercial trap fishery takes approximately 70 percent of the annual harvest of Florida stock with the recreational (dive) fishery removing about 22 percent annually of the total harvest. Annual effort peaked in 1991 fishing season at approximately 44 000 trips. Subsequently, Florida enacted a trap reduction program to cap trap effort at 400 000 traps. Bio Assess Stock status of Florida Caribbean Spiny Lobster is determined using two main model types: a modified Dulury estimator and the Integrated Catch at Age (ICA) model. Data Data are available on total harvest, seven catch per unit of effort indices representing the commercial fishery and eight fishery independent surveys, commercial and recreational catch at size information. Assess Models Type: Age-structured Modified Dulury Estimator Model The Dulury population model provide estimates of recruitment, vulnerable biomass, catchability, and fishing mortality. Integrated Catch at Age (ICA) model The ICA model estimates fishing mortality and population size (numbers) by size category. Results The primary areas of uncertainties in the status of Florida stocks include data weaknesses and modeling inconsistencies. Data concerns exist regarding the most representative growth curve, estimates of natural mortality, lack of annual age length keys for use in tracking cohort strength, and relatively short time series of age 3+ (adult biomass) abundance indices. Model concerns include existence of retrospective patterns in model estimates producing underestimates of fishing mortality in recent years, selection of appropriate status reference points for use in quantifying stock status. Sci Advice Areas of concern on US Caribbean spiny lobster stocks include: the need for more extensive review of the representative growth characterizations, evaluation of uncertainties in basic catch (landings) and effort statistics, concerns on non-reporting and under-reporting by commercial fishers, lack of quantification of recreational harvest, selection of appropriate stock assessment model, adoption of harmonized data collection standards for characterizing landings and population model inputs (e.g. catch, CPUE, size by relevant strata (year/season, month, area, gear, age), and selection of appropriate harvest control rule. 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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