Caribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida|
| Marine Resource Fact Sheet |
| | | Caribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , is part of WECAFC Stock Status Reports data collection. |
| | Related observations | Locate in inventory | | | | Species: | | FAO Names: en - Caribbean spiny lobster, fr - Langouste blanche, es - Langosta común del Caribe |
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| Geographic extent of Caribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida
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| 5 | Gulf of Mexico |
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| 6 | Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf |
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| | Main Descriptors | Considered a single stock: Yes
Spatial Scale: National
Management unit: Yes
Reference year: 2009
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| Considered a single stock: A group of individuals in a species occupying a well defined spatial range independent of other stocks of the same species. It can be affected by random dispersal movements and directed migrations due to seasonal or reproductive activity. |
| Spatial Scale: Spatial scale contains a standard term such as Global, Regional (e.g. for the whole Atlantic), sub-regional (e.g. for a part of the Atlantic), national, local (for sub-national levels). |
| 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. |
| | | | | | Biological State and 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 and Biology Climatic zone: Tropical. Vertical distribution: Benthic. Geographical Distribution Jurisdictional distribution: National Geo References  | | Geographic extent of Caribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida
| Large Marine Ecosystem Areas (LME) | 5: Gulf of Mexico | | 6: Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf |
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| | | | | | Intersecting Major FAO areas and LME areas |
The following area codes have been found as intersecting the distribution of Caribbean spiny lobster - USA Florida Resource Structure Considered a single stock: Yes Exploitation 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. Assessment 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. Assessment Model 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. Overall Assessment 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. Scientific 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 Source of information 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.pdfBibliography 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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