Survey and estimates of commercially viable populations of the sea cucumber Actinopyga mauritiana (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), on Tinian island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Pacific Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Trianni, Michael S ^a   Bryan, Patrick G ^b  

^a CmwNorthernMariana Islands DivFish ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; QUOTA SYSTEM; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TINIAN;

ACTINOPYGA; ACTINOPYGA MAURITIANA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 1942475386     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2004.0009     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Allee, W. C., A. E. Emerson, O. Park, T. Park, and K. P. Schmidt. 1949. Principles of animal ecology. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. Amesbury, S. S., and A. M. Kerr. 1996. Data collection methods for beche-de-mer resource management in Micronesia. Pages 53-59 in R. Richmond, ed. Suggestions for the Management of Sea Cucumber Resources in Micronesia, Results of the Workshop, A regional management plan for a sustainable sea cucumber fishery for Micronesia. Univ. Guam Lab. Tech. Rep. 101.
3. Barrett, J. P., and J. S. Philbrook. 1970. Dot grid area estimates: Precision by repeated trials. J. For. 68:149-151.
4. Cochran, W. G. 1977. Sampling techniques. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
5. Conand, C. 1990. The fishery resources of Pacific island countries. Part 2: Holothurians. F.A.O. Fish. Tech. Pap. 272 (2).
6. Conand, C. 1997. Are holothurian fisheries for export sustainable? Proc. Int. Congr. Reefs, Panama, 2:2021-2026.
7. Conand, C. 2001. Overview of sea cucumbers fisheries over the last decade-What possibilities for a durable management? Pages 339-344 in M. Barker, ed. Echinoderms 2000. Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, the Netherlands.
8. Conand, C., and M. Byrne. 1993. A review of recent developments in the world sea cucumber fisheries. Mar. Fish. Rev. 55:1-13.
9. Dalzell, P., T. J. H. Adams, and N. V. C. Polunin. 1996. Coastal fisheries in the Pacific Islands. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 34:395-531.
10. Ebert, T. A. 1983. Recruitment in echinoderms. Pages 169-203 in M. Jangoux and J. M. Lawrence, eds. Echinoderm studies. Vol. 1. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
11. Eldredge, L. G. 1982. Summary of environmental and fishing information on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands: Historical background, description of the islands, and review of the climate, oceanography, and submarine topography. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFC-40.
12. Eldredge, L. G., and R. H. Randall. 1980. Atlas of the reefs and beaches of Saipan, Tinian and Rota. University of Guam Marine Laboratory.
13. Ferdouse, F. 1999. Bêche-de-mer markets and utilization. South Pac. Comm. Beche-de-Mer Inf. Bull. 11:3-9.
14. Jacquemet, S., and C. Conand. 1999. The bêche-de-mer trade in 1995/1996 and an assessment of exchanges between the main world markets. South Pac. Comm. Beche-de-Mer Inf. Bull. 12:11-14.
15. Jenkins, M., and T. A. Mulliken. 1999. Evolution of exploitation in the Galapagos Islands: Ecuador's sea cucumber trade. TRAFFIC (Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network) Bull. 17 (3): 107-118.
16. Kerr, A. M., E. M. Stoffel, and R. L. Yoon. 1993. Abundance distribution of holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) on a windward and leeward fringing coral reef, Guam, Mariana Islands. Bull. Mar. Sci. 52 (2): 780-791.
17. Preston, G. L. 1993. Bêche-de-mer. Pages 371-407 in A. Wright and L. Hill, eds. Nearshore marine resources of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies, Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara, and International Centre for Ocean Development, Halifax.
18. Richmond, R. 1996. Introduction and overview. Pages 2-6 in R. Richmond, ed. Suggestions for the management of sea cucumber resources in Micronesia, Results of the workshop, A regional management plan for a sustainable sea cucumber fishery for Micronesia. Univ. Guam Lab. Tech. Rep. 101.
19. Richmond, R., D. Hopper, and P. Martinez. 1996. The biology and ecology of sea cucumbers. Pages 7-31 in R. Richmond, ed. Suggestions for the management of sea cucumber resources in Micronesia, Results of the workshop, A regional management plan for a sustainable sea cucumber fishery for Micronesia. Univ. Guam Lab. Tech. Rep. 101.
20. Rowe, F. W. E., and J. Gates. 1995. Echinodermata. In A. Wells, ed. Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. CSIRO, Melbourne.
21. Sladek Nowlis, J., and C. Roberts. 1999. Fisheries benefits and optimal design of marine reserves. Fish. Bull. 97:604-616.
22. Smith, R. O. 1947. Summary of the fisheries of the former Japanese Mandated Islands. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Fish. Leafl. 273.
23. SPC. 1994. Sea cucumbers and bêche-de-mer of the tropical Pacific: A handbook for fishers. South Pacific Commission Handbook no. 18.
24. Trianni, M. S. 2002a. Summary of data collected from the sea cucumber fishery on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Beche-de-Mer Info. Bull. 16:5-11.
25. Trianni, M. S. 2002b. Evaluation of the resource following the sea cucumber fishery of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Proc. 9th Int. Coral Reef Symp., Bali, Indonesia (in press).
26. Tsuda, R. T. 1997. Survey of commercially valued sea cucumbers in the Saipan Lagoon, CNMI. Beche-de-Mer Info. Bull. 9:15-17.
27. Uthicke, S., and J. A. H. Benzie. 2001. Effect of bêche-de-mer fishing on densities and size structure of Holothuria nobilis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) populations on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 19:271-276.
28. Zoutendyk, D. 1989. Trial processing and marketing of surf redfish (Actinopyga mauritiana) bêche-de-mer on Rarotonga, and its export potential in the Cook Islands. Ministry of Marine Resources Report, Cook Islands.