The vulnerability of reproductively active squaretail coralgrouper (Plectropomus areolatus) to fishing

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-203

  Rhodes, Kevin L ^a   Tupper, Mark H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS;

EID: 43949120754     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Aguilar-Perera, A. 2007. Disappearance of a Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off the southern Mexican coast. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 327:289-296.
2. Beets, J., and A. Friedlander. 1998. Evaluation of a conservation strategy: a spawning aggregation closure for red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Environ. Biol. Fishes 55:91-98.
3. Chapman, R. W., G. R. Sedberry, C. C. Koenig, and B. E. Eleby. 1999. Stock identification of gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, along the southeast coast of the United States. Mar. Biotechnol. 1:137-146.
4. Coleman, F. C., C. C. Koenig, A.-M. Eklund, and C. B. Grimes. 1999. Management and conservation of temperate reef fishes in the grouper-snapper complex of the southeastern United States. In Life in the fast lane: ecology and conservation of long-lived marine animals (J. A. Musick, ed.), p. 233-242. Am. Fish. Soc., Bethesda, MD.
5. Coleman, F. C., C. C. Koenig, G. R. Huntsman, J. A. Musick, A. M. Eklund, J. C. McGovern, R. W. Chapman, G. R. Sedberry, and C. B. Grimes. 2000. Long-lived reef fishes: the grouper-snapper complex. Fisheries 25:14-20.
6. Craig, A. K. 1969. The grouper fishery of Cay Glory, British Honduras. Ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr. 59:252-263.
7. Matos-Caraballo, D., J. M. Posada, and B. E. Luckhurst. 2006. Fishery-dependent evaluation of a spawning aggregation of tiger grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Bull. Mar. Sci. 79(1):1-16.
8. Nemeth, R. 2005. Population characteristics of a recovering US Virgin Islands red hind spawning aggregation following protection. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 286:81-97.
9. Nemeth, R. S., J. Blondeau, S. Herzlieb, and E. Kadison. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of movement and migration at spawning aggregations of red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Environ. Biol. Fishes 78:365-381.
10. Olsen, D. A., and J. A. LaPlace. 1979. A study of a Virgin Islands grouper fishery based on a breeding aggregation. Proc. Gulf Caribb. Fish. Inst. 31:130-144.
11. Rhodes, K. L., and Y. Sadovy. 2002. Temporal and spatial trends in spawning aggregations of camouflage grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker 1849) in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Environ. Biol. Fishes 63:27-39.
12. Rhodes, K. L., and M. H. Tupper. 2007. A preliminary market-based analysis of the Pohnpei, Micronesia, grouper (Serranidae: Epinepheline) fishery reveals unsustainable fishing practices. Coral Reefs 26:335-344.
13. Rhodes, K. L., M. H. Tupper and C. B. Wichilmel. 2007. Characterization and management of the commercial sector of the Pohnpei coral reef fishery, Micronesia. Coral Reefs, DOI (digital object identifier) 10.1007/x00338-007- 0331.
14. Rose, G. A. 1993. Cod spawning on a migration highway in the northwest Atlantic. Nature 366:458-461.
15. Sadovy, Y. J., and M. Domeier. 2005. Are aggregation-fisheries sustainable? Reef fish fisheries as a case study. Coral Reefs 24:254-262.
16. Sadovy, Y., and A. M. Eklund. 1999. Synopsis of biological data on the Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792), and the jewfish, E. itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822). NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 146, 68 p.
17. Sadovy, Y. J., T. J. Donaldson, T. R. Graham, F. McGilvray, G. J. Muldoon, M. J. Phillips, M. A. Rimmer, A. Smith, and B. Yeeting. 2003. While stocks last: the live reef food fish trade, 147 p. Asian Development Bank Pubis., Manila, Philippines.
18. Sala, E., E. Ballasteros, and R. M. Starr. 2001. Rapid decline of Nassau grouper spawning aggregations in Belize: Fishery management and conservation needs. Fisheries 26:23-30.
19. Samoilys, M. A. 1997. Movement in a large predatory fish: coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae), on Heron Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 16:151-159.
20. Starr, R. M., E. Sala, E. Ballesteros, and M. Zabala. 2007. Spatial dynamics of the Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus in a Caribbean atoll. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 343:239-249.
21. Tupper, M., and K. Able. 2000. Habitat use, movements, and food habits of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Delaware Bay (USA): comparisons between a restored and a reference salt marsh. Mar. Biol. 137:1049-1058.
22. Vincent, A. C. J., and Y. Sadovy. 1998. Reproductive ecology in the conservation and management of fishes. In Behavioural ecology and conservation biology (T. Caro, ed.), p. 209-245. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY.
23. Zeller, D. C. 1998. Spawning aggregations: patterns of movement of the coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae) as determined by ultrasonic telemetry. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 162:253-26.