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Indirect effects of recreational fishing on spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) behavior, mortality and population dynamics.

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: The most obvious impact of a fishery is the large amount of biomass removed. Fishing also impacts and disturbs animals that are not caught, but interact with fishing gears. These indirect effects of fishing often go unnoticed but may be an important component of the overall ecosystem modification for which fisheries are responsible. In this study, we quantified indirect effects within the Caribbean spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) fishery in the Florida Keys, USA, including mechanisms that resulted in behavioral modification and lobster mortality, and potential population and economic consequences of these indirect effects. The spiny lobster fishery in the Florida Keys has intense recreational sport-diver effort during a 2d mini-season in which 80-90 % of legal lobsters are removed from some areas, and an over capitalized commercial trap fishery where>900,000 lobster traps are deployed annually. In field surveys we observed a 27 % increase in the density of injured lobsters on

Source: NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries)

Author: Darren M. Parsons

Language: English

Topic: Marine and fisheries research

Subfield: Aquatic Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, North Carolina State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

OpenAlex ID: W2520074765

FWCI: 0.751

Cites: 19

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10