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Echinoderms piggybacking on sea cucumbers: Benign effects on sediment turnover and movement of hosts
Type: Journal Article
Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) are known to host ectocommensal animals but echinoderm epibionts have never been reported nor their effects on hosts appraised quantitatively. At one location in New Caledonia, we found a high ...
The Philippines: a hotspot of sea cucumber fisheries in Asia
Type: Book Chapter
This article provides an overview of the sea cucumber fisheries in the Philippinee, covering topics of 1) trade, 2)socioeconomic importance to local community 3) recommendations for improving fisheries management and ...
Geography limits island small-scale fishery production
Type: Journal Article
Interacting social and ecological processes shape productivity and sustainability of island small-scale fisheries (SSF). Understanding limits to productivity through historical catches help frame future expectations and ...
Reproductive biology of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria fuscogilva in the Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Reproduction of Holothuria fuscogilva (Selenka, 1867) in the Solomon Islands was investigated over a 4?yr period (1994 to 1998) by macroscopic and microscopic examination of the gonad tubules, the gonad index (GI) method, ...
Restocking the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra: sizing no-take zones through individual-based movement modelling
Type: Journal Article
The valuable sea cucumber Holothuria scabra, known as ‘sandfish’, has potential for restocking. However, there is little information available to determine the size of the no-take zones (NTZs) needed to protect the released ...
Variation in short-term survival of culture sandfish (Holothuria scabra) released in mangrove-seagrass and coral reef flat habitats in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
The specific aims of our study were: (1) to determine whether cultured juvenile H. scabra released near mangrove–seagrass and coral reef flat habitats suffered different levels of predation, and (2) to identify the predators ...
Democratic Yemen fisheries: cuttlefish and sea cucumber
Type: Journal Article
Cuttlefish form the largest fishery in the coastal waters of the Yemen; Sepia pharonis is the commercial variety fished. Details are given of the fishing season, overfishing, foreign collaboration and regulation measures. ...
Distribution of economic returns in small-scale fisheries for international markets: A value-chain analysis
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fishers are often believed to receive marginal earnings for seafood relative to other value- chain actors but proportionate incomes across different traded species are rarely compared. This study compares value ...
Restoring small-scale fisheries for tropical sea cucumbers
Type: Journal Article
Overfishing threatens to extinguish local fisheries for valuable tropical sea cucumbers by reducing population densities to the point where reproductive success trails behind natural mortality (known as depensation or the ...
When should restocking and stock enhancement be used to manage sea cucumber fisheries?
Type: Report
Access to technology for producing and releasing juveniles is not a sufficient rationale to proceed with restocking (restoring stocks to the point where they can sustain regular harvests) or stock enhancement (increasing ...