Abstract

The first contribution dealing with lobster biology and fisheries was published in volume 2 (1949). Since then it has been in 31 of the 57 proceedings published up to the present. There have been 102 contributions directly related to this topic. Lobster fisheries have attracted the most interest (28), followed by recruitment (24) and biology/population dynamics (16). The papers come from 145 researchers, including R.N. Lipcius (7), J.H. Hunt and D.B. Eggleston (6), as well as W.F. Herrnkind and S. Salas Márquez (5). These studies have been carried out in 19 countries, with the state of Florida and Mexico as the areas that have supported the most publications (20 and 19, respectively). On the other hand, Strombus gigas was first mentioned in the 9th volume (1956). The next reference was in 1968. The majority of the 209 ensuing contributions focused on biology (45), followed by aquaculture (41), stock assessments (28), as well as ecology and behavior (22). By far, the most contributions were from Mexico (64), followed by the Bahamas (30) and Florida (25). There were very few contributions in the first 35 Proceedings; after that, there were multiple contributions within each volume culminating in the 55th (25). The first author with the most publications was D. Aldana Aranda (16), followed by C.J. Berg, Jr., M. Davis, and R.A. Glazer with 8 each. Present study illustrates the historical tendencies in the primary biological and fishery factors throughout the region, from the perspective of 57 years of relevant and significant contributions.

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