Volume 55
Population Parameters of Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, from the Puerto Rico’s Commercial Fishery
Authors
Mateo Rabelo, I. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: 2004
Pages: 1031
Event: Proceedings of the Fifty Fifth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Xel Ha
Country: Mexico
Abstract
Estimates of growth, mortality and yield per recruit patters of spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, were investigated using length frequency data from Puerto Rico=s Commercial Fishery data. Computer based methods of length frequency analysis (FISAT) were used. For males asymptotic length (L4) was 197, body growth rate (k) was 0.25, and total mortality (Z) was 0.70. Results from the exploitation rates and yield per recruit analyses indicate Puerto Rico=s spiny lobster stock is currently heavily fished.