Volume 60

The Case for Regional Management of the Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus


Authors
García-Moliner, G. and Y. Sadovy.
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Date: November, 2007


Pages: 596-602


Event: Proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute


City: Punta Cana


Country: Dominican Republic

Abstract

The management of the Nassau grouper through the Caribbean will be discussed in light of the continuous decrease in the resource throughout the area. Management strategies throughout the wider Caribbean range from no action (allowing all harvest of Nassau grouper) to total closures of the fishery in some countries; with strategies including seasonal closures, size limits, bag limits, and area closures. The Nassau grouper fishery has shifted from being a major fishery in the Caribbean to an almost extinct fishery – both economically and population wise. These top predators are essential to the economic and ecological sustainability of reef based, multi species and multi gear fisheries so predominant in the wider Caribbean. A historical overview of the management changes in the region will be presented whenever possible

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