Volume 58
The Commercial Yellowtail Snapper Fishery off Puerto Rico, 1983-2003
Authors
Cummings, N.J. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2005
Pages: 187-198
Event: Proceedings of the Fifty Eighth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: San Andres
Country: Colombia
Abstract
The commercial yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus, fishery off Puerto Rico is discussed. Commercial landings of yellowtail snapper ranged from 77,000 pounds to 363,000 pounds from 1983 - 2003. Landings peaked in 2000. Both observed and GLM standardized CPUE showed an unvarying trend over the study period. Temporal and spatial trends in landings are presented and changes in the multi-species multi-gear nature of the reef fish fishery off Puerto Rico are discussed.