Abstract

The Fisheries Research Laboratory (FRL) of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) collected the commercial landings of fish and shellfish in Puerto Rico. The mentioned data collection is a responsibility of the Commercial Fisheries Statistics Program (CFSP). The CFSP includes the following objectives: commercial fisheries landings reports, collection of biostatistics data, enter the collected data in computer format and estimate catch per unit effort (CPUE). The CFSP reached all the objectives during 2007 - 2010. A total of 1.24 millions pounds were reported in 2007, 1.30 millions pounds in reported in 2008, 1.15 millions in 2009 and 1.16 millions reported pounds were reported in 2010. The CFSP determined a correction factor to estimate the non reported landings. Queen conch, lobsters queen snapper yellowtail snapper, silk snapper, lane snapper, dolphinfish, king mackerels and white grunts were the most species reported. Biostatistics data of fish and lobster were collected. Biostatistics data were obtained from approximately 40,000 organisms during 2007 - 2010. The CPUE for landings and biostatistics data were estimated and are presented in this report.