Volume 76
Recovery of seagrass impacted by artificial shelters used in Caribbean Spiny Lobster fisheries
Authors
Higgs, N.D., S. Dill, and C. Alexander Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2023
Event: Proceedings of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Nassau
Country: The Bahamas
Abstract
The Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery is one of the most valuable fisheries in the Caribbean region and the only industrial-scale fishery in The Bahamas, responsible for the country’s primary commodity export. In the last decade, this fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification as a sustainable fishery; however, impacts and interactions between the fishery and wider environment remain to be quantified (Higgs, 2016a). In particular, there are several outstanding questions as to the function and ecological impacts of the artificial shelters used in the fishery, known as condos