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Recruitment of spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, to submerged sea cages off Puerto Rico, and its implications for the development of an aquaculture operation
| Title: | Recruitment of spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, to submerged sea cages off Puerto Rico, and its implications for the development of an aquaculture operation. |
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| Alternative Title: | Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. | |
| Name(s): |
Davis, Megan, creator O’Hanlon, Brian, creator Rivera, Jose, creator Corsaut, Jerry, creator Wadley, Tony, creator Creswell, R. LeRoy, creator Ayvazian, Joseph, creator Benetti, D. D., creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute | |
| Extent: | 7 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 2040780 (digitool), FADT2040780 (IID), fau:5491 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Spiny lobster, Panulinls argus, is an important fisheries species in Florida and the Caribbean region. The high value of this species and the limited extent of their wild fisheries make them an ideal candidate for commercial culture. One of the major constraints to spiny lobster culture is that the aquaculturist must rely on the steady supply of post larvae (pueruli) from the wild for nursery and growout. The focus of this research project ,was to advance the culture of spiny lobster through novel pueruli collection methods. Recruitment of 1000's of spiny lobster pueruli to submerged fish sea cages in Puerto Rico ,was first observed by Snapperfann, Inc. in spring of 2003. With funds from NOAA SBIR Phase I, studies were conducted from July 2003 to January 2004 to determine the feasibility of collecting spiny lobsters from sea cages for growout. Results showed that year-round collection of pueruli from submerged sea cages is feasible, with the highest collection occurring in the spring and near the new moon phase. This manuscript may be cited as Davis, Megan, Brian O’Hanlon, Jose Rivera, Jerry Corsaut, Tony Wadley, Leroy Creswell, Joseph Ayvazian and Daniel Benetti (2006) Recruitment of spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, to submerged sea cages off Puerto Rico, and its implications for the development of an aquaculture operation, 2006 Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, p. 975-980. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1576. Includes Spanish abstract. |
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| Subject(s): | Aquaculture | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2040780 | |
| Links: | http://procs.gcfi.org/Proceedings.html | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2006 Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
