Spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) aquaculture research and development as socio-economic alternative for Costa Rican fishing communities

The spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) is one of the main target coastal species, but landings are decreasing in quantity and size. Reports include a mean capture size of 50 cm with gill nets and 38 cm with bottom long lines, but mean capture size has diminished to 43 cm with gill nets. This s...

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Autores Principales: Herrera-Ulloa, Angel, Chacón Guzmán, Jonathan, Zúñiga-Calero, Gerardo, Jiménez Montealegre, Ricardo
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/11056/18309
Sumario: The spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) is one of the main target coastal species, but landings are decreasing in quantity and size. Reports include a mean capture size of 50 cm with gill nets and 38 cm with bottom long lines, but mean capture size has diminished to 43 cm with gill nets. This shows that the fishing effort on the population is excessive and requires protection management for sustainable exploitation.