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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Population dynamics and sustainability of the spiny lobster (Panulirus meripurpuratus Giraldes & Smyth, 2016) fishery on the Amazon continental shelf

Ualerson I. Peixoto https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-3424 A B F , Esther M. C. Mesquita A B , Israel A. I. Cintra C , Alex G. M. Klautau D , Nelson A. Gouveia E , Eduardo T. Paes C and Victoria J. Isaac A B
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A Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazânia, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Avenida Perimetral 2651, 66077-530 Belém, Pará, Brazil.

B Laboratorio de Biologia Pesqueira e Manejo dos Recursos Aquáticos, Grupo de Pesquisa em Ecologia, Manejo e Pesca na Amazônia (GEMPA), Avenida Perimetral 2651, 66077-530 Belém, Pará, Brazil.

C Institudo Socioambiental e dos Recursos Hídricos (ISARH), Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Avenida Tancredo Neves 2501, 66.077-830, Belém, Pará, Brazil.

D Centro de Pesquisa e Gestão de Recursos Pesqueiros do Litoral Norte (CEPNOR), Avenida Tancredo Neves 2501, 66.077-830, Belém, Pará, Brazil.

E Divisão de Sensoriamento Remoto, Instituo Espacial de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Avenida dos Astronautas 1.758, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil.

F Corresponding author. Email: ualersonpeixoto@gmail.com

Marine and Freshwater Research 72(1) 99-109 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF19333
Submitted: 17 October 2019  Accepted: 26 March 2020   Published: 22 May 2020

Abstract

The assessment of fishery resources is key to the development of management strategies for exploited stocks. Analysis of specific parameters provides information regarding the state of the stock and indicators of exploitation levels. The aim of the present study was to analyse the growth and mortality parameters, as well as investigate the exploitation status, of Panulirus meripurpuratus caught on the Amazon coast, northern Brazil. Growth parameters and stock assessment were estimated using R with bootstrapping and FISAT II, based on cephalothorax length–distribution frequency. Specimens were collected by the commercial lobster fishery off the coast of the states of Pará and Amapá between 2001 and 2002. The results indicate that the P. meripurpuratus stock assessed is composed of individuals with low growth rates and high estimates of maximum asymptotic length, with relative longevity of 21.37 years. The exploitation rate was operating at near the maximum limit of sustainability in 2001 and 2002. This is the first estimate of the exploitation status of P. meripurpuratus on the Amazon coast. We strongly recommend new monitoring efforts and further studies to support the conservation and management of the spiny lobster stock.

Additional keywords: fishery management, growth and mortality parameters, stock assessment.


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