Western Pacific Regional Fisehry Management Council
This assessment reviews selected species of slipper lobsters (Scylklarides spp.), deepwater crabs (Lithodes spp.), and deepwater shrimps(Heterocarpus spp. and Penaeus marginatus), whose commercial potential may encourage increased fishing in the FCZ.
Environment - Protection - Samoa
VF 41255
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Contents: 1. background and purpose, 4. recommenadation for council action, 6. deepwater shrimps (Heterocarpus spp.), 8. bilogical data, 15. resource distribution, 18. resource potential, 22. fishery development potential, 27. critical issues and information needs, 27. development, 27. trap design and deployment, 28. marketing, 31. quality control, 32. exploration, 32. American Samoa shrimp fishery feasibility, 33. Guam, Northern Marianas Shrimp fishery feasibility, 33. shrimp-habitat-gear interactions, 34. habitat protection, 34. assess the potential impacts on the shrimp habitat and fishery from mining of cobalt rich manganese crusts in the Hawaiian archipelago, 34. data needed for fishery management, 35. total landings and CPUE in the Hawaii commercial shrimp fishery, 36. size frequency of shrimp harvested, 36. reproductive biology, 36. food web effects of shrimping, 37. relate research catch data from small traps to commercial catch data from large traps, 37. trp lossess, 38. slipper lobster (ula papa) (Scyllarides spp.), 38. biological data, 40. resource distribution, 40. resource potential, 41. fishery development potential, 42. critical issues andinformation needs, 42. development issues, 42. management issues, 42. monitoring, 43. trap design, 44. 'Opae-lolo shrimp (Penaeus marginatus), 44. biological data, 47. resource distribution, 49. resource potential, 50. fisehry development potential, 53. critical issues and information needs, 53. development issues, 53. management issues, 54. Deepwater crabs (Lithodes spp.), 54. biological data, 54. resource distribution, 54. resource potential, 55. fishery development potential, 55. critical issues andinformation needs, 55. development issues, 55. management issues, 56. summary of critical issues and information needs, 56. development issues/information needs, 56. deep sea shrimp, 56. 'Opae-lolo shrimp, 57. deep-water crabs, 57. management issues/information needs, 57. deepsea shrimp, 58. slipper lobster, 59. 'Opae-lolo shrimp, 59. deepwater crabs, 60., references cited
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