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SUBMITTER: Erisman B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3283881 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Erisman Brad B Aburto-Oropeza Octavio O Gonzalez-Abraham Charlotte C Mascareñas-Osorio Ismael I Moreno-Báez Marcia M Hastings Philip A PA
Scientific reports 20120222
We engaged in cooperative research with fishers and stakeholders to characterize the fine-scale, spatio-temporal characteristics of spawning behavior in an aggregating marine fish (Cynoscion othonopterus: Sciaenidae) and coincident activities of its commercial fishery in the Upper Gulf of California. Approximately 1.5-1.8 million fish are harvested annually from spawning aggregations of C. othonopterus during 21-25 days of fishing and within an area of 1,149 km(2) of a biosphere reserve. Spawnin ...[more]