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The Cost of Avoiding Sea Cucumber Stock Depletion

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Hernández-Flores, Alvaro, Cuevas-Jiménez, Alfonso, and Aranda-Nah, Javier

Abstract:

In 2013 a stock of sea cucumber (Isostichopus badionotus) was discovered in northern shelf of Yucatan. A survey calculated a biomass of 17,600 tons. The species has an attractive price for local fishers, therefore, in order to avoid the “race for sea cucumbers” and the collapse of the stock, authorities...

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Cuevas-Jiménez Javier Aranda-Nah Ketchikan, Alaska, May 22, 2015 The Cost of Avoiding Sea Cucumber