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Article: The occurrence of the provisional Brazilian subspecies of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus westonii) in Florida waters(*).
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- Fishery Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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The Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, is distributed from Brazil throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to approximately North Carolina and Bermuda (Holthius, 1991). It supports major commercial fisheries in Florida, the Caribbean and Brazil. Commercially, P. argus is especially important to the state of Florida, where the spiny lobster fishery ranks second only to shrimp in terms of economic value. There is also a significant recreational fishery for P. argus, particularly in Florida. A number of studies have been initiated to gather information to manage the lobster resource carefully.
Several studies have used genetic techniques to examine ...
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