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Article: The feasibility of enhancing red sea urchin, strongylocentrotus franciscanus, stocks in California: an analysis of the options.
- Article from:
- Marine Fisheries Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 1989
- Author:
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Introduction
The red sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, is the largest echinoid in kelp forest communities along the west coast of North America and is fished commercially from British Columbia to Baja California (Sloan, 1986). The California sea urchin fishery began in the early 1970's and grew very rapidly to total landings of more than 20,000 metric tons (t) in 1987 (Kato and Schroeter, 1985; Parker(1)). By 1987, this was the second most valuable fishery in California waters with a landed value of $13,693,000. There are no unfished stocks left in southern California; only the development of a northern coastal fishery in the mid 1980's allowed the ...