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Variations in life history characteristics of the deep-water giant ruby snapper (Etelis sp.) between the Indian and Pacific Oceans and application of a data-poor assessment
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2020
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Source: Fisheries Research, 230, 105651
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Journal Title:Fisheries Research
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Description:The giant ruby snapper, Etelis sp., attains the largest size of any lutjanid in the Indo-Pacific and is one of the most valuable species harvested from deep-water fisheries along the continental and insular shelf margins throughout its broad geographic distribution. Despite this species supporting important commercial, artisanal and subsistence fisheries, quantitative assessments of the status of stocks have been limited by an absence of biological information, unreliable catch and effort statistics, and until recently, misidentification with a cryptic congener. This study aimed, firstly, to describe and compare the age, growth and reproductive characteristics of Etelis sp. between the eastern Indian and western central Pacific Oceans; and secondly, to provide an age-based assessment of the stock in north-western Australia, the only stock for which available data were sufficient to quantify stock status. Although the growth of Etelis sp. differed significantly between sexes and oceans, longevity was similar with a maximum age of 56 years recorded in the Pacific Ocean. Spawning of this species occurred over five months during the austral summer to mid-autumn (i.e. December to April) in the Indian Ocean, but was not well defined in the Pacific Ocean.
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Source:Fisheries Research, 230, 105651
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ISSN:0165-7836
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Rights Information:Accepted Manuscript
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