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Description:
Title:
Fishery Management Plan, Regulatory Imapct Review, and Final Enviornmental Impact Statement for Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
Author(s):
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Caribbean Fishery Management Council
Corporate Name:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Caribbean Fishery Management Council
Dates of Publication:
1994
Abstract:
The Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for corals and reef-associated plants and invertebrates includes over 100 species of coral (including stony corals, sea fans and gorgonians) and over 60 species of plants (including seagrasses) and invertebrates. The Plan covers two distinct components. The first is a fishery for live invertebrates which are marketed for the marine aquarium trade. Aside from reef-associated invertebrates, this fishery includes what is widely known as live-rock - rock substrate supporting diverse invertebrate life forms. Live-rock is highly valued by aquarists and there is a rapidly growing market for this resource. The second component of the Plan comprises corals and coral reefs. These resources are of enormous value for the reef communities that they support, for their physical capacity to protect coastlines and for their aesthetic value. Indeed traditional coastal fisheries in the Caribbean may best be characterized as coral reef fisheries intimately dependent on the backbone of habitats created by coral reefs and associated invertebrates.
Keywords:
Alcyonacea
Corals
Environmental impact analysis
Fishery management
Habitat
Invertebrates
Marine aquariums
Plants
Reefs
Scleractinia
Seagrasses
Place Keywords:
Puerto Rico
United States Virgin Islands
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Environmental Assessment
Note:
The Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for corals and reef-associated plants and invertebrates includes over 100 species of coral (including stony corals, sea fans and gorgonians) and over 60 species of plants (including seagrasses) and invertebrates. The Plan covers two distinct components. The first is a fishery for live invertebrates which are marketed for the marine aquarium trade. Aside from reef-associated invertebrates, this fishery includes what is widely known as live-rock - rock substrate supporting diverse invertebrate life forms. Live-rock is highly valued by aquarists and there is a rapidly growing market for this resource. The second component of the Plan comprises corals and coral reefs. These resources are of enormous value for the reef communities that they support, for their physical capacity to protect coastlines and for their aesthetic value. Indeed traditional coastal fisheries in the Caribbean may best be characterized as coral reef fisheries intimately dependent on the backbone of habitats created by coral reefs and associated invertebrates.
1994
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Submitted
Public Domain
1860
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