Enhancing the recovery of depleted Tripneustes gratilla stocks through grow-out culture and restocking

• Main Authors: Juinio-Menez, Marie Antonette R., Bangi, Helen Grace P., Malay, Maria Celia D., Pastor, Davelyn
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Sea urchin populations—Philippines—Luzon; Sea urchin fisheries—Philippines—Luzon; Tripneustes—Philippines—Luzon; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8037
• Institution: De La Salle University

Grow-out culture in sea cages and restocking were undertaken to help rebuild the spawning population of Tripneustes gratilla in Bolinao, Philippines. Higher population densities and incidence of recruits in 2004–2006, as well as steady increase in the catch per unit effort of gatherers, indicate tha...