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Approaches in Rebuilding Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Populations in the Philippines

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Meñez, Marie Antonette J.
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Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are among the most valuable and overexploited fishery resources. Culture and release of juvenile Tripneustes gratilla and Holothuria scabra have been undertaken to rebuild depleted populations and provide a supplemental source of income for fishers. In both cases an integrated socioecological approach was used. Studies on factors affecting growth and survival of released juveniles were conducted alongside active participation of local partners in site management and regular monitoring. For T. gratilla, community-based grow-out in sea cages complemented with restocking of protected areas helped in the recovery of a collapsed fishery. Gonad biomass and quality of sea urchins fed with Sargassum were high. These increased the value of the gonads and reproductive output of cultured sea urchins. In the case of H. scabra, release of juveniles in a communal sea ranch resulted in the build-up in density and biomass. Observations of regular mass spawning in the sea ranch established that a viable spawning population was maintained through selective harvesting. Both the sea urchin cage grow-out culture and sea cucumber sea ranch function as reproductive reserves and source of larval supply to adjacent suitable habitats. In addition, wild recruits in the sea ranch and in the vicinity of the sea urchin sea cages indicate that natural recruitment may be enhanced by the high density of conspecific adults. These models have demonstrated that both ecological and economic benefits can be realized through of responsible culture-based management interventions. The development of appropriate governance mechanisms is a critical consideration for sustainability.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12067/714
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Meñez, M. A. J. (2016). Approaches in rebuilding sea urchin and sea cucumber populations in the Philippines. In H. Kawamura, T. Iwata, Y. Theparoonrat, N. Manajit, & V. T. Sulit (Eds.), Consolidating the Strategies for Fishery Resources Enhancement in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Symposium on Strategy for Fisheries Resources Enhancement in the Southeast Asian Region, Pattaya, Thailand, 27-30 July 2015 (pp. 161-164). Samutprakan, Thailand: Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
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resource management; Sociological aspects; marine invertebrates; population density; survival; fish larvae; fishery resources; growth; fishery management; protected areas; seaweeds; juveniles; feeding; stocking (organisms); Feed; resource conservation; Spawning populations; Recruitment; stock assessment; larvae; Habitat; biomass; sustainability; Cages; depleted stocks; cage culture; stocks; gonads; reproduction; Philippines; South East Asia; Sargassum; Tripneustes gratilla; Echinoidea; Holothuria scabra; Holothurioidea
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