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11 Management of Spawning Aggregations
Country/
state
Species
Management measures
Year
implemented
Results of measure
Comments
References
Lane snapper
Seasonal closure.
(April–June) in
Federal waters
2006
Unknown
CFMC ( 2009 )
Blackfi n snapper,
vermillion snapper,
black snapper, silk
snapper
Seasonal closure
(Oct–Dec) in Federal
waters
2005
Unknown
CFMC (
2009 )
Nassau grouper
No take in state and
Federal waters
2004
Unknown
CFMC ( 2009 )
U.S.
Virgin
Islands
Red hind
St. Croix (Lang Bank)
1993, 1999
Large increase in
abundance
following closure
at St Croix
Beets and
Friedlander
( 1998 ) , Nemeth
( 2005 ) , and
CFMC ( 2009 )
Spatial/temporal closure
(Dec–Feb) in Federal
waters
St. Thomas (Hind Bank
Reserve)
Spatial/temporal closure
(Dec–Feb) in Federal
waters
USVI Federal waters:
closed (Dec–Feb)
Nassau grouper
No-take in state and
Federal waters.
2006
2 sites disappeared at
St. Thomas
Little evidence of
aggregation
recovery.
Olsen and LaPlace
( 1979 ) and
Munro and Blok
( 2005 )
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