Panulirus Species

Environmental factors influencing the recruitment and catch of tropical Panulirus lobsters in southern Java, Indonesia

“…This measure appears currently to be impractical in Indonesian fisheries due to the availability of markets and catch of under-sized lobsters (Table 1) Table 1 The carapace length (CL: mm) and weight (g) of male and female lobsters of the two most common species, Panulirus homarus and P. penicillatus, measured during seven field trips to southern Java during 2010-2011. due to the lack of alternative fisher income (Milton et al, 2012). Such restrictions are also difficult to establish and maintain and have only been applied successfully where strict enforcement is possible (Phillips and Melville-Smith, 2006).…”

Palinurid lobster larval rearing for closed-cycle hatchery production

“…They appear to be fairly hardy with low mortality during grow-out if conditions are of good quality, and they readily breed in captivity with high fecundity (Thuy et al, 2009). Most importantly, most species are highly gregarious and can be grown at high density (Phillips and Melville-Smith, 2006). Many species of spiny and rock lobsters have favourable growth rates, which is particularly true of several species of the tropical Panulirus and Palinurus genera, but less so for the cold water species of the genus Jasus (Hooker et al, 1997;Hart, 2009).…”

“…The phyllosoma stage is in fact one of the longest larval stages of marine invertebrates (Thorson, 1950). For example, the larval development period is estimated to be between 12 and 22 months in the cold water species Jasus edwardsii (Booth, 2006), while the larval period is estimated to be 9-11 months for the sub-tropical P. cygnus (Phillips and Melville-Smith, 2006), and 4 to 7 months for the tropical P. ornatus (Dennis et al, 2001). In stark contrast, penaeid prawns, which form the basis of a highly successful commercial crustacean aquaculture sector, have larval periods of between 10 and 30 days (Dall et al, 1990).…”

The complete larval development of Ibacus ciliatus from hatching to the nisto and juvenile stages using jellyfish as the sole diet

“…Palinurid and scyllarid lobsters are one of the most economically valuable aquatic species worldwide (Phillips et al, 2013). Commercially valuable species of these lobsters are now fully exploited; for instance, the world's annual catch of palinurid lobsters is stabilizing at approximately 75, 000 t (Ritar and Smith, 2008) under strict catch restrictions to maintain lobster resources (Phillips et al, 2013).…”

“…Commercially valuable species of these lobsters are now fully exploited; for instance, the world's annual catch of palinurid lobsters is stabilizing at approximately 75, 000 t (Ritar and Smith, 2008) under strict catch restrictions to maintain lobster resources (Phillips et al, 2013). Scyllarid lobster fisheries also support the global demands for lobsters even though the contribution is relatively small (Spanier and Lavalli, 2013).…”