Culture of tropical sea cucumbers for stock restoration and enhancement

S.C. Battaglene

Naga, 1999, vol. 22, issue 4, 4-11

Abstract: Severe overfishing of sea cucumbers has occurred in most countries of the tropical Indo-Pacific. The release of juveniles is being examined at the ICLARM Coastal Aquaculture Centre in the Solomon islands as a means of restoring and enhancing tropical sea cucumber stocks. Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) are the tropical species that show the best potential for stock enhancement. Sandfish are of high value, widely distributed and relatively easy to culture in simple systemss at a low cost. This paper summarizes information about the culture of H. scabra and compares it to that of the temperate species Stichopus japonicus.

Keywords: Stock assessment; Echinoderm fisheries; Juveniles; Sand fish; ISE; Pacific; Solomon Is.; Holothuria scabra (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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