Pacific yellowtail emperor, Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1910, is one of the most targeted reef fish species in Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Therefore, assessing its stock important to understand condition population, providing valuable inputs for sustainable fisheries management area. Here we assess L. Indonesia, using length-based spawning potential ratio model. A total 4,887 individuals were ...

Development of effective conservation and management strategies requires assessments ecosystem biodiversity status, especially in understudied hotspots global fish diversity. Coral reefs are important habitats for fishes, with known globally. We present the first data on molecular diversity fishes Mischief Reef, largest atoll Nansha Islands. Partial sequences (650 bp) mitochondrial COI gene (Cy...

Recruitment overfishing (the reduction of a spawning stock past a point at which the stock can no longer replenish itself) is a common problem which can lead to a rapid and irreversible fishery collapse. Averting this disaster requires maintaining a sufficient spawning population to buffer stochastic fluctuations in recruitment of heavily harvested stocks. Optimal strategies for managing spawne...

Spatial properties of landscapes modify the abundance and diversity of most animal assemblages in ways that need to be understood to plan and implement conservation initiatives, and evaluate their effectiveness. Seascape context (i.e. the spatial arrangement of ecosystems) mediates the effects of reserves on fish abundance, species richness and ecological processes in shallow coral reef and man...

  The population parameters and spawning season of the Spangeld emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) were studied in coastal waters of Hormouzgan province. The monthly calculated mean values of gonadosomatic index (GSI) of females were indicate to increase from February, reach the highest in March and decline in June. The spawning season peak of L. nebulosus occurred in March. The Von Bertalanffy grow...