Marine Resources Assessment for the Marianas Operating ... - SPREP
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AUGUST 2005 FINAL REPORT<br />
EFH species, as designated by <strong>the</strong> WPRFMC (2004a), are discussed in <strong>the</strong> following subsections and<br />
are listed in Table 4-1. These species have been divided into management units according to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
ecological relationships and preferred habitats. Management units include bottomfish management unit<br />
species (BMUS), pelagic management unit species (PMUS), crustacean management unit species<br />
(CMUS), and coral reef ecosystem management unit species (CRE MUS). For each management unit,<br />
<strong>the</strong> status, distribution (including range), habitat preference (depth, bottom substrate), life history<br />
(migration, spawning), and EFH/HAPC designations are provided in <strong>the</strong> following sections.<br />
Table 4-1. The fish and invertebrate species with essential fish habitat (EFH) designated in <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Marianas</strong> MRA study area. [ 1 Species not listed under <strong>the</strong> Currently Harvested Coral Reef Taxa; 2 Species not<br />
managed under Bottomfish FMP or included in proposed Bottomfish Amendment 8 (35 additional species); 3 Species<br />
not listed under Currently Harvested Coral Reef Taxa, managed under Bottomfish FMP, or included in proposed<br />
Bottomfish Amendment 8; 4 Excluding hogo (Pontinus macrocephela) which is included in proposed Bottomfish<br />
Amendment 8 (emperors/snappers); 5 Species not managed under Crustacean FMP; *Includes all o<strong>the</strong>r coral reef<br />
ecosystem management unit species that are marine plants, invertebrates, and fishes that are not listed under <strong>the</strong><br />
Currently Harvested Coral Reef Taxa or are not bottomfish management unit species, crustacean management unit<br />
species, Pacific pelagic management unit species, precious coral or seamount groundfish]<br />
BOTTOMFISH MANAGEMENT UNIT SPECIES<br />
Tropical Species (continued)<br />
Shallow-water Species Complex (0-100 m):<br />
Frigate and bullet tunas (Auxis thazard, Auxis rochei)<br />
Gray jobfish (Aprion virescens) Slender tunas (Allothunnus fallai)<br />
Lunartail grouper (Variola louti) Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)<br />
Blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) Black marlin (Makaira indica)<br />
Ambon emperor (Lethrinus amboinensis) Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)<br />
Redgill emperor (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus) Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)<br />
Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) Dolphinfishes (Coryphaenidae)<br />
Black jack (Caranx lugubris) Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)<br />
Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) Pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselas)<br />
Blue stripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)<br />
Deep-water Species Complex (100-400 m):<br />
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)<br />
Moonfish (Lampris guttatus)<br />
Squirrelfish snapper (Etelis carbunculus) Non-marketable Species Complex:<br />
Longtail snapper (Etelis coruscans) Snake mackerels or oilfish (Gempylidae)<br />
Pink snapper (Pristipomoides filamentosus) Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)<br />
Yellowtail snapper (Pristipomoides auricilla)<br />
Yelloweye snapper (Pristipomoides flavipinnis)<br />
Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)<br />
Pink snapper (Pristipomoides sieboldii) Sharks<br />
Yellow-barred snapper (Pristipomoides zonatus) Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)<br />
Silver jaw jobfish (Aphareus rutilans) Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus)<br />
Bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliousus)<br />
PELAGIC MANAGEMENT UNIT SPECIES Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)<br />
Marketable Species Complex: Longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus)<br />
Temperate Species Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)<br />
Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) Silky shark (Carcharhinus falci<strong>for</strong>mis)<br />
Broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)<br />
Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)<br />
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)<br />
Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) CRUSTACEAN MANAGEMENT UNIT SPECIES<br />
Mackerel (Scomber spp.) Spiny and Slipper Lobster Complex<br />
Pomfret (Bramidae) Spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus, Panulirus spp.)<br />
Sickle pomfret (Taractichthys steindachneri)<br />
Lustrous pomfret (Eumegistus illustris)<br />
Chinese slipper lobster (Parribacus antarcticus)<br />
Coral Reef Ecosystem *<br />
Tropical Species Currently Harvested Coral Reef Taxa (CHCRT):<br />
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae)<br />
Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) Orange-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus)<br />
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)<br />
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