Studies of fish traps as stock assessment devices on a shallow reef in south-western Puerto Rico

Habitat Connectivity in Coastal Environments: Patterns and Movements of Caribbean Coral Reef Fishes with Emphasis on Bluestriped Grunt, Haemulon sciurus

“…Visual sampling was not an effective method for assessing seagrass habitat utilization by reef fishes because of their nocturnal migration behavior. Recksiek et al (1991) noted a similar result, with trap sampling being more effective than visual sampling for white grunt in backreef habitat. Numerous investigations have documented movements of reef fishes among adjacent seagrass and gorgonian habitats (reviewed by Helfman 1993, Appeldoorn et al 1997, Wolff et al 1999, demonstrating the importance of adjacent habitats to reef fishes.…”

“…He did recapture 4 of 9 tagged bluestriped grunts. In back-reef habitat in Puerto Rico, Recksiek et al (1991) noted a large proportion of recaptures for white grunts, with multiple recaptures. At a spawning aggregation site for red hind in Bermuda, Luckhurst …”

Habitat Connectivity in Reef Fish Communities and Marine Reserve Design in Old Providence-Santa Catalina, Colombia

“…Tag-recapture studies indicate that many reef species, at least as adults, are strongly site-attached. Recaptures at the tagging location are characteristic of most studies (Bardach 1958, Moe 1966, Randall 1961, 1963, Springer and McErlean 1962, Parker 1990, Recksiek et al 1991, Corless et al 1997, Friedlander et al 2002. Short-term acoustic tagging studies have shown similar results (Holland et al 1993, 1996, Tulevech and Recksiek 1994, Zeller 1997, Meyer et al 2000, Stewart and Jones 2001 Nevertheless, although generally site-attached, reef species will undertake movements or migrations at various spatiotemporal scales.…”

The habitats exploited and the species trapped in a Caribbean island trap fishery

“…Munro 1974), the effect of different baits on catch composition and size (Brownell & Rainey 3 ), the effectiveness of trap designs on catch (High & Beardsley 1972, Luckhurst & Ward 1985, and the relation between lunar periodicity and catch (Munro et al 1971). Others tested efficacy of sampling methods, comparing visual observations of trap contents with bottom-set nets (Parrish 1982) and mark-recapture techniques (Recksiek et al 1991).…”