New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
COMMERCIAL LANDINGS OF THE SPINY LOBSTER JASUS VERREAUXI IN NEW ZEALAND (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PALINURIDAE)
Craig B. Kensler*
WaLter Skrzynski
Fisheries Research Division, N.Z. Marine Department, Wellington
Abstract Jasus verreauxi (H. Milne Edwards)—known locally as the packhorse crayfish— is the less common of the two New Zealand species of spiny lobster (marine crayfish; /.
edwardsii is the other), and is commercially important only in the north-easlt of North Island. About 80% of the annual /.
verreauxi catch is landed in 5 months of the year: November, December, January, February, and March. The fishery is small and unimportant compared with the total New Zealand fishery for both spiny lobster species. During the 5 years of this study (January 1962-December 1966) the commercial catch of
J. verreauxi amounted to only about 0.7% of the total spiny lobster catch during the same period. Limited daita collected by Marine Department suggest that the /.
verreauxi fishery showed a downward trend during this period.
J. verreauxi and
J. edwardsii fisheries are briefly compared and biological differences between the two species are discussed.
N.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 4: 46-54
(Received for publication 19 August 1969)
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