Deepwater fsheries in the Caribbean Sea are poorly studied and mostly unmanaged, despite their importance to local economies and food security. In the MesoAmerican region, deepwater fsheries are nearshore and easily accessible in many locations by small vessels, but historical and contemporary fshing efort varies by country.
Validation and otolith‐mass prediction of age and growth for cardinal snapper Pristipomoides macrophthalmus of the Caribbean Sea
Abstract Cardinal snapper Pristipomoides mac- rophthalmus is a commercially important, but com- monly misidentifed, deepwater species in artisanal and semi-industrial fsheries throughout the Carib- bean