Sea cucumbers. A global review of fisheries and trade

摘要: Sea cucumber fishing is not a traditional activity; however, large number of coastal communities have developed strong dependency on it as an alternative source income. This paper reviews the worldwide population status, fishery, trade and management sea cucumbers five regions, covering known grounds: temperate areas Northern Hemisphere; Latin America Caribbean; Africa Indian Ocean; Asia; Western Central Pacific. Together, case studies provide comprehensive up-to-date evaluation global status cucumber, constituting important information for researchers, managers, policy-makers regional/international organizations interested in conservation exploitation.