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SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Penaeus californiensis
SPECIES NAME(s)
Yellowleg shrimp, Camarón café, Camarón patiamarillo
COMMON NAMES
Camarón café (Spanish)
The genetic structure of the yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) in the Eastern Pacific is not fully understood. (de la Rosa-Vélez et al. 2000) identified an upper Gulf of California population for this species. IMIPAS defined several assessment units for shrimps in the Gulf of California and the Pacific coast, among these Upper Gulf of California, Sonora, Sinaloa-Nayarit, Gulf of Tehuantepec, and western Baja California Sur including the Bahia Magdalena complex (DOF 2012).
ANALYSIS
- The shrimp species captured in the Mexican Pacific are short-lived species, with high fecundity and high resilience to fishing mortality.
SCORES
Management Quality:
≥ 6
≥ 6
< 6
