A recent study by Dubula et al. (2005) on the effect of tagging on the subsequent growth rate of rock lobsters has shown that there may be an appreciable reduction in the growth rate of male rock lobsters as a result of tagging. The amount of somatic growth reduction that might be occurring is of the order 2-3 mm per annum. A key question then to consider is what implications this might have for the sustainable productivity from the resource.
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Johnston, S. J., & Butterworth, D. S. (2005). Sensitivity of the west coast rock lobster length-based stock assessment to a consistently higher somatic growth rate. RLWS/DEC05/ASS/7/1/9
Johnston, S. J., & Butterworth, D. S. (2005). Sensitivity of the west coast rock lobster length-based stock assessment to a consistently higher somatic growth rate University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18701
Johnston, Susan J, and Doug S Butterworth Sensitivity of the west coast rock lobster length-based stock assessment to a consistently higher somatic growth rate. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18701
Johnston SJ, Butterworth DS. Sensitivity of the west coast rock lobster length-based stock assessment to a consistently higher somatic growth rate. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18701
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