Estimates of biomass and potential yield for the deep-water red crab, Chaceon affinis and the toothed rock crab, Cancer bellianus (Decapoda: Brachyura) off the Azores (Mid-North Atlantic)

• Main Authors: Pinho, Mário Rui, Santos, Régis, Melo, Octávio, Isidro, Eduardo, Novoa-Pabon, Ana Maria, Leal, Wendell Medeiros, Gonçalves, João M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade dos Açores 2020
• Subjects: Chaceon affinis; Cancer bellianus; Abundance; Fishery Potential; Deep-Sea; Azores; Tac; Wendell; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/5853

Available information on the deep-water red crab, Chaceon affinis and the toothed rock crab, Cancer bellianus, resulting from exploratory research surveys and commercial fishing experiments carried out in the Azorean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), were summarized to estimate the biomass and potentia...