Profile updated on 12 December 2022
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Lutjanus campechanus
SPECIES NAME(s)
Northern red snapper
COMMON NAMES
Huachinango de castilla, Guachinango
The stock structure of the species in Mexican waters is unknown but a biological stock exists in the Northern Gulf of Mexico region in US waters. Northern red snapper in the Mexican Gulf of Mexico region was here assumed as a single assessment unit that coincides with the management of the snapper group of species in this region (DOF 2018).
ANALYSIS
Strengths
- A recent study reports that the current northern red snapper stock biomass levels have consistently been well above both target and limit reference points and the stock is not currently being overfished.
FISHSOURCE SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
< 6
Managers Compliance:
< 6
Fishers Compliance:
< 6
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