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Profile updated on 24 January 2025
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Lutjanus synagris
SPECIES NAME(s)
Lane snapper
COMMON NAMES
Rubia, villajaiba
The Lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris) is widely distributed in the Western Atlantic in front of the American Continent, from North Carolina to Brazil, including the Bermudas and the Gulf of Mexico (Torres and Chávez 1987). There is no clear information about the Lane snapper stock structure in the Southern Gulf of Mexico region which this profile represents a single assessment unit that coincides with the management of the snapper group of species in this region (DOF 2018)(IMIPAS 2023).
ANALYSIS
- An independent stock assessment reports that the lane snapper stock biomass levels have consistently been well above both target and limit reference points albeit showing a decreasing trend in the latest decade. The stock is not currently being overfished.
SCORES
Management Quality:
< 6
< 6
< 6
Smale-Scale Fisheries:
