The Ecopath modelling package (EwE) satisfies some of the international guidelines for promoting an ecosystem-based fisheries management; however, proper definition of ecological management units has not been fully ...

The spanish and king mackerels (Scomberomous maculates and S. cavalla) and the blue runner (Caranx fusus) are important pelagic fish resources along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico. Interdependences between them have been ...

Using the Ecopath with Ecosim software, a trophic structure model of the Northern Gulf of California was constructed to represent the main biomass flows in the system. It was based mostly on bibliographic data and provides ...

A trophic ecosystem model of La Paz Bay, on the southern Baja California Peninsula, was improved from one previously constructed by adding 13 functional groups. In the bay, small-scale fisheries take place, which are aimed ...

Huizache-Caimanero is a tropical brackishwater lagoon in western Mexico where there has been an important shrimp fishery for a long time. Four other, less important fish groups in this ecosystem are also exploited. We use ...

Octopus (Octopus maya) and red grouper (Epinephelus morio) are the most important fisheries resources on the northern continental shelf of Yucatan, Mexico, with annual yields fluctuating between 9000 and 16[punctuation ...