A Typical Mediterranean Fishery and an Iconic Species: focus on the common Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas, Fabricius, 1787) in Corsica

Michel Marengo (1) , Dimitri Theuerkauff (2) , Michela Patrissi (3) , Nine Doutreloux (3) , Michèle Leduc (3) , Jessica Dijoux , Coralie Duchaud , Cédric Picot (4, 5) , Rémy Agniel (4, 5) , Jean-Michel Culioli (6) , Marie-Catherine Santoni (6) , Sylvie Gobert (7) , Patrick Berrebi , Yann Quilichini (1) , Sonia Ternengo (1) , Eric Dominique Henry Durieux (8) , Pierre Lejeune (3)

1 SPE - Sciences pour l'environnement
2 UMR MARBEC - MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation
3 STARESO - Station de Recherche Océanographiques et sous-marines
4 ERRMECe - Equipe de recherche sur les relations matrice extracellulaire-cellules
5 I-MAT - Fédération INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX DE CERGY-PONTOISE
6 Réserve Naturelle des Bouches de Bonifacio
7 Laboratoire d'Océanologie - Centre MARE
8 UPP - Université Pascal Paoli

The common spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas, Fabricius, 1787) is an iconic species of the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the existence of data on the artisanal fishery of P. elephas in the Mediterranean Sea and particularly in Corsica, knowledge on the biology and life history traits of this iconic species is still lacking. This paper identifies the main gaps in current knowledge and suggests future directions of research to answer these fundamental questions, which are currently unanswered.

Mots clés: Connectivity; Movement; Growth; Age; common spiny lobster; Genetic; Small-scale fisheries; Mediterranean Sea

Domaines: Zoologie des invertébrés; Biodiversité et Ecologie

Michel Marengo, Dimitri Theuerkauff, Michela Patrissi, Nine Doutreloux, Michèle Leduc, et al.. A Typical Mediterranean Fishery and an Iconic Species: focus on the common Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas, Fabricius, 1787) in Corsica. Oceanography and Fisheries Open Access journal, 2020, 12 (1), ⟨10.19080/OFOAJ.2020.12.555827⟩. ⟨hal-02898112⟩