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Table 2

Scientific name, fishing time, fishing method, commercial value and the average price of the fresh individual (US$) of sea cucumber species in the commercial catches of the north-west (NW), north (N) and north-east (NE) coasts of Sri from November 2015 to January 2017.

No Species Area Fishing method Time Wet weight price per individual (US$) Value
01 Holothuria scabra NW SC, SN D, N 6.70 ± 2.38 High
N SC, SN, GL D, N
02 Holothuria spinifera NW SC D, N 1.09 ± 0.52 Low
N SC, SN D, N
NE SC D, N
03 Holothuria atra NW SC D, N 0.22 ± 0.19 Low
N SC, SN D, N
04 Bohadschia marmorata NW SC D, ND, N 1.42 ± 0.54 Low
N SC D, N
05 Bohadschia sp. 1 NW SC D, N 1.34 ± 0.43 Low
N SC D, N
06 Bohadschia vitiensis NW SC D, N 0.26 ± 0.19 Low
NE SC D, N
07 Thelenota anax NW SC N 1.80 ± 0.25 Medium
08 Stichopus chloronotus NW SC D, N 0.38 ± 0.04 Low
09 Stichopus naso NW SC D, N 0.25 ± 0.11 Low
N SC, SN, NT D, N

Note: Fishing regions are abbreviated as NW: north-west, N: northern and NE: north-east, fishing methods are abbreviated as SC: SCUBA, SN: snorkelling, GL: gleaning and NT: netting and fishing times are abbreviated as D: day and N: night.

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