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Table 4

Variation in CPUE (in numbers/person/day) of sea cucumber species and their percentage contribution (%) to the total landings in the north, north-west and north-east coast of Sri Lanka from November 2015 to January 2017.

Species CPUE (in numbers/person/day) and % contribution of each species (%)

North-west North North-east


SCUBA Snorkelling SCUBA Snorkelling Gleaning Netting SCUBA
Holothuria scabra 109 ± 5b3 (11.4%) 43 ± 17a (100%) 3 ± 1b4 (3%) 10 ± 9b1 (32.3%) 14 ± 10b (100%)
Holothuria spinifera 25 ± 11b2 (28.4%) 17 ± 2c3 (17%) 4 ± 4d1 (12.9%) 72 ± 45a2 (12.9%)
Thelenota anax 41 ± 201 (46.6%)
Stichopus chloronotus 3 ± 14 (3.4%)
Holothuria atra 1 ± 1c4 (1.1%) 32 ± 3a2 (32%) 6 ± 5b1 (19.4%)
Bohadschia marmorata 3 ± 1a4 (3.4%) 2 ± 1a4 (2%)
Bohadschia sp. 1 3 ± 1a4 (3.4%) 2 ± 1a4 (2%)
Bohadschia vitiensis 1 ± 1b4 (1.1%) 486 ± 86a1 (87.1%)
Stichopus naso 1 ± 1c4 (1.1%) 44 ± 5a1 (44%) 11 ± 10b1 (35.5%) 35 ± 4a (100%)

Note: Values in same raw bearing, different letters are significantly different and values in same column bearing, different numbers are significantly different (ANOVA, p < 0.05).

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