Sea cucumber fishing pattern and the socio-economic characteristics of fisher communities in Sri Lanka

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Table 6

Price markup over the value chain of nine sea cucumber species common in the commercial catches of Sri Lanka.

Species	No. of individuals per kg	Prices (USD/kg)

		Divers (USD)	Processors	Export
Holothuria scabra	15	117.46 ± 20.65^a	129.95 ± 12.03^a	240.86 ± 1.86^b
Holothuria spinifera	30	45.96 ± 2.99^a	82.79 ± 10.54^b	105.65 ± 20.29^c
Thelenota anax	20	40.86 ± 3.23^a	86.02 ± 7.45^b	140.86 ± 4.93^c
Stichopus chloronotus	40	16.07 ± 1.21^a	67.74 ± 20.06^b	94.62 ± 3.72^c
Holothuria atra	40	15.05 ± 4.58^a	17.2 ± 9.86^a	38.71 ± 5.27^b
Bohadschia marmorata	20	37.88 ± 6.31^a	44.09 ± 1.86^a	54.84 ± 3.23^b
Bohadschia sp. 1	20	32.04 ± 3.96^a	38.71 ± 6.45^b	53.76 ± 1.86^c
Bohadschia vitiensis	35	16.94 ± 5.1^a	26.88 ± 4.93^b	30.65 ± 4.27^b
Stichopus naso	120	29.56 ± 3.13^a	33.33 ± 10.37^a	50.53 ± 4.93^b

Note: Price values in same column bearing, different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).

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