[
    {
        "id": "osp-14012",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Reproductive Season of the Scalloped Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus Along the Coast of Oman: Management Implications",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Marzouqi",
                "given": "Abdul Aziz"
            },
            {
                "family": "Groeneveld",
                "given": "Johan C."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al‐Nahdi",
                "given": "Abdullah"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Hosni",
                "given": "Ahmed"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/reproductive-season-of-the-scalloped-spiny-lobster-panulirus-homarus-along-the-coast-of-oman-management-implications",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2008
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences",
        "volume": "13",
        "page": "33",
        "DOI": "10.24200/jams.vol13iss0pp33-42",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2410-1060",
        "abstract": "The spiny lobster Panulirus homarus is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. Along the coast of Oman it supports an artisanal fishery using traps and tangle nets. The egg-bearing incidence of females caught between 1989 and 2006 were analysed relative to month, lobster size and location of capture. The smallest female with external eggs had a carapace length (CL) of 54.6 mm, but only 9–18% of females of 60–69 mm CL carried eggs. This percentage increased significantly above 70 mm CL, and on average, 63% of individuals >90 mm carried eggs. Egg-bearing increased seasonally at the onset of the SW monsoon in May and June, when wind-driven upwelling reduces inshore water temperatures and increases primary productivity. The reproductive season extended over a 9-month period up to January, with a pause in February to April. No geographical gradient in egg-bearing seasonality was observed. The prolonged breeding season with multiple broods in large females conforms with the typical pattern of tropical palinurids. The 2-month open fishing season (15th October to 15th December) falls within the breeding season, and may be more optimally placed in February to April."
    }
]