Table 5 Standing stocks (kg) of different sea cucumber species during the period of study
From: Destruction of sea cucumber populations due to overfishing at Abu Ghosoun area, Red Sea
Species | July 2000 | July 2006 | July 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
Actinopyga echinites | 297.6 | 235.6 | 24.8 |
Actinopyga mauritiana | 353.6 | 122.4 | 0 |
Actinopyga miliaris | 155.4 | 81.4 | 22.2 |
Bohadschia similis | 434 | 223.2 | 0 |
Bohadschia argus | 448.8 | 290.4 | 0 |
Bohadschia vitiensis | 626.4 | 359.6 | 116 |
Holothuria atra | 1254.4 | 1176 | 852.6 |
Holothuria scabra | 1144 | 176 | 0 |
Holothuria whitmaei | 1482 | 1273 | 247 |
Holothuria fuscogilva | 1629.6 | 989.4 | 97 |
Stichopus hermanni | 1100 | 280 | 20 |
Stichopus horrens | 756 | 144 | 0 |
Thelenota ananas | 1056 | 110 | 0 |
Total | 10,737.8 | 5461 | 1379.6 |