Western rock lobster

Western rock lobster

Taxobox
name = Western rock lobster


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Achelata
familia = Palinuridae
genus = "Panulirus"
species = "P. cygnus"
binomial = "Panulirus cygnus"
binomial_authority = George, 1962

The western rock lobster or western crayfish, "Panulirus cygnus", is a spiny lobster found off the west coast of Australia and is Australia's most valuable fishery, making up 20% of value of Australia's total fishing industry. The annual catch is 8,000–15,000 tons. The value of production in 2003/2004 was AU$248 million. The fishery was one of the first in the world to be certified as ecologically sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.

At Rottnest Island, Western Australia, recreational fishing of the western rock lobster has been championed by Mihalo and Andrij, both of whom visit the island anually, along with the rest of the uki crew.

ee also

*Southern rock lobster

External links

* [http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/comm/broc/lobster/index.html West Australian Fisheries Dept - Commercial Fisheries of Western Australia - Rock Lobster]


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