White steenbras
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| Species: | L. lithognathus
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| Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
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The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is a species of fish in the Sparidae family[2] endemic to South Africa.[3] Due to overfishing, primarily by seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now critically endangered and is about to become a 'no keep' species in South Africa. Massive breeding shoals are illegally wiped out by beach seine netters each year,[4] with the authorities doing little to prevent this.[5] The species was identified as a priority for research, management and conservation in a National Linefish Status Report[6]
References
- ^ Mann, B.Q.; Buxton, C.D.; Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E.; Iwatsuki, Y. (2014). "Lithognathus lithognathus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T12137A505458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T12137A505458.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- ^ Skelton, P. 1996. Lithognathus lithognathus.
- ^ [1] Link to illegal hauls of White Steenbras
- ^ [2] Public Vow to stop Illegal White Steenbras hauls being made by Beach Seine Netters
- ^ Bennett, Rhett Hamilton. 2012. Movement patterns, stock delineation and conservation of an overexploited fishery species, Lithognathus Lithognathus (Pisces: Sparidae). Doctoral thesis - PhD. Grahamstown: Rhodes University
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