. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Fishes -- Mexico, Gulf of; Estuaries -- Mexico, Gulf of. Spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus Adult. 8 cm (fromGoode 1884) Common Name: spotted seatrout Scientific Name: Cynoscion nebulosus Other Common Names: spotted weakfish, spotted squeteague, speckles, speckled trout, salmon trout, simon trout (Hildebrand and Schroeder 1972); acoupa pintade (French), con/inata pintada (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA 1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: S
. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Fishes -- Mexico, Gulf of; Estuaries -- Mexico, Gulf of. Spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus Adult. 8 cm (fromGoode 1884) Common Name: spotted seatrout Scientific Name: Cynoscion nebulosus Other Common Names: spotted weakfish, spotted squeteague, speckles, speckled trout, salmon trout, simon trout (Hildebrand and Schroeder 1972); acoupa pintade (French), con/inata pintada (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA 1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: Sciaenidae Value Commercial: Commercial landings of spotted seatrout occur throughout the year along the Gulf of Mexico. Fresh catch is sold in local markets. During 1992, mt of spotted seatrout were landed in the Gulf (Newlin 1993). Louisiana harvested over 61% ( mt) of the total landings followed by Florida ( mt) and Mississippi ( mt). A decline in landings has been reported for Gulf coast states in recent years, possibly due to over-fishing and habitat destruction (Heffernan and Kemp 1982). These reported declines resulted in closure of the Alabama and Texas commer- cial fishery, and an annual harvest quota of 454 mt (GSMFC 1993). Runaround gill nets, trammel nets, pound nets, seines, and longlines are the common gear used, and occasionally bottom trawls are used. However, the commercial fishery in Florida is now strictly hook-and-line because of a recent net ban (DeVries pers. comm.). Many spotted seatrout are caught incidentally while fishing for other inshore fishes (Fischer 1978, Lassuy 1983, Perret et al. 1980). Recreational: The spotted seatrout is one of the spe- cies most often sought by anglers, and the sport catch is substantially greater than the commercial harvest (Tabb and Manning 1961, Van Voorhees et al. 1992, NMFS 1993). Fishery information for the Gulf of Mexico (except Texas) showed a total catch of 18,188,000 spotted seatrout in 1992 (NM
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