A review of sea cucumber aquaculture, ranching, and stock enhancement in China

Q Han, JK Keesing, D Liu - Reviews in Fisheries Science & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Sea cucumber aquaculture has flourished as a result of increasing demand coupled with
declining wild fisheries and has been facilitated by technical progress in the production and …

The sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata): its biology and exploitation as beche-de-mer

JF Hamel, C Conand, DL Pawson, A Mercier - 2001 - Elsevier
One of the most intensively studied holothurians, Holothuria scabra has been discussed in
the literature since 1833. The species is important for several reasons:(1) it is abundant and …

Ecological roles of exploited sea cucumbers

SW Purcell, C Conand, S Uthicke… - … and marine biology, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
STEVEN W. PURCELL1, CHANTAL CONAND2, SVEN UTHICKE3 & MARIA
BYRNE41National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour …

Advances in marine biology: endogenous and exogenous control of gametogenesis and spawning in echinoderms

A Mercier, JF Hamel - 2009 - books.google.com
Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by AJ Southward
(Marine Biological Association, UK), PA Tyler (Southampton Oceanography Association …

[PDF][PDF] Population status, fisheries and trade of sea cucumbers in the Western Central Pacific

J Kinch, S Purcell, S Uthicke, K Friedman - … A global review of fisheries and …, 2008 - vliz.be
Where older taxonomic classifications have been used in referenced texts or in information
provided by colleagues, these have been changed to their new taxonomic determinations …

Revered and reviled: the plight of the vanishing sea cucumbers

A Mercier, SW Purcell, EM Montgomery… - Annual Review of …, 2025 - annualreviews.org
Sea cucumbers paradoxically suffer from being both highly prized and commonly
disregarded. As an Asian medicine and delicacy, they command fabulous prices and are …

Breeding and rearing of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra in Viet Nam

R Pitt, DQD Nguyen - 2004 - digitalarchive.worldfishcenter.org
The aims of this project were to develop large scale breeding and rearing methods for
sandfish (Holothuria scabra) for commercial culture and/or restocking. Wild collected sea …

Shrimp polyculture: a potentially profitable, sustainable, but uncommon aquacultural practice

M Martínez‐Porchas… - Reviews in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Shrimp polyculture is not yet a common practice among farmers; however, this activity
represents an important alternative to solving and/or minimizing some of the problems that …

The ecological role of Holothuria scabra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) within subtropical seagrass beds

SM Wolkenhauer, S Uthicke, C Burridge… - Journal of the Marine …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Some sea cucumbers species are heavily exploited as bêche-de-mer for the Asian food
industry and the global decline of certain highly sought after species has generated an …

Global knowledge on the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria scabra

JF Hamel, I Eeckhaut, C Conand, J Sun… - Advances in marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Holothuria scabra is one of the most intensively studied holothuroids, or sea cucumbers
(Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), having been discussed in the literature since the early 19th …