Climate variability and El Niño Southern Oscillation: implications for natural coastal resources and management

Table 1 List of marine species of economic interest in commercial and artisanal coastal fisheries along Pacific South America

Scientific name	Local (Spanish) name	Landing in northern Chile^a (t)	Chile (total, t)	Peru^b (total, t)
Algae
Rhodymenia sp.
Macrocystis pyrifera	Huiro/Sargazo
Lessonia nigrescens	Chascón/Aracanto	9,672	16,500
Lessonia trabeculata	Huiro palo/Palo blanco	3,391	18,457
Molluscs
Mesodesma donacium	Macha		1,396	1
Donax marincovichi, D. peruvianus
D. obesulus, and D. mancorensis	Machilla/Palabritas
Argopecten purpuratus	Ostión del norte/Concha de abanico	458^c	18,806	20,063
Thais chocolata	Caracol/Locate	824	825	2,815
Concholepas concholepas	Chanque/Loco/Tolina	9^d	828
Aulacomya ater	Cholga	471	8,390	3,893
Trachycardium procerum	Concha Corazon
Octopus mimus	Pulpo	1,613	2,080
Fissurella sp.	Lapa	807^e	2,597
Crustaceans
Emerita analoga	Pulguilla del mar/Muy Muy
Pollicipes elegans	Percebes
Cancer setosus/polyodon	Cangrejo peludo^f	62	387	5,069^g
Cancer porteri	Cangrejo/Jaiba
Xiphopenaeus riveti	Camarón tití/Langostino tití
Homalaspis plana	Cangrejo/Jaiba
Platyxanthus orbignyi	Cangrejo/Jaiba/cangrejo violádo
Echinoderms
Loxechinus albus	Erizo	4,459	46,794	369
Fishes
Medialuna ancietae	Acha
Semicosyphus darwini	Pejeperro	24	33
Cynoscion analis	Ayanque/Cachema			7,247
Cilus gilberti	Corvina	16	1,033
Paralabrax humeralis	Cabrilla	83	101	4,672

Approximate landings for Chile and Peru (data from Sernapesca 2001; IMARPE 2003); all values in tons (t), empty spaces denotes no quantitative data available
^aData from Antofagasta and Iquique for 2000 (SERNAPESCA 2001)
^bData for 2002 (IMARPE 2003)
^cExtraction prohibited. Landing correspond to farmed scallops
^dSpecies with management measures based on quotes
^eMore than three species of Fissurella are landing under the common name of “Lapas” in northern Chile, but in southern Chile four species are recognized in landing records. Chilean landing includes the total for the four species
^fIn the landing report only one “crab” is registered in northern Chile (Jaiba peluda = Cancer setosus) but at least other eight fished crabs species are reported for the total of the country
^gSpecies or common name not indicated

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