A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs

Horseshoe crabs are the only extant xiphosurans and are believed to be morphologically unchanged for more than 200 million years. Of the four extant species namely, Limulus polyphemus, Tachypleus tridentatus, Tapinauchenius gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, the latter three are found in As...

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Main Authors:	John, Akbar, Nelson, Bryan R., Hasan I., Sheikh, Cheung, SG, Wardiatno, Yusli, Dash, Bisnu Prasad, Keiji, Tsuchiya, Yumiko, Iwasaki, Pati, Siddhartha
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spelling	iium-669692019-06-27T01:08:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66969/ A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs John, Akbar Nelson, Bryan R. Hasan I., Sheikh Cheung, SG Wardiatno, Yusli Dash, Bisnu Prasad Keiji, Tsuchiya Yumiko, Iwasaki Pati, Siddhartha QL Zoology Horseshoe crabs are the only extant xiphosurans and are believed to be morphologically unchanged for more than 200 million years. Of the four extant species namely, Limulus polyphemus, Tachypleus tridentatus, Tapinauchenius gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, the latter three are found in Asian waters. Recent evidences showed that Asian horseshoe crabs are facing serious threats such as degradation of their spawning grounds and habitat, environmental pollution, overexploitation as a culinary delicacy and biomedical bleeding practices. Baseline data on the distribution and existing population of the wild horseshoe crabs remain poorly known in several Asian regions. Several studies have clearly revealed that pressure due to over-fshing of wild stock has increased tremendously in the last decade. Due to an increase in demand for Tachypleus Amebocyte Lysate (TAL) analogous to Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) in the United States, there is an urgent need to comprehensively address their fshing and conservation measures in the Asian region. This review addresses the overall studies on three species of Asian horseshoe crabs in relation to their fshing practices, local exploitation of their wild stock either for human consumption (or) by biomedical industries. The authors have structured the discussion on an international scale to address the existing problems in fshing and conservation of horseshoe crabs. Since no specifc regulatory force or legislative protection act or a policy to preserve their natural stock are available to this date, this paper strongly recommends representative countries to include horseshoe crabs under their wildlife protection act to avoid further unsustainable exploitation of their wild populations Springer Netherlands 2018-12-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66969/14/66969_A%20review%20on%20fisheries%20and%20conservation_complete.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66969/13/66969_A%20review%20on%20fisheries%20and%20conservation_scopus.pdf John, Akbar and Nelson, Bryan R. and Hasan I., Sheikh and Cheung, SG and Wardiatno, Yusli and Dash, Bisnu Prasad and Keiji, Tsuchiya and Yumiko, Iwasaki and Pati, Siddhartha (2018) A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27 (14). ISSN 0960-3115 E-ISSN 1572-9710 (In Press) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-018-1633-8 10.1007/s10531-018-1650-7
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spellingShingle	QL Zoology John, Akbar Nelson, Bryan R. Hasan I., Sheikh Cheung, SG Wardiatno, Yusli Dash, Bisnu Prasad Keiji, Tsuchiya Yumiko, Iwasaki Pati, Siddhartha A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs
description	Horseshoe crabs are the only extant xiphosurans and are believed to be morphologically unchanged for more than 200 million years. Of the four extant species namely, Limulus polyphemus, Tachypleus tridentatus, Tapinauchenius gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, the latter three are found in Asian waters. Recent evidences showed that Asian horseshoe crabs are facing serious threats such as degradation of their spawning grounds and habitat, environmental pollution, overexploitation as a culinary delicacy and biomedical bleeding practices. Baseline data on the distribution and existing population of the wild horseshoe crabs remain poorly known in several Asian regions. Several studies have clearly revealed that pressure due to over-fshing of wild stock has increased tremendously in the last decade. Due to an increase in demand for Tachypleus Amebocyte Lysate (TAL) analogous to Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) in the United States, there is an urgent need to comprehensively address their fshing and conservation measures in the Asian region. This review addresses the overall studies on three species of Asian horseshoe crabs in relation to their fshing practices, local exploitation of their wild stock either for human consumption (or) by biomedical industries. The authors have structured the discussion on an international scale to address the existing problems in fshing and conservation of horseshoe crabs. Since no specifc regulatory force or legislative protection act or a policy to preserve their natural stock are available to this date, this paper strongly recommends representative countries to include horseshoe crabs under their wildlife protection act to avoid further unsustainable exploitation of their wild populations
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author	John, Akbar Nelson, Bryan R. Hasan I., Sheikh Cheung, SG Wardiatno, Yusli Dash, Bisnu Prasad Keiji, Tsuchiya Yumiko, Iwasaki Pati, Siddhartha
author_facet	John, Akbar Nelson, Bryan R. Hasan I., Sheikh Cheung, SG Wardiatno, Yusli Dash, Bisnu Prasad Keiji, Tsuchiya Yumiko, Iwasaki Pati, Siddhartha
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title	A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs
title_short	A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs
title_full	A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs
title_fullStr	A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs
title_full_unstemmed	A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs
title_sort	review on fisheries and conservation status of asian horseshoe crabs
publisher	Springer Netherlands
publishDate	2018
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A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs

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