Recruitment and habitat ecology of juvenile mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus Forsskal, 1775) in central Vietnam

Abstract

Mangrove Red Snapper has been a valuable aquaculture fish in Vietnam, however, its aquaculture mostly depends on fingerlings collected from the wild. There is no ecological study conducted for this species in Vietnam, although its resource is seriously threatened by increased fishing and habitat depression. In this study, we examined the recruitment and habitat ecology of juveniles. We found that there was only one main period of the recruitment occurring in July to August, with a large number of