Author(s)

Ruth A. Pérez-Campos¹, Oswaldo Huchim-Lara², Silvia Salas², María Liceaga-Correa³, Héctor Hernández-Nuñez³, Cristina Pascual-Jiménez Pascual-Jiménez⁴, Rossanna Rodríguez-Canul^1*

¹Laboratorio de Inmunología y Biología Molecular, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
²Laboratorio de Pesquerías, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
³Laboratorio de Percepción Remota y Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN-Mérida (CINVESTAV-IPN), Merida, Mexico.
⁴Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad Académica Sisal, Sisal, Mexico.

Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) is considered a major threat to spiny lobsters Panulirus argus. In this study Geospatial analysis was used to analyze PaV1 distribution in an artisanal fishery of spiny lobster Panulirus argus population from the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Adult and sub-adult P. argus and seabed coverage data were collected from thirty artisanal fishing sites. Five seabed coverage types were identified: seagrass; sand/seagrass mixture; sand only; coral/sand mixture; and seaweed. No juveniles were examined. Of the 358 collected lobsters, PaV1 was identified in four organisms (three sub-adults and one adult) from two fishing sites (termed A ＆ B), both found in a seagrass coverage area. Overall prevalence was of 1.12%. Prevalence was of 20% (2/10) at one site and of 12.6% (2/16) at the other.

Panulirus argus, PaV1, Geospatial Analysis, Artisanal Fishery, Seagrass

Pérez-Campos, R. , Huchim-Lara, O. , Salas, S. , Liceaga-Correa, M. , Hernández-Nuñez, H. , Pascual-Jiménez, C. and Rodríguez-Canul, R. (2016) Landscape Analysis for PaV1 Infection in Lobsters Panulirus argus from the Artisanal Fishery of the Eastern Coast of Yucatan, Mexico. Open Journal of Marine Science, 6, 386-394. doi: 10.4236/ojms.2016.63032.