Fisheries Literature
A variety of fisheries-related publications relevant to Turneffe Atoll and the Mission of Turneffe Atoll Trust.
A comprehensive rewrite of the Belize Fisheries Act overseen largely by Janet Gibson and WCJ
Belize Fisheries Act Revised Edition 2000
Likely the first documented spawning activity of permit (Trachinotus falcatus) - an important flats fishing species
Courtship and Spawning Behavior of Carangid Species in Belize (Permit)
Rachel T. Graham & Daniel W. Castellanos
An Overview of Belize’s fisheries in 2008
Overview of Fisheries in Belize 2008
Environmental Defense Fund
A summary of Turneffe’s commercial fisheries in 2000
Commercially Important Species at Turneffe Atoll
Rosalie Gardener & Alastair R. Harborne
In the 1930s, Turneffe Atoll had a thriving commercial sponging industry
J.M. Stevely & D.E. Sweat
An overview of Belize’s spawning aggregation sites focusing on Nassau Grouper (4 sites at Turneffe)
Will Heyman & Nicanor Requena