Refugio Riquelmer Riquelmer Gamboa-Gamboa

Dr. Refugio Riquelmer Riquelmer Gamboa-Gamboa


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 January 2024 in Fishes
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CPCeleste Ponce
Celeste Ponce
Apolinar Santamaria-MirandaApolinar Santamaria-Miranda
Apolinar Santamaria-Miranda
JSJosé Ángel Trigueros Salmerón
José Ángel Trigueros Salmerón
JMJuan Pablo Apún Molina
Juan Pablo Apún Molina
FVFrancisco Guadalupe Valenzuela
Francisco Guadalupe Valenzuela
RGRefugio Riquelmer Riquelmer Gamboa-Gamboa
Refugio Riquelmer Riquelmer Gamboa-Gamboa
The bioeconomy offers an opportunity to implement a truly sustainable global economy based on biological resources, which, thanks to biotechnologies, become renewable. In this study, we conducted a bioeconomic analysis of the three most important species of sea snook in northern Sinaloa using fishery and mathematical models to support the selection of the species with the highest growth and feasibility. Our results showed a condition factor lower than 1 (K < 1) for the three species. The size condition factor was higher in younger organisms for the three snook species. The growth rates were K = 0.320, K = 0.160, and K = 0.440 for C. viridis, C. nigrescens, and C. medius, respectively. Individual growth was 1.8 g/day for C. viridis, 1.47 g/day for C. nigrescens, and 0.91 g/day for C. medius. The length-to-weight ratio indicated negative allometric growth (b = 2.82, b = 2.72, and b = 2.73, respectively) for C. viridis, C. nigrescens, and C. medius. The simulation for possible commercial cultivation reflected varied sizes: 600 g for C. viridis and C. nigrescens and 400 g for C. medius. The financial projection of C. viridis produced IRRs of 14% and 48% in captured fishing and aquaculture models, respectively, with positive NPV. However, simulations for C. nigrescens and C. medius were not economically viable. We conclude that, according to the aquaculture model, the most financially feasible species to farm in the north of Sinaloa is C. viridis, which showed the highest growth based on fishery data compared to those for C. nigrescens and C. medius.