Recent studies have shown that coastal and shelf cephalopod populations have increased
globally over the last six decades. Although cephalopod landings are dominated by the …

Dietary descriptions based on stomach content are pervasive regardless of the biases
concerning its methodology, statistics and descriptors. We here review different biases on …

This is the second volume of the entirely rewritten, revised and updated version of the
original FAO Catalogue of Cephalopods of the World (1984). The present Volume is a …

Although the mechanism by which temperature modulates the use of reserves and its
consequences for organogenesis in octopus species is not yet known, there is evidence that …

The increasing market demand for cephalopods and the experiences obtained with different
species has boosted the interest in developing their culture in Latin America. In 2008, an …

Cephalopod fisheries have experienced outstanding growth in Latin America during the last
quarter century, increasing from 0.5% to 7% of total Latin American landings since 1990. Its …

Two hundred sixty-one octopuses were obtained from August 2006 to June 2007 in Bahía
de Los Angeles, BC, Mexico. Sizes ranged from 58–190 mm in mantle length. Diet was …

Many species of the genus Octopus are important resources for fisheries worldwide. Its
approximately 200 species show a strong similarity in structural morphology and a wide …

Las fluctuaciones en abundancia, biomasa, estructura de edad y patrones de distribución
de los recursos pesqueros responden, entre otros, a la variabilidad ambiental. Estas …

Octopus insularis is the most important octopus commercially fished in northeastern Brazil.
Its reproductive dynamics were studied in order to contribute to the biological basis for its …