Western rock lobster

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Western rock lobster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Achelata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Panulirus
Species: P. cygnus
Binomial name
Panulirus cygnus
George, 1962

The western rock lobster or western crayfish, Panulirus cygnus, is a spiny lobster found off the west coast of Australia, and is Australia's most valuable fishery, making up 20% of value of Australia's total fishing industry. The annual catch is around 8,000 - 15,000 tons. The value of production in 2003/2004 was AUS$248 million. The fishery was one of the first fisheries in the world to be certified as ecologically sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.

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