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The Scalloped Spiny Lobster (Panulirus homarus) is one of the species found in Madagascar’s south-eastern regional lobster fishery. The fishery consists of around 40 communities and directly employs 15,000 people. Lobsters are big business, because they are a high value commodity and catch from this region accounts for the majority of national catch and export. The Scalloped Spiny Lobster found here is red and does not have pincers. It is usually found near rocky reef. Lobsters are important to this ecosystem because they maintain species diversity, so overfishing threatens biodiversity.

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