Overexploitation of Striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus) and White Mullet (Mugil curema) at the Mouth of the Soto La Marina River, within the Laguna Madre Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico: A Data-Limited Diagnosis in a High-Priority Conservation Zone

The striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) and white mullet (Mugil curema) support artisanal fishing at the mouth of the Soto La Marina River, Gulf of Mexico, an area of great ecological value within the Laguna Madre and Rio Bravo Delta Protected Natural Area, the Terrestrial Priority Region RTP-83, and the Marine Priority Region RMP-44. Given the absence of historical catch and effort time series—a typical constraint of data limited fisheries—a length based frequency approach was used to estimate grow