Stocks of commercially valuable sea cucumber species have declined in most tropical countries, which supply majority of the global demand. This work aimed to locate priority sites for the management of Holothuria scabra and Stichopus horrens in the western central Philippines. A passive larval dispersal model was run under four monsoonal regimes (Northeast monsoon, dry-transition, Southwest monsoon, and early Northeast monsoon), and the results subjected to the Infomap network detection algorithm. Three clusters of closely related geographical nodes were identified [southeastern Palawan (Group I), western Panay and eastern Mindoro (Group II), and northern and western Palawan with western Mindoro (Group III)]. Remotely sensed habitat data were used to parameterize the degree of connectivity observed among sites (H. scabra spawning and settlement requires the presence of seagrass and mangrove, while S. horrens requires corals and seagrass). Local retention, self-recruitment, settlement success and sink diversity were then calculated for each node with suitable habitat. The locations were ranked according to each metric and those with higher larval export rates, a higher diversity of larval sources and a high degree of successful larval contribution to other sites were deemed crucial for the management of wild populations. Sixteen high-priority sites were identified, distributed mainly along northern Palawan and western Panay. Six sites were common for both species at different seasons, and no single location fulfilled all stated criteria across the four seasons and both sea cucumber species considered. The priority sites for management could serve as broodstock selection and juvenile restocking areas for aquaculture production clusters, which when properly implemented, could lead to an increase in sea cucumber production and contribute to natural populations. On a broader scale, the designation of closely related clusters and incorporation of habitat requirements to dispersal data provided critical input for the delineation of ecologically meaningful management units for sea cucumbers within the region.

在大多数热带国家中，具有商业价值的海参品种的库存已经减少，这些国家满足了全球大部分需求。这项工作旨在找到优先地点进行管理整oth 和 刺St在菲律宾中西部。在四个季风状态（东北季风，干转，西南季风和东北早期季风）下运行了一个被动幼虫扩散模型。信息图网络检测算法。确定了三个密切相关的地理节点群[东南巴拉望岛（第一类），西班乃和东部明多洛岛（第二类），以及北部和西部巴拉望岛与西部明多洛岛（第三类）]。遥感栖息地数据用于参数化站点之间的连通程度（斯卡布拉 产卵和定居需要海草和红树林的存在，而 桑氏链球菌需要珊瑚和海草）。然后，针对具有合适栖息地的每个节点，计算了当地保留，自我招募，安置成功和汇汇多样性。根据每个指标对这些地点进行排名，并认为幼虫出口率较高，幼虫来源的多样性较高以及对其他地点的幼虫成功贡献较高对野生种群的管理至关重要。确定了16个高优先级地点，主要分布在巴拉望北部和Panay西部。这两个物种在不同的季节共有六个地点，没有一个地点能够满足四个季节的所有既定标准，并且没有考虑这两个海参物种。优先管理地点可以用作水产养殖生产集群的亲鱼选择和少年放养区，如果实施得当，可能会导致海参产量增加并促进自然种群的增长。从更广泛的角度来看，指定密切相关的类群以及将栖息地要求纳入分散数据中，为划定该区域内海参的具有生态意义的管理单位提供了重要的投入。