Taking into account that limpet exploitation in these coasts is
multispecific and no difference is made between the three species, in case the resource is intended to be managed by temporal closures during the fertile period for guaranteeing recruitment, these should be established following the fertile period of P. vulgata, which is restricted to 3–4 cold months (from November to February in our coasts). The reproductive season is not so limiting for P. depressa and P. ulyssiponensis which show mature individuals throughout much of the year (between 9 and 11 months)