The species is caught throughout its range, mostly by hand when diving or with spears, also with
traps, tangle nets and lobster pots. In Taiwan it is also known to be taken as by-catch by trawls. Fishing is of local
interest only The animals are sold fresh in the markets and directly to restaurants. The FAO Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics reports for this species catches in Japan of 1083 tons in 1987 and 969 tons in 1988. As P. longipes is not
particularly common in Japan, and as P. japonicus was not listed in those statistics it is likely that the figures refer to
the latter species or to both.