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0000-0002-0324-1833
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Charles Darwin University
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Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 13-09-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2005
Publisher: Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Date: 06-1999
DOI: 10.4027/EAFM.1999.19
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-02-2007
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-11-2013
Publisher: Brill
Date: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 09-2004
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001584
Abstract: Analysis of ecological baseline data collected for key resource species within the Galapagos Marine Reserve indicates that variation in animal density associated with the location of fully protected zones can be comparable to protected area effects. Even with a high level of interspersion between conservation, tourism and fishing management zones, major differences in densities of economically important species were evident between zone types prior to enforcement of fishing restrictions. Densities of the most valuable fishery resource, sea cucumbers, were three times higher in zones that remained open to fishing compared to ‘no-take’ conservation zones, and densities of sharks were five times higher in tourism zones than fishing or conservation zones. These results highlight bias in the socio-political processes that can accompany selection of marine protected areas, where fishers attempt to minimize perceived impacts on their livelihood by locating large protected zones in resource-poor areas, and tourism operators and sport ers argue for protection of areas containing atypically-interesting features. Bias in the location of fully protected zones can seriously confound ‘control-impact’ field investigations when data prior to prohibitions on fishing are lacking, including meta-analyses, which are dominated by such potentially systematically biased studies.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2003
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-04-2016
Publisher: CRC Press
Date: 24-01-2007
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-08-2017
DOI: 10.1111/REC.12560
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 06-2004
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903001188
Abstract: The Galápagos Islands, a world heritage region for the protection of the unique terrestrial and marine wildlife, are also home to a small human population, dependent on fisheries. There was a lucrative sea-cucumber ( Stichopus fuscus ) fishery in the islands, which began in 1992. After a rapid expansion in the Galápagos archipelago, the fishery has declined and now persists predominantly around the western islands. Initially, the fishery was largely illegal and uncontrollable. Subsequently, a co-management framework developed, with fisher participation. Gradually enforcement improved, apparent corruption declined, and research capacity increased. Although stock abundance surveys have been carried out annually since 1993, the paucity of background biological and fishery information does not allow rigorous stock assessment. The achievements of co-management through the participation of fishers in research and management have been: an acceptance of management controls on numbers of fishers and quotas, a reduction in conflict and increased co-operation. Persistent problems have been: weak enforcement capacity, limited funds for patrolling and research, corruption and declining stock abundance. Proposed application of precautionary principles to management, including a range of fishery indicators, may save the fishery from collapse. The principles are applicable to many other data-poor fisheries globally.
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