Spatial assessment of fishing effort around European marine reserves: Implications for successful fisheries management

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Stelzenmueller, Vanessa^1,2  Maynou, Francesc²  Bernard, Guillaume⁶  Cadiou, Gwenael⁶  Camilleri, Matthew⁴  Crec'hriou, Romain³  Criquet, Geraldine³  Dimech, Mark⁴  Esparza, Oscar⁵  Higgins, Ruth⁷  Lenfant, Philippe³  Perez-Ruzafa, Angel⁵ 

[1] CEFAS, Marine Environm Management, Lowestoft NR33 OHT, Suffolk, England

[2] ICM CSIC, Barcelona 08003, Spain

[3] Univ Perpignan, UMR 5244 CNRS EPHE UPVD, F-66860 Perpignan, France

[4] Malta Ctr Fisheries Sci, Ft San Lucjan BBG 06, Marsaxlokk, Malta

[5] Univ Murcia, Dept Ecol & Hidrol, Grp Invest Ecol & Ordenac Ecosistemas Marinos Cos, E-30100 Murcia, Spain

[6] Groupement Interet Sci GIS Posidonie, F-13288 Marseille 9, France

[7] Univ Acores, Dept Oceanog & Pescas, PT-9901862 Horta, Portugal

关键词: Artisanal fishery;    Fisheries benefits;    Fisheries management;    GAMs;    Geostatistics;    GIS;    Regression kriging;    Spatial modelling;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.006

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We examined the spatial dynamic of artisanal fishing fleets around five European marine protected areas (MPAs) to derive general implications for the evaluation of MPAs as fisheries management tools. The coastal MPAs studied were located off France, Malta and Spain and presented a variety of spatial designs and processes of establishment. We developed a standardized methodology to define factors influencing effort allocation and to produce fishing effort maps by merging GIS with geostatistical modelling techniques. Results revealed that in most cases the factors distance to the no-take, water depth, and distance to the port had a significant influence on effort allocation by the fishing fleets. Overall, we found local concentration of fishing effort around the MPA borders. Thus, neglecting the pattern of fishing effort distribution in evaluating MPA benefits, such as spillover of biomass, could hamper sound interpretation of MPAs as fisheries management tools. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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