2016
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00043
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Higher Abundance of Marine Predators and Changes in Fishers' Behavior Following Spatial Protection within the World's Biggest Shark Fishery

Abstract: Fisheries are complex social-ecological systems, where managers struggle to balance the socioeconomic interests of fishing communities with the biology and ecology of fisheries species. Spatial closures are a popular measure to address conservation and fisheries management goals, including the protection of shark populations. However, very little research has been published on the effectiveness of shark-specific closures to protect sharks, or their impacts on fisher behavior. Situated within the global center … Show more

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“…drifting vs. benthic BRUVs or bottom vs. surface set longlines), number of hooks, inter-hook distance or hook size. In the present study, sampling effort, number of hooks, amount of bait and survey time frames for both methods were in range of or exceeding those reported for most published BRUVs and longline surveys investigating elasmobranch abundance (Pikitch et al, 2005;Meekan et al, 2006;Bond et al, 2012;Goetze and Fullwood, 2013;Jaiteh et al, 2016). If anything, we would thus have expected higher yields of sharks than previous studies.…”
Section: Global Cpue Comparisonsupporting
confidence: 52%
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“…drifting vs. benthic BRUVs or bottom vs. surface set longlines), number of hooks, inter-hook distance or hook size. In the present study, sampling effort, number of hooks, amount of bait and survey time frames for both methods were in range of or exceeding those reported for most published BRUVs and longline surveys investigating elasmobranch abundance (Pikitch et al, 2005;Meekan et al, 2006;Bond et al, 2012;Goetze and Fullwood, 2013;Jaiteh et al, 2016). If anything, we would thus have expected higher yields of sharks than previous studies.…”
Section: Global Cpue Comparisonsupporting
confidence: 52%
“…Most of the non-Red Sea regions used in our comparison have general fisheries management practices in place. In addition, the fished areas of these regions are often located adjacent to relatively well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) (Meekan and Cappo, 2004;Meekan et al, 2006;Goetze and Fullwood, 2013;Ruppert et al, 2013;Espinoza et al, 2014;Santana-Garçon et al, 2014a, 2014bBeer, 2015;Jaiteh et al, 2016), while the SA Red Sea coast is lacking any managed marine reserves. The benefits of MPAs for shark abundance have been sufficiently proven in other locations.…”
Section: Global Cpue Comparisonmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…1). In 2013, the regency of Raja Ampat was declared a shark sanctuary and shark fishing became punishable by law, displacing Osi fishers to less productive fishing grounds around Halmahera and the Seram Sea [21].…”
Section: Communitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Information on the fishing practices of the three study sites was collected from a total of 31 vessels during 46 fishing trips (Table S2). For a detailed summary of fishing trips and the data collection protocol at sea, see [21,24]. Fishers in Pepela and Dobo, whose vessels were equipped with handheld GPS, recorded the start and end points of longline and gillnet sets.…”
Section: General Data Collectionmentioning
confidence: 99%