Historical analysis of Cuban commercial fishing effort and the effects of management interventions on important reef fishes from 1960–2005

Claro, Rodolfo; Mitcheson, Yvonne Sadovy de; Lindeman, Kenyon C.; García-Cagide, Alida

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2009.04.004

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“…The lack of long‐term catch data in large portions of the broad ranges of the Greater Caribbean snappers and grunts ( Lutjanidae and Haemulidae ) resulted in eight species being globally listed as DD. As these fishes, such as the DD black margate ( Anisotremus surinamensis ), are often exploited in mixed‐catch fisheries, the species‐specific data required to quantify population decline can be difficult to obtain (Claro, Sadovy de Mitcheson, Lindeman, & García‐Cagide, ). Recreational catch data are even less accessible than commercial landings data, which is of particular concern for sportfishes (Cooke & Cowx, ).…”

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Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

Linardich

Ralph

Robertson

et al. 2018

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Understanding the conservation status of species is important for prioritizing the allocation of resources to redress or reduce biodiversity loss. Regional organizations that manage threats to the marine biodiversity of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico seek to delineate conservation priorities. This process can be usefully informed by extinction risk assessments conducted under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List criteria: a widely used, objective method to communicate species‐specific conservation needs. Prior to the recent Red List initiatives summarized in this study, the conservation status was known for just one‐quarter of the 1360 Greater Caribbean marine bony shorefishes. During 10 Red List workshops, experts applied data on species' distributions, populations, habitats, and threats in order to assign an extinction risk category to nearly 1000 shorefishes that range in the Greater Caribbean. As conservation is mostly implemented at national and local levels, two more workshops assessed the Gulf of Mexico populations of 940 shorefishes using the regional Red List guidelines. About 5% of these shorefishes are globally or regionally threatened, including 6% of Greater Caribbean endemics and 26% of Gulf endemics. About 9% of the species are Data Deficient. Species‐richness analyses show that the highest numbers of threatened species endemic to the Greater Caribbean are found in Belize, Panama, and the Cayman Islands. The most pervasive threats to the threatened and Near Threatened species are overexploitation, habitat degradation, and predation by the invasive lionfish. Half of the threatened species are experiencing multiple threats that are likely to amplify extinction risk. Recommended actions, in addition to conducting diversity surveys in lesser explored areas, include improving fishery management, reducing habitat degradation, and controlling lionfish populations.

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Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

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Ralph

Robertson

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“…This approach is fundamental to avoid confounding factors such as spatial differences in fishing activities. In JDLR, for both reef habitats, in all zones except NWR, there appear to be no differences in catch and fishing effort along the archipelago before reserve establishment, suggesting similar spatial abundance of finfishes before protection (Pina-Amargós, González-Sansón & Cabrera-Paez, 2008 a ; Claro et al. , 2009).…”

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“…However, the species in our study have monthly spawning aggregations (Lindeman et al. , 2000; Claro & Lindeman, 2003; Claro et al. , 2009) and several spawning aggregation sites for snapper and grouper have been reported in the southeast region of the island (Claro & Lindeman, 2003).…”

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Evidence for protection of targeted reef fish on the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean

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Marine reserves can restore fish abundance and diversity in areas impacted by overfishing, but the effectiveness of reserves in developing countries where resources for enforcement are limited, have seldom been evaluated. Here we assess whether the establishment in 1996 of the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean, Gardens of the Queen in Cuba, has had a positive effect on the abundance of commercially valuable reef fish species in relation to neighboring unprotected areas. We surveyed 25 sites, including two reef habitats (reef crest and reef slope), inside and outside the marine reserve, on five different months, and over a one-and-a-half year period. Densities of the ten most frequent, highly targeted, and relatively large fish species showed a significant variability across the archipelago for both reef habitats that depended on the month of survey. These ten species showed a tendency towards higher abundance inside the reserve in both reef habitats for most months during the study. Average fish densities pooled by protection level, however, showed that five out of these ten species were at least two-fold significantly higher inside than outside the reserve at one or both reef habitats. Supporting evidence from previously published studies in the area indicates that habitat complexity and major benthic communities were similar inside and outside the reserve, while fishing pressure appeared to be homogeneous across the archipelago before reserve establishment. Although poaching may occur within the reserve, especially at the boundaries, effective protection from fishing was the most plausible explanation for the patterns observed.

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“…Notably, the trends in static trap CPUE and active trap CPUE diverged, with the latter not exhibiting significant decline during the period of disturbance. However, active traps are primarily used for targeting spawning aggregations and CPUE derived from this gear is potentially affected by hyperstability, a problem that can emerge in aggregation-based fisheries when the behaviour of fish and fishers act to stabilise catch rates as abundances decline (Sadovy and Domeier, 2005;Claro et al, 2009). Therefore, as a passive gear that is not used to the same extent in targeting aggregations, static trap CPUE is probably a more reliable indicator of siganid stock abundance.…”

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The importance of targeted spawning aggregation fishing to the management of Seychelles’ trap fishery

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Historical analysis of Cuban commercial fishing effort and the effects of management interventions on important reef fishes from 1960–2005

Cited by 81 publications

References 7 publications

Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

Extinction risk and conservation of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

Evidence for protection of targeted reef fish on the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean

The importance of targeted spawning aggregation fishing to the management of Seychelles’ trap fishery

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