Oyster reef restoration in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, methods and outcomes

Peyre, Megan La; Furlong, Jessica Nicole; Brown, Laura A.; Piazza, Bryan P.; Brown, Ken

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.12.002

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“…These losses in Australia include areas adjacent to the urban centres of Sydney (e.g., Sydney Harbour and the Georges River), Brisbane (Moreton Bay) and Melbourne (Port Phillip Bay) [75,76] which are the focus of urban recreational fisheries. Oyster beds have been successfully restored in a number of locations, including the Great Wicomico River (WV, USA) [77], and numerous sites in the Gulf of Mexico [78], although success is not always guaranteed [77,79]. Restored oyster beds can enhance fisheries production [72] as well as fish diversity [80].…”

Section: Habitat Restoration and Habitat Creationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Recreational Fisheries in the Australian Coastal Zone: The Sustainability Challenge

McPhee

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:Recreational fishing is an important wildlife harvesting activity in urban coastal areas, and recreational harvest in these areas can frequently exceed the commercial harvest. Recreational fishing is a key way that many members of the public experience the environment. The activity enhances social capital, promotes respect for nature, provides health benefits and can provide economic benefits to coastal communities. It is also an important driver of the science on aquatic animals and habitats, and an important tangible reason for many members of the public to conserve and protect aquatic resources. Overall, there has been little specific consideration of urban recreational fisheries management in Australia, despite the paramount importance of urban areas as a focus of recreational fishing activity. This paper identifies that in order to maximize individual and societal benefits from recreational fishing, there needs to be a refocussing of management with the aim of being more holistic. Historically, fisheries management in Australia has focused on maximum sustainable yield (MSY) or maximum economic yield (MEY) which is relevant for the commercial fishing sector, but neither of these is directly relevant to recreational fisheries. This paper identifies that Urban Fisheries Management Plans are required that recognize the specific issues associated with urban recreational fisheries. These plans need to coordinate within and between levels of government and have clear management objectives relevant to urban recreational fisheries. Enhanced opportunities for meaningful citizen science can be incorporated at multiple levels within these plans and this can engender public support for environmental stewardship, as well as fill a very important gap in the knowledge base necessary for managing the activity. As urban recreational fisheries are often occurring in highly modified or degraded habitats, a central element of these plans needs to be habitat restoration and this can have broader benefits for aquatic health. Other management tools include habitat creation (e.g., artificial reefs), optimization of coastal infrastructure as fisheries habitat, and stock enhancement. Overall, Urban Fisheries Management Plans represent a necessary evolution of fisheries management to better address the specific challenges of urban recreational fisheries management, and to best ensure that benefits are optimised.

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Section: Habitat Restoration and Habitat Creationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Recreational Fisheries in the Australian Coastal Zone: The Sustainability Challenge

McPhee

2017

Sustainability

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“…In the US, resettlements of individual target species were accomplished as a form of marine compensation, e.g. for oyster reefs (La Peyre et al, 2014). As habitat loss for seabirds and harbour porpoises hold special relevance, compensation measures for these species (e.g.…”

Section: Marine Compensation Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Offshore Wind Energy: Good Practice in Impact Assessment, Mitigation and Compensation

Lüdeke

2017

J. Env. Assmt. Pol. Mgmt.

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Aiming towards good practice in the planning and approval of offshore wind farms suggestions are provided for the amendment of environmental impact assessment (EIA), an effective marine spatial planning and the establishment of marine compensation measure. The investigation is focused on the situation in Germany as a frontrunner in ecological research on offshore wind energy. After 10 years of research in Germany, it is timely to offer a synopsis of the results especially regarding the successful investigations of mitigation measures. The results are based on published data collected in Germany over the last 10 years, as well as international research. The outcomes of the research were validated by interviewing experts using the Delphi method.Key findings for good practice in impact assessment, mitigation and compensation:1. EIAs should focus on decision-relevant subjects of protection (i.e. specific bird species and harbour porpoises). 2. There is a strong necessity for thresholds for the approval process. 3. Exclusion of OWFs in hotspots of sensitive species. 4. Application of state-of-the-art mitigation measures particularly against underwater noise to avoid damages of the hearing of porpoises. 5. The introduction of marine compensation measures is strongly suggested.

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“…Two questions that must be immediately addressed are (1) how to maximize effectiveness of shell material additions as a restoration technique, i.e., location and density of shell additions, and (2) how much harvest should be permitted concomitant to such restoration efforts. Although shell additions have occurred for decades in Apalachicola Bay, and shelling density is directly related to reef height and physical attributes that have been related to oyster mortality (Lenihan andPeterson 1998, Gregalis et al 2008), the functional relationship between the density of shelling and resultant oyster recruitment is not well known for this region or beyond (La Peyre et al 2014). Depending on this relationship, it is possible that restoration actions with shell material may not be effective if the target area for restoration is shelled at too sparse a level or is shelled at an unnecessarily high density (Schulte et al 2009).…”

Section: Minimal Best Management Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the uncertainty regarding the density of shelling and the effects of drought and oyster harvest on restoration effectiveness, any restoration actions should include a matrix of oyster reefs restored at different shell densities, at different salinity levels, and available for harvest at different times. This type of design, combined with maximizing area restored by minimizing restoration costs (through a combination of employing fishers based in small boats, and contractors using large barges) should provide key learning to inform restoration actions increasing the likelihood of restoration success (Gunderson 2010, La Peyre et al 2014). …”

Section: Minimal Best Management Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Identifying the most critical ecosystem stressors that influence oyster population viability and that can be influenced by management is essential to informing proposed restoration programs to promote long-term resilience. Identifying these critical stressors can best be accomplished through structured, objectivedriven management experiments, e.g., active adaptive management (La Peyre et al 2014). For example, key uncertainties related to Apalachicola River discharge and oyster recruitment could be resolved through a coupled monitoring program of salinity, river discharge, and oyster spat sampling at multiple locations in Apalachicola Bay over several years.…”

Section: Minimal Best Management Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Collapse of a historic oyster fishery: diagnosing causes and identifying paths toward increased resilience

Camp¹,

Pine²,

Havens³

et al. 2015

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ABSTRACT. Diagnosing causal factors of change at the ecosystem level is challenging because multiple drivers often interact at various spatial and temporal scales. We employ an integrated natural and social science approach to assess potential mechanisms leading to the collapse of an estuarine social-ecological system, and recommend future paths to increased system resilience. Our case study is the collapse of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) fishery in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, USA, and the associated impacts on local resource dependent communities. The oyster fishery collapse is the most recent in a series of environmental stressors to this region, which have included hurricanes and tropical storms, drought, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We found it likely that the oyster collapse was not related to contamination from the recent oil spill, but rather to factors affecting oyster recruitment and survival, which may have been mediated by both human, e.g., fishing-related habitat alteration, and environmental, e.g., increased natural mortality from predators and disease, factors. The relative impact of each of these factors is likely to increase in the future because of changing climate and increased demand for fishery, water, and petroleum resources. Successful restoration and persistence of a viable oyster fishery will depend on: (1) implementation of some minimal best management practices, e.g., extensive habitat restoration via shell addition, and some spatial closures to harvest, (2) improving environmental knowledge and promoting episodic learning through enhanced monitoring and experimental management, and (3) continued community engagement necessary to produce adaptable governance suitable to responding to future unexpected challenges.

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Oyster reef restoration in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, methods and outcomes

Cited by 118 publications

References 35 publications

Urban Recreational Fisheries in the Australian Coastal Zone: The Sustainability Challenge

Urban Recreational Fisheries in the Australian Coastal Zone: The Sustainability Challenge

Offshore Wind Energy: Good Practice in Impact Assessment, Mitigation and Compensation

Collapse of a historic oyster fishery: diagnosing causes and identifying paths toward increased resilience

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