Socio-Ecological Analysis to Assess the Success of Artificial Reef Projects

Artificial reef footprint in the United States ocean

“…Recently, however, some artificial reefs in the southeastern United States have been designated as special management zones, where high-efficiency gear is now restricted to help prevent inequitable fishing and overexploitation. Careful consideration of artificial reef seascape effects and their interplay with management strategies will be a key area for future socio-ecosystem research 26,33 , especially given the increasing emphasis on restoration amidst the increasing artificial reef footprint.…”

Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state-of-the-art

“…Mehvar et al, 2018), but is nonetheless essential to support or challenge economic justifications by enabling cost-benefit analysis (Fairchild et al, 2022). Economic values include societal benefits via greater knowledge gained of GGI (Strain et al 2019), a perceived increase in naturalness and biodiversity, as well as an association with healthy environments (Fairchild et al, 2021;Salaün et al, 2022). Perspectives may, however, vary among stakeholders and regions; hence further studies are required for a more comprehensive understanding of perceived benefits and potential social and ecological conflicts in implementing GGI (Morris et al, 2016;Pearson et al, 2016;Kienker et al, 2018;Salaün et al, 2022;Aguilera et al, 2023b).…”

“…measurable benefits for humans and nature. The authors suggested that much could be learnt from the artificial reef literature, a more established discipline subject to intense critical evaluation (e.g., Pioch et al, 2011;Castello y Tickell et al, 2019;Komyakova et al, 2021;Reis et al, 2021;Vivier et al, 2021b;Bartholomew et al, 2022;Salaün et al, 2022) can increase fish production, including commercially-important species, by providing refuge, breeding sites and increased feeding opportunities (Pondella et al, 2002;Cresson et al, 2014;Roa-Ureta et al, 2019;Folpp et al, 2020). ARs can provide additional hard-bottom habitat as attachment sites for commercially-important bivalves (Goeltz et al, 2020) and important habitatforming species like macroalgae and corals (Campos et al, 2020, Higgins et al, 2022.…”

“…-Considering socio-economic benefits Evans et al, 2017;Kienker et al, 2018;Evans et al, 2019;Morris et al, 2019;Strain et al, 2019;Sawyer et al, 2020;Fairchild et al, 2022;Accola et al, 2022a,b;Salaün et al, 2022;Aguilera et al, 2023b). -Consideration of other metrics such as trophic structure (Espinosa et al, 2020;Sedano et al, 2020a,b;Raoux et al, 2022), sedimentation (Bone et al, 2022b;Martinez et al, 2022), transport of wrack (Strain et al, 2018b;Critchley et al, 2021), litter accumulation (Aguilera et al, 2016(Aguilera et al, , 2018(Aguilera et al, , 2023a, use by terrestrial predators or pest species (Aguilera et al, 2023a), early life stage usage (Mafanya, 2020;Reddy, 2022).…”