Use of local ecological knowledge to investigate endangered baleen whale recovery in the Falkland Islands

Frans, Veronica F.; Augé, Amélie A.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.017

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“…When data become available for these species, their integration in the methodological framework will be possible for future MSP review. Integrating cetacean distribution data will be particularly important as whale populations worldwide are recovering and whale sightings have been increasing around the Falkland Islands in the last decades (Frans and Augé 2016). Therefore, efforts are required to obtain fine-scale distribution data for cetaceans for incorporation into the framework and for MSP efforts in the Falkland Islands.…”

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Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: The Falkland Islands case study

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Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is becoming a key management approach throughout the world. The process includes the mapping of how humans and wildlife use the marine environment to inform the development of management measures. An integrated multi-species approach to identifying key areas is important for MSP because it allows managers a global representation of an area, enabling them to see where management can have the most impact for biodiversity protection. However, multi-species analysis remains challenging. This paper presents a methodological framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna (seabirds, pinnipeds, cetaceans) by incorporating different data types across multiple species. The framework includes analyses of tracking data and observation survey data, applying analytical steps according to the type of data available during each year quarter for each species. It produces core-use area layers at the species level, then combines these layers to create megafauna core-use area layers. The framework was applied in the Falkland Islands. The study gathered over 750,000 tracking and at-sea observation locations covering an equivalent of 5,495 data days between 1998 and 2015 for 36 species. The framework provides a step-by-step implementation protocol, replicable across geographic scales and transferable to multiple taxa. R scripts are provided. Common repositories, such as the Birdlife International Tracking Database, are invaluable tools, providing a secure platform for storing and accessing spatial data to apply the methodological framework. This provides managers with data necessary to enhance MSP efforts and marine conservation worldwide.

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“…) can provide valuable baseline information and augment ecological data (Frans et al . , Martinez‐Levasseur et al . ).…”

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Living with dolphins: Local ecological knowledge and perceptions of small cetaceans along the Sindhudurg coastline of Maharashtra, India

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Two near shore small cetaceans occur commonly along the Maharashtra coast, the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin and Indo Pacific finless porpoise. These cetaceans frequently interact with fisheries in this region due to overlap in space and resource use. Besides stranding records, little ecological information is available about these species from Maharashtra. We conducted 143 semistructured interviews to document local ecological knowledge and community perceptions of small cetaceans in 30 coastal fishing villages in Sindhudurg. Perceptions of finless porpoises were largely neutral, whereas humpback dolphins were negative. A classification regression tree (CART) analysis (root node error: 60%) showed that the annual cost of gear damage was an important predictor variable of humpback dolphin perceptions, followed by occupation (gear type) and age. Entanglements were reported for both species in large and small gill nets, and shore seines. Perceived net damage and catch loss due to humpback dolphins was six times greater than that of finless porpoises. However, finless porpoises were reportedly more frequently entangled in gear than humpback dolphins. We provide an insight into the perceptions of cetaceans in the local community and the fisheries‐cetacean interactions that shape them.

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“…In many regions, Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) can provide unique data to establish baselines and to understand historical change (Johannes et al, 2000;Beaudreau and Levin, 2014;Frans and Auge, 2016;Aswani et al, 2018), as it often incorporates observations over longer time periods and preserves memories of rare and extreme events (Moller et al, 2004). LEK can also be used to direct exploratory scientific sampling efforts.…”

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Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

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Use of local ecological knowledge to investigate endangered baleen whale recovery in the Falkland Islands

Cited by 25 publications

References 37 publications

Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: The Falkland Islands case study

Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: The Falkland Islands case study

Living with dolphins: Local ecological knowledge and perceptions of small cetaceans along the Sindhudurg coastline of Maharashtra, India

Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

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