Marine protected area and the spatial distribution of the gill net fishery in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Abstract This study characterizes the gill net fishery at Colônia de Pescadores Z13 (CPZ13), in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, and its relationship with the marine protected area ‘Monumento Natural do Arquipélago das Ilhas Cagarras – MoNa Cagarras’, describing the fleet and fishing gears, identifying fishing spots, species and their associations by gillnet type. From June 2012 to May 2013, every Tuesday to Sunday, gill net landings were monitored and fishers interviewed regarding their catch. Small boats (dory whaleboats) are used to set three types of gillnets: “Corvineira” (target species – whitemouth croaker), “linguadeira” (target species – flounders) and “rede-alta” (target species – bluefish). Fifty-nine species within 37 families were captured at 14 fishing spots, showing association with bottom type and distance from shore. The use of fisher’s local ecological knowledge defines gear placement at specific sites targeting fisheries resources. All fishing sites are not within the limits of MoNa Cagarras but would benefit from management plans including an MPA buffering zone.

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Visitation and economic impact of whale shark tourism in a Maldivian marine protected area

10.7287/peerj.preprints.360 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Edgar Fernando Cagua ◽

Neal M Collins ◽

James Hancock ◽

Richard Rees

Keyword(s):

Mixed Models ◽

Protected Area ◽

Marine Protected Area ◽

Economic Valuation ◽

Whale Shark ◽

Management Plans ◽

Whale Sharks ◽

Guest Satisfaction ◽

Shark Conservation ◽

Direct Expenditure

Whale sharks are a major attraction for tourist divers and snorkelers in South Ari Atoll, Maldives. Yet without information regarding the use and economic extent of the attraction, it is difficult to prioritize conservation or implement effective management plans. Using empirical recreational data and generalized mixed models, this study provides the first economic valuation—via direct spend—of whale shark tourism in Maldives. We estimate that direct expenditure on whale shark excursions in the South Ari Marine Protected Area for 2012–2013 at US$7.6 and $9.4 million, respectively. These expenditures are based on an estimate of 72 to 78 thousand tourists who are involved in whale shark excursions annually. This level of visitation and expenditure highlights the need to implement regulations and management which can safeguard the sustainability of the industry through ensuring guest satisfaction and whale shark conservation.

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Fishing, trade, and local ecological knowledge of the marine gastropod, Cassis tuberosa – a target species of the international shell trade

Ethnobiology and Conservation ◽

10.15451/ec2020-06-9.23-1-11 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ellori Laíse Silva Mota ◽

Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves ◽

Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias

Keyword(s):

Local Ecological Knowledge ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Target Species ◽

Marine Gastropod

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KESESUAIAN JENIS ALAT PENANGKAPAN IKAN PADA ZONA PEMANFAATAN TRADISIONAL MISOOL, RAJA AMPAT Suitability of Fishing Gear Type in Traditional Use Zone of Misool, Raja Ampat

Marine Fisheries Journal of Marine Fisheries Technology and Management ◽

10.29244/jmf.9.1.25-38 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Ridwan Sala ◽

Domu Simbolon ◽

Sugeng Hari Wisudo ◽

John Haluan ◽

Roza Yusfiandayani

Keyword(s):

Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽

Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽

Protected Area ◽

Marine Protected Area ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Fishing Gear ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Traditional Use ◽

Fishing Gears ◽

Hierarchy Process

Traditional use zones (TUZ) of Misool is located within the marine protected area of Misool which has high marine biodiversity, especially coral and reef fish. Regulating the use of fishing gears in TUZ of Misool,it is essential to ensure the sustainability of marine ecosystems and fisheries in the region. The objective of this study isto determine the suitability of fishing gear inthe depth zone of less than 50 m and more than 50 m in Misool TUZ, Raja Ampat. The fishing gear suitability was assessed based on bioecological, social, and legal aspects. The method used in this research was analytic hierarchy process (AHP) whichderivesthe prioritiesfor criteria and alternative fishing gear using expert judgment. The results of the analysis showed that fishing gears that wasmost appropriate to be operated in the zone which has thewater depth of less than 50 m was handline. The most decisive criteria for thiswasthat the fishing gear was undestructive to coral reef ecosystem and seagrass ecosystem. In addition,fishing gears that were suitable inthe zone with depth more than 50 m were trolline and handline, and the most decisive criteria wasthe availability of fish target and not causing conflict between fishermen. On the other hand gillnet and liftnet had a low compatibility to be used in both zones.Keywords: Analytic hierarchy process, marine protected area,Misool Raja Ampat,suitability of fishing gear, traditional use zones ABSTRAKZona pemanfaatan tradisional (ZPT) Misool terletak di dalam kawasan lindung laut Misool yang memiliki keanekaragaman hayati laut yang tinggi, terutama ikan dan terumbu karang. Oleh karena itu,pengaturan penggunaan alat tangkap ikan di ZPT Misool sangat penting untuk menjamin keberlanjutan ekosistem laut dan perikanan di wilayah ini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kesesuaian alat tangkap untuk dioperasikan di zona perairan pada kedalaman kurang dari 50 m dan lebih dari 50 m di ZPT Misool, Raja Ampat. Kesesuaian alat penangkapan ikan dinilai berdasarkan aspek bioekologi, sosial dan legal. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) dengan pembobotan terhadap kriteria dan alternatif alat tangkap menggunakan penilaian pakar. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa alat tangkap yang paling sesuai digunakan di zona perairan pada kedalaman kurang dari 50 m adalah pancing ulur, dengan kriteria yang paling menentukan adalah tidak merusak ekosistem terumbu karang dan ekosistem padang lamun. Kemudian pada zona perairan pada kedalaman lebih dari 50 m, alat tangkap yang sesuai digunakan adalah pancing tonda dan pancing ulur, dengan kriteria yang paling menentukan adalah ketersediaan target ikan dan tidak menimbulkan konflik antara nelayan. Alat tangkap jarring insang dan bagan perahu memiliki kesesuain yang rendah untuk digunakan dikedua zona.Kata kunci: Analytical Hierarchy Process,kesesuaian alat tangkap, zona pemanfaatan tradisional, Marine Protected Area, Misool Raja Ampat

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Impact of fishing activities on the fisheries resources and Manado Bay Aquatic environment

AQUATIC SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT ◽

10.35800/jasm.0.0.2014.7308 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Trine Sumampouw ◽

Emil Reppie ◽

Markus T Lasut

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Survey Methods ◽

Continuous Increase ◽

Fish Resources ◽

Fisheries Resources ◽

Gill Net ◽

Long Line ◽

Fishing Gears ◽

Fisheries Sustainability ◽

Catch Composition

Manado Bay waters have long been known as a center of artisanal fisheries activities because of the availability of abundant fisheries resources. However, continuous increase in technoligcal development and fish resources demand make natural resources exploitation tend to destruct the aquatic habitat and fish resources itself. Therefore, this study was aimed to inventory the types of fishing gears operated in Manado Bay; evaluate the possible impact on fish resources and environment; and analyze the status of fishing fisheries sustainability. This study was based on survey methods, through direct observation of fishing process and observations on the catch composition. Fisheries sustainability status was analyzed using Rapfish program. Common fishing gears used by fishermen in Manado Bay were multi hooks vertical hand line (noru), bottom hand line, trolling line, bottom long line, surface gill net, bottom gill net and traps. Fishing gears that do not have an impact on fish resources and environment is noru fishing, trolling and surface gill net, while bottom long line, bottom gill net and trap could potentially have negative impact on fish resources and physical seabed habitat. ordination sustainability status analysis of fishing fisheries in Manado Bay for each dimension is still considered as sustainable enough. Perairan Teluk Manado telah lama dikenal sebagai pusat aktivitas perikanan rakyat karena ketersediaan sumber daya ikan masih melimpah. Tetapi perkembangan teknologi dan permintaan sumber daya ikan yang terus meningkat menyebabkan pengeksploitasian sumber daya alam cenderung merusak habitat perairan dan sumber daya ikan itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginventarisir jenis-jenis alat tangkap yang dioperasikan di perairan Teluk Manado, mengevaluasi kemungkinan dampak alat tangkap terhadap sumber daya ikan dan lingkungan, dan menganalisis status keberlanjutan perikanan tangkap. Penelitian ini didasarkan pada metode survei, melalui pengamatan langsung terhadap proses penangkapan ikan dan mengamati keragaman komposisi hasil tangkapan. Status keberlanjutan perikanan dianalisis dengan program Rapfish. Alat tangkap yang umum digunakan oleh nelayan di perairan Teluk Manado terdiri dari yaitu pancing noru, pancing dasar, pancing tonda, rawai dasar, soma landra pajeko, soma landra rakit, jaring insang dasar dan bubu. Alat tangkap yang tidak memberikan dampak terhadap sumber daya ikan dan lingkungan adalah pancing noru, pancing tonda, soma landra pajeko dan soma landra rakit. Sedangkan alat tangkap yang berpotensi memberikan dampak pada sumber daya ikan dan kerusakan fisik habitat dasar perairan adalah pancing dasar, rawai dasar, jaring insang dasar dan bubu. Hasil ordinasi status keberlanjutan perikanan tangkap di Teluk Manado yang dianalisis pada masing-masing dimensi masih tergolong cukup berkelanjutan.

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Effects of a large-scale and offshore marine protected area on the demersal fish assemblage in the Southwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science ◽

10.1093/icesjms/fss166 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 123-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Daniela Alemany ◽

Oscar O. Iribarne ◽

Eduardo M. Acha

Keyword(s):

Fish Assemblage ◽

Protected Area ◽

Large Scale ◽

Marine Protected Area ◽

Demersal Fish ◽

Fishing Effort ◽

Fish Assemblage Structure ◽

Target Species ◽

Southwest Atlantic ◽

Before And After

Abstract Alemany, D., Iribarne, O. O., and Acha, E. M. 2013. Effects of a large-scale and offshore marine protected area on the demersal fish assemblage in the Southwest Atlantic. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70:123–134. There are few extensive and offshore located marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world oceans and their performance is still being debated. We evaluated the effects of a large-scale offshore MPA located on the Southwest Atlantic Patagonian Shelf (43°S 63°W) on the demersal fish assemblage. Compliance of the Patagonian MPA was assessed by analysing eight years of satellite vessel monitoring system (VMS; 2000–2008) data, which showed compliance and fishing effort concentrated near the protection boundaries. MPA effects were studied by employing a five year database collected by a scientific research vessel in protected and fishing locations, before and after the MPA establishment. We assessed 152 scientific trawling stations using multivariate analysis of fish assemblage structure, fish abundance (discriminating target and non-target species), and mean size and proportion of juveniles of the target species (Argentine hake, Merluccius hubbsi). The identified MPA effects were a trend towards increasing abundance of the demersal fish assemblage, the target and non-target fish species, and hake juvenile size, and a higher proportion of juveniles aged 2+ inside the MPA. These positive trends support the case for offshore, large-scale MPAs.

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How accurate is the local ecological knowledge of protected area practitioners?

Ecology and Society ◽

10.5751/es-06341-190232 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Carly N. Cook ◽

Grant Wardell-Johnson ◽

R. W. Carter ◽

Marc Hockings

Keyword(s):

Protected Area ◽

Local Ecological Knowledge ◽

Ecological Knowledge

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Abundancia y estructura poblacional de dos recursos pesqueros bentónicos fuera y dentro del área de una concesión marítima portuaria en Caldera, Región de Atacama, Chile

Revista de biología marina y oceanografía ◽

10.22370/rbmo.2019.54.2.1908 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 232

Author(s):

JM Alonso Vega ◽

Marcelo Valdebenito ◽

Luis Caillaux ◽

Jorge Bravo

Keyword(s):

Protected Area ◽

Reference Site ◽

Marine Protected Area ◽

Size Structure ◽

Sea Urchins ◽

The Future ◽

Management Plans ◽

Benthic Resources ◽

Loxechinus Albus ◽

Lessonia Berteroana

This study compares density and size structure of kelp Lessonia berteroana and sea urchins Loxechinus albus inside and outside a port concession area in Caldera. Greater abundance and larger adult individuals in populations of both benthic resources in this zone preliminarily indicates that this might be replicating a marine protected area. In the future, this port concession could contribute to the conservation of benthic resources as a reference site, without access to fisheries, useful for validating or implementing measures and actions in management plans or other instruments to support conservation.

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Comunidades Pesqueiras, Etnoecologia, Ecologia Humana e Segurança Alimentar: uma revisão de conceitos, modelos e ensino

Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional ◽

10.20396/san.v22i1.8641579 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 574

Author(s):

Alpina Begossi ◽

Mariana Clauzet ◽

Robert Dyball

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Local Ecological Knowledge ◽

Ecological Knowledge

A literatura sobre incentivos para conservar a biodiversidade frequentemente sobrepõe processos e resultados. Há necessidade de revisar os principais resultados, como governança e co-manejo; os principais processos, como confiança, legitimidade e transparência; os principais ‘drivers’ (motivadores, fatores impulsionadores) que podem ser positivos (incentivos, segurança alimentar, biodiversidade) ou negativos (poluição, pobreza); como ainda os instrumentos disponíveis para alcançar resultados, como processos colaborativos e conhecimento local (‘local ecological knowledge, LEK’). LEK é sugerida aqui como tendo um grande potencial dentro de processos colaborativos em comunidades pesqueiras. Um Modelo de Ecologia Humana (CAT – Modelos de Adaptação Cultural), adaptado a comunidades pesqueiras de pequena escala, é usado como ferramenta analítica no sentido de organizar processos de ‘feedback’ entre informação ecológica, processos colaborativos e segurança alimentar. Ilustramos a colaboração com os pescadores através de pesquisa realizada em Copacabana (Posto 6), Rio de Janeiro, no estudo de garoupas (Epinephelus marginatus). Avaliamos ainda os motivadores positivos que podem engajar os pescadores no co-manejo, como PSA (Pagamentos de Serviços Ambientais). PSAs podem ser aplicados no co-manejo, como em MPAs (áreas protegidas marinhas) através de pagamento direto a pescadores que ajudem na vigilância dessas áreas.

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Fishers' resource mapping and goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara (Serranidae) conservation in Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/s1679-62252009000100012 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 93-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger ◽

Mauricio Hostim-Silva ◽

Rodrigo Pereira Medeiros ◽

José Matarezi ◽

Áthila Andrade Bertoncini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Marine Protected Area ◽

Local Ecological Knowledge ◽

Satellite Image ◽

Marine Conservation ◽

Experimental Program ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Depth Range ◽

Resource Mapping ◽

Promising Tool ◽

Goliath Grouper

Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) aggregations and relative abundances were described and mapped through the use of fishermen's local ecological knowledge in Babitonga Bay in southern Brazil. Six well-experienced informants were asked to individually provide information about goliath grouper abundance and distribution, drawn over a satellite image of the study area, which was later overlaid and gathered into a final map. According to our informants, the goliath grouper occurs along a broad salinity and depth range, from shallow estuarine areas (less than 5 m deep) with high freshwater input (smaller individuals, up to 150 kg) to coastal marine-dominated environments (at least 35 m deep); (larger individuals more common, frequently reaching more than 300 kg). Fishermen referred to goliath groupers inhabiting hard substrates such as rocky reefs around islands and continental shores, submerged rocky outcrops and shipwrecks (juveniles and adults). At least two aggregation sites mapped (ranging from 2 to 60 individuals) could be concluded as spawning aggregation sites through evidence of high abundance and spawning activity. Priority research and conservation targets were identified and discussed for Babitonga Bay (e.g., design of a tagging experimental program and establishment of a marine protected area). Fishers' resource mapping provided a means of exchanging information among various disciplines while maintaining methodological rigor in a clear and straightforward way of presenting fishers' knowledge. The use of fishers' sketch maps is a promising tool for marine conservation in Brazil, with special regard to adaptive co-management regimes, where frequent environmental re-evaluations are needed.

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Integrating science and citizen science: the dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) sustainable fishery of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10.1101/759357 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Alpina Begossi ◽

Svetlana V. Salivonchyk

Keyword(s):

Citizen Science ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Local Ecological Knowledge ◽

Management Training ◽

Small Scale ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Dusky Grouper ◽

Sustainable Fishery

AbstractWe followed landings of dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, from 2013 to 2019. We observed 1,896 individuals of dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, from September 2013 to February 2019. The total weight of the catches was 6,065.57 kg, with an average of 1,442.50 kg/year and a std of 147.30 kg.We integrated fishers in our study through citizen science (CS): individuals were trained to monitor grouper gonads and supplied information on fishing spots and prices. After comparing catch curves (based on weight) and curve prices (in the Brazilian monetary currency of reals), our results showed that catches in the Copacabana fishery have been stable (the results of the Kruskal-Wallis test showed no significant difference for either the weight of the catches or the average prices of dusky groupers in the years compared). Copacabana has been a sustainable fishery when considering its catches of dusky grouper. This is a very important result for conservation and management, considering the importance of small-scale fisheries in terms of their low fishing efforts and their possible effects on vulnerable species, as well as their ecological and economic importance in developing countries. Citizen science, alomng with local ecological knowledge, helps integrate research and fisheries as well as researchers and fishers and allows for larger sampling efforts and management training for fishers.

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