Fish Assemblages in Seagrass (Zostera marina L.) Meadows and Mussel Reefs (Mytilus edulis): Implications for Coastal Fisheries, Restoration and Marine Spatial Planning

Seagrass meadows and mussel reefs provide favorable habitats for many fish species, but few studies have compared the associated fish assemblages directly and examined the influence of environmental variables. Knowledge of fish assemblages associated with disparate habitats is needed for the conservation of coastal fisheries and marine spatial planning. Catch per unit effort data derived from fyke nets showed similar species richness and diversity in seagrass meadows and mussel reefs, suggesting that both habitats support elevated marine biodiversity of mobile fauna. However, it was shown that fish assemblage structure differed between those habitats, and also fish abundance in seagrass meadows was significantly higher than in mussel reefs by comparing the data with a multivariate extension of Generalized Linear Models (GLM). Furthermore, employing underwater video recordings to compare fish abundances in high and low water current speed mussel reefs with a Generalized Linear Mixed Model with negative binomial distribution, data revealed similar fish abundances (in terms of the MaxN metric) despite the variation in current speed, probably because the mussel formations provide sufficient shelter, even from high water currents. The commercially important species Atlantic cod (G. morhua), however, was significantly more abundant in the low water current mussel reef. Therefore, restoration efforts targeting G. morhua could benefit from restoring low current mussel reefs. Our study provides input for the conservation of coastal recreational and commercial fisheries, habitat restoration and marine spatial planning where certain habitats may be prioritized.

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The value of marine biodiversity to the leisure and recreation industry and its application to marine spatial planning

Marine Policy ◽

10.1016/j.marpol.2010.01.009 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 868-875 ◽

Cited By ~ 80

Author(s):

Siân E. Rees ◽

Lynda D. Rodwell ◽

Martin J. Attrill ◽

Melanie C. Austen ◽

Steven C. Mangi

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Leisure And Recreation

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Basis for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). An interpretation for the Gulf of Cadiz

REvista COSTAS ◽

10.26359/costas.e1321 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (Vol Esp. 2) ◽

pp. 273-292

Author(s):

Sergio Fernández-Salvador ◽

Javier García Sanabria ◽

Javier García-Onetti

Keyword(s):

Human Activities ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Coastal Zone Management ◽

Temporal Distribution ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Spatial And Temporal Distribution ◽

Gulf Of Cadiz ◽

Zone Management ◽

Gulf Of Cádiz

Numerous human activities take place in the marine area of the Gulf of Cádiz, making it necessary to organize space through their spatial and temporal distribution. With the aim of combining the long-term conservation of marine biodiversity and the development of an economic activity that makes it possible to maintain over time the capacity of the marine environment to provide ecosystem services. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is being an effective process regarding the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in the marine space to the achievement of ecological, economical and social objectives. MSP is usually schematized in 10 phases, in which among others it is found 5th phase: Defining and analyzing existing conditions. The aim of this document is the development of this phase in the Gulf of Cadiz, pretending to provide some of the needed basis to cope effectively with this process. Furthemore, in order to transfer the analyzes to the territory, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used, showing how useful these are to address PEM processes. It is worth highlighting, among the results, the need to develop the MSP within a framework of cooperation and coordination between the Administrations that undertake the planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), that is, MSP and ICZM. In the Gulf of Cadiz, the main conflictive areas have been detected near to the coast and in semi-closed environments, such as bays and estuaries.

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Quantifying habitat preference of bottom trawling gear

ICES Journal of Marine Science ◽

10.1093/icesjms/fsaa207 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

N T Hintzen ◽

G Aarts ◽

J J Poos ◽

K J Van der Reijden ◽

A D Rijnsdorp

Keyword(s):

Habitat Preference ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Wind Farm ◽

Fish Assemblages ◽

Marine Species ◽

Demersal Fish ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Nature Protection ◽

Bottom Trawling ◽

Fishing Vessels

Abstract Continental shelves around the world are subject to intensive bottom trawling. Demersal fish assemblages inhabiting these shelves account for one-fourth of landed wild marine species. Increasing spatial claims for nature protection and wind farm energy suppresses, however, the area available to fisheries. In this marine spatial planning discussion, it is essential to understand what defines suitable fishing grounds for bottom trawlers. We developed a statistical methodology to study the habitat preference of a fishery, accounting for spatial correlation naturally present in fisheries data using high-resolution location data of fishing vessels and environmental variables. We focused on two types of beam trawls to target sole using mechanical or electrical stimulation. Although results indicated only subtle differences in habitat preference between the two gear types, a clear difference in spatial distribution of the two gears was predicted. We argue that this change is driven by both changes in habitat preference as well as a change in target species distribution. We discuss modelling of fisheries’ habitat preference in light of marine spatial planning and as support in benthic impact assessments.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING AND ITS APPLICATION FOR FLOATING FISH NET CULTURE

Geoplanning Journal of Geomatics and Planning ◽

10.14710/geoplanning.4.1.41-52 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dewayany Sutrisno

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Marine Species ◽

Global Market ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Market Demand ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Marine Planning ◽

Marine Culture ◽

Potential Area

Marine spatial planning has become the crucial issues for an archipelagic state such as Indonesia. The global market demand on marine economic species has been initiated the exploitation of the marine species which will become the hindrance in maintaining the sustainable marine biodiversity. Besides that, the degradation of marine species will also become the problem for traditional fishermen. Therefore, a model has to be employed to spatially manage the coastal waters as the alternative for fishermen activities during closed seasons, such as floating fish net culture. The aim of this study was to develop marine spatial planning model based on ecological approach in order to identify the potentiality of marine waters for marine culture such as floating fish net culture. The method for the model consisted of social assessment using the Delphi for developing the rule of marine planning for floating fish net culture and the spatial analysis technique for determining the model of marine spatial planning for floating fish net culture. The area of Kupang Bay waters, East Nusa Tenggara was used as the study area. The result indicated that the model can be used to sustainable marine spatial planning, especially for floating fish net culture. The model considered the aspects of potential area for marine culture, the management of zonation and transportation lanes, the conservation and protected area and the strategic area. Application in Kupang bay illustrated the aspect of technology input such as raceways since the majority of the area of Kupang Bay waters is classified as medium potential. Further research still needs to optimum the application of model to others marine area.

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Marine Cadastre, Marine Spatial Planning and Marine Strategy: Effective tools to fight climate change and human impact on marine biodiversity.

10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107957 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jordi Sandalinas

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Impact ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Marine Spatial Planning

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Accounting for spatial scale and temporal variation in fish-habitat analyses using baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS)

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps13292 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 640 ◽

pp. 171-187

Author(s):

SL Wines ◽

MA Young ◽

R Zavalas ◽

JM Logan ◽

P Tinkler ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Fish Assemblages ◽

Marine Protected Area ◽

Spatial Scales ◽

Additive Models ◽

Environmental Data ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Trophic Groups ◽

Underwater Video ◽

Spatial And Temporal Scales

With the implementation of marine spatial planning in many coastal regions of the world, there is a need to understand how marine species and communities respond to environmental heterogeneity. Predictive modelling approaches are one efficient method for associating marine communities with variations across the seascape. These approaches, along with increasing access to spatially explicit environmental data, provide improved opportunities for modelling fish assemblages. Baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS) are a popular means of gathering fish assemblage data in the coastal zone, but have biases in bait attraction, trophic groups sampled, and behavioral conditions. To account for these biases, spatial and temporal scales of analyses must be considered. In this study, we combined time-series BRUVS observations with seafloor and oceanographic variables in generalized additive models to model patterns of relative species richness and abundance in temperate coastal fish assemblages across multiple habitat types, functional trophic groups, and spatial scales from 5-500 m. We show that the spatial and temporal scale of analyses and behavioral characteristics of target species (such as mobility) are important considerations when predicting the spatial distribution of a particular assemblage or functional subset. The resulting models performed well, with prediction accuracies up to 79% while explaining between 24 and 83% of variance. These models were then used to extrapolate assemblage characteristics over broader areas of the seafloor to expand our understanding of fish distributions, providing valuable insights for marine spatial planning, including marine protected area assessment.

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Marine spatial planning: achieving and evaluating integration

ICES Journal of Marine Science ◽

10.1093/icesjms/fsr157 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 68 (10) ◽

pp. 2191-2200 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Michelle E. Portman

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Global Climate ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Single Issue ◽

The Usa ◽

Marine Realm ◽

Potential Case ◽

The Uk ◽

Economic Zones

Abstract Portman, M. E. 2011. Marine spatial planning: achieving and evaluating integration. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 2191–2200. Coastal states and nations are conducting marine spatial planning (MSP) at an ever-increasing pace. Some MSP efforts are aimed at planning areas at a subnational level, whereas others extend as far as 200 nautical miles from shore, within national exclusive economic zones. For planning of all types, but especially for planning in the marine realm, integration has become a sought-after norm now that traditional sectoral, single-issue management has not succeeded. Fisheries collapse, threats to marine biodiversity, and global climate change all support the case for greater integration in marine resource management and policy. The designation of boundaries can be related to the level of cross-sector and cross-jurisdictional integration achieved by MSP. The importance of scale and scope for MSP initiatives is examined, relating these aspects of plans and/or programmes to the levels of integration achieved, and a framework is suggested for evaluation. MSP initiatives in Portugal, the UK, and the USA serve as potential case studies for use of the framework.

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Assessing Spatial and Temporal Trends in a Mediterranean Fish Assemblage Structure

Diversity ◽

10.3390/d13080368 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 368

Author(s):

Michel Marengo ◽

Laura Iborra ◽

Michèle Leduc ◽

Pierre Lejeune ◽

Pierre Boissery ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fish Assemblage ◽

Fish Community ◽

Fish Assemblages ◽

Fish Communities ◽

Assemblage Structure ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

Significant Shift ◽

Fish Assemblage Structure ◽

Data Set ◽

General Decline

Coastal fishes are not only valuable elements of marine biodiversity, but they also play an important ecological role in the functioning of coastal ecosystems: food resource, transfer of nutrients, predators. Therefore, data on the compositions of fish assemblages are of great importance. The objectives of the present study were to (i) define the faunistic characteristics of a typical fish community on the Mediterranean coast; (ii) investigate spatiotemporal changes in fish assemblages. Based on a set of indices (Fast protocol) and a long-term data set (6 years, 612 visual counts, 154 h of diving), changes in coastal fish communities were analyzed. Our results indicated that there was a significant shift in fish community structure, with a general decline of the calculated indices. In our study, part of the observed variability in fish assemblage structure could be due to different factors as site location and sampled year. The changes in the fish assemblages associated with inter-annual fluctuations observed in this study also provide important insights into how fish communities may change under environmental and anthropogenic influences.

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