An extreme climate event and extensive habitat alterations cause a non-linear and persistent decline to a well-managed estuarine fishery

Boucek, Ross E.; Allen, Micheal S.; Estes, J.; Lowerre‐Barbieri, Susan K.; Adams, Aaron J.

doi:10.1007/s10641-022-01309-6

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“…Slow progressive change in the underlying productivity of stocks is possible to track provided some form of monitoring is in place. However, there is also the possibility that change, particularly at the local scale, will be rapid and irreversible due to erosion of sub-stock structure or reaching a threshold that triggers population change (e.g., Boucek et al 2022 ). These potential shifts in the underlying population dynamic will have immediate consequences, be difficult to anticipate, and require highly adaptable management.…”

Section: Population-level Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Beginning with extensive plankton blooms in 2011 caused by excessive nutrients, the Indian River Lagoon has lost > 58% of seagrasses, with no recovery due to negative feedbacks due to sediment resuspension and continuing high nutrient loads (Morris et al 2022 ). The poor ecological state of the Indian River Lagoon has resulted in declines in flats fish populations, including snook (Boucek et al 2022 ). Boucek et al ( 2022 ) compared snook population recovery from an intense cold event in 2010 in four estuaries, and found that the northern Indian River Lagoon, which had suffered the greatest habitat loss and degradation of the studied estuaries, was the only estuary in which the snook population had not yet recovered.…”

Section: Implications For Management and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The poor ecological state of the Indian River Lagoon has resulted in declines in flats fish populations, including snook (Boucek et al 2022 ). Boucek et al ( 2022 ) compared snook population recovery from an intense cold event in 2010 in four estuaries, and found that the northern Indian River Lagoon, which had suffered the greatest habitat loss and degradation of the studied estuaries, was the only estuary in which the snook population had not yet recovered. Also in the Indian River Lagoon, the red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) population has declined to such an extent that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has designated red drum as catch and release only beginning September 1, 2022 ( https://myfwc.com/news/all-news/redfish-722/ ).…”

Section: Implications For Management and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries

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Tropical and subtropical coastal flats are shallow regions of the marine environment at the intersection of land and sea. These regions provide myriad ecological goods and services, including recreational fisheries focused on flats-inhabiting fishes such as bonefish, tarpon, and permit. The cascading effects of climate change have the potential to negatively impact coastal flats around the globe and to reduce their ecological and economic value. In this paper, we consider how the combined effects of climate change, including extremes in temperature and precipitation regimes, sea level rise, and changes in nutrient dynamics, are causing rapid and potentially permanent changes to the structure and function of tropical and subtropical flats ecosystems. We then apply the available science on recreationally targeted fishes to reveal how these changes can cascade through layers of biological organization—from individuals, to populations, to communities—and ultimately impact the coastal systems that depend on them. We identify critical gaps in knowledge related to the extent and severity of these effects, and how such gaps influence the effectiveness of conservation, management, policy, and grassroots stewardship efforts.

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Section: Population-level Effectsmentioning

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Section: Implications For Management and Conservationmentioning

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Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries

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Stakeholder Engagement as a Core Component of Recreational Marine Fisheries Research, Education, and Conservation

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et al. 2024

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Effective modern conservation depends on active stakeholder participation. Although stakeholder engagement is increasing, the extent of this engagement and the successful application of outcomes to science and management varies regionally and among types of fisheries. A collaborative model that emphasizes knowledge coproduction with stakeholders better identifies research needs and conservation threats, and influences research and policy outcomes. Stakeholder integration can be facilitated by nongovernment organizations, such as boundary organizations. Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is a science‐based, conservation organization founded in 1998 by recreational fishers and fishing guides that focuses on marine recreational fisheries in the Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean. The Trust engages fishers directly, incorporating their knowledge and perspectives to identify conservation concerns, shape research, contribute to data collection, and disseminate information, and work with resource managers and scientific researchers to address conservation and management needs. This approach is demonstrated in case studies that show integration of recreational fishers in science, assessment of conservation threats, and application of findings to management for the recreational flats fishery in the Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean, in the context of broader efforts of stakeholder collaboration toward actionable science to inform management.

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Economic assessments of recreational flats fisheries provide leverage for conservation

2022

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An extreme climate event and extensive habitat alterations cause a non-linear and persistent decline to a well-managed estuarine fishery

Cited by 9 publications

References 72 publications

Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries

Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries

Stakeholder Engagement as a Core Component of Recreational Marine Fisheries Research, Education, and Conservation

Economic assessments of recreational flats fisheries provide leverage for conservation

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