Coastal and marine area management in the Galápagos islands

Broadus, James M.; Gaines, Arthur G.

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“…During this same period, Jim and others at the Marine Policy Center were invited by the Government of Ecuador to participate in the planning of a marine reserve in the Galapagos Islands. This project culminated in the establishment in 1986 of the Galapagos Marine Resources Reserve (Broadus and Gaines, 1987). xiii xiv After 1985, Jim increasingly turned his attention to global environmental issues primarily, sea level rise and the conservation of biological diversity.…”

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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence

Milliman¹,

Haq²

1996

Coastal Systems and Continental Margins

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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence

Milliman¹,

Haq²

1996

Coastal Systems and Continental Margins

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“…Over the last half‐century, these marine systems have been increasingly threatened as the human population of Galápagos has increased (Merlen 1995). Although direct human effects on the physical environment such as pollution and alteration or destruction of inshore habitats have increased over the last few decades, these effects have tended to be localized near the three small fishing ports in Galápagos (Broadus & Gaines 1987; MacFarland & Cifuentes 1996). Other threats to marine environments around the archipelago come from local artisanal fishers, defined as small‐scale fishing using simple technology, such as hand lines and hand nets (Camhi 1995; Merlen 1995; MacFarland & Cifuentes 1996).…”

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Effects of Artisanal Fishing on Marine Communities in the Galápagos Islands

Ruttenberg

2001

Conservation Biology

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The Galápagos Islands harbor some of the least impacted marine ecosystems in the tropics, but there are indications that local artisanal fishing is affecting exploited marine communities. To quantify these effects, I sampled communities of fishes and sea urchins at a number of heavily fished and lightly fished sites throughout the central islands of the archipelago. Sites were selected based on information collected as part of a local fisheries monitoring study and standardized across a number of abiotic factors. Abundance and biomass of the primary target species were significantly lower in the heavily fished sites than in the lightly fished sites. Community structure also differed between heavily and lightly fished sites. Cluster analyses of the full community of fishes and a subset of nontarget fishes revealed that sites within a treatment were more similar to one another than sites between treatments. Herbivorous fishes tended to be lower in abundance and sea urchins tended to be higher in abundance in heavily fished sites, but these differences were not significant. My results are encouraging in that the direct effects of artisanal fishing are limited to the primary target species, which probably results from a high specificity of fishing gear. The differences in community structure, however, suggest that artisanal fishing also has cascading effects on noncommercial species throughout the community. An improved understanding of important ecological interactions, increased ecological and fishery monitoring, and effective precautionary management are needed to ensure that human effects in these waters remain minimal.

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“…Broadus & Gaines (1987) have described the development, between 1982 and 1984, of a master plan for the Galapagos, and the review of that plan by a High Level Commission in 1985. Tourism is clearly a factor of great significance for the environmental and economic future of the Galapagos.…”

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Tourism in the Galápagos Islands: The Dilemma of Conservation

Kenchington

1989

Envir. Conserv.

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The Galapágos Archipelago is an area of very special significance to ecologists. Its unique flora and fauna, rugged scenery, and historical connections with Charles Darwin, make it a place of environmental pilgrimage. Between 1970 and 1985, visiting tourist numbers, comprised largely of foreign naturalists, grew from negligible levels to about 15,000 per annum. In 1987, visitor arrivals to the Galápagos grew to 32,500 following the opening of a second airport in 1986.Management of tourism has involved a policy which requires most visitors to be accommodated on boats, places strict controls on the sites which can be visited, and requires tourists to be accompanied by highly-trained Naturalist Guides. The policy precludes development of any substantial island-based tourist infrastructure. Recently this approach has become increasingly inadequate in the face of rapid small-scale, little coordinated, tourist development.

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Coastal and marine area management in the Galápagos islands

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence

Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence

Effects of Artisanal Fishing on Marine Communities in the Galápagos Islands

Tourism in the Galápagos Islands: The Dilemma of Conservation

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