Movement patterns of the spiny lobster &lt;em&gt;Palinurus elephas&lt;/em&gt; (Fabricius, 1787) from a central western Mediterranean protected area

Follesa, María Cristina; Cuccu, Danila; Cannas, Rita; Sabatini, Andrea; Deiana, Anna Maria; Cau, Angelo

doi:10.3989/scimar.2009.73n3499

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“…This was consistent with previous reports of greater mobility of males for several species of spiny lobsters (e.g. MacDiarmid & Butler 1999, Frisch 2007, including P. elephas (Follesa et al 2009). Higher recapture rates observed in this study suggest that male P. elephas exhibit a similar behavior in the CIMR, although assessing the full extent of movement behavior is hindered by concentration of effort around the CIMR that prevents lobster moving far from the boundary before being captured.…”

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confidence: 82%

Net contribution of spillover from a marine reserve to fishery catches

Goñi

Hilborn²,

Díaz³

et al. 2010

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

192

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Benefits for fisheries from marine protected areas (MPAs) are expected from recruitment of exported eggs and larvae as well as from spillover of adults to adjacent fishing grounds. Because the recruitment effect is difficult to detect, spillover is presently the only tangible potential fishery benefit of MPAs. Despite abundant evidence of spillover in the literature, this is the first study to quantify the number and biomass of individuals annually spilling over from an MPA and their contribution to the local fishery catches. Using a decade (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)) of tag-recapture data for the lobster Palinurus elephas from the Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve (CIMR), we estimated annual emigration probabilities of 3.7% (female) and 6.7% (male), and quantified the resulting spillover to adjacent fished areas. We showed that during an 8 to 17 yr protection period, harvested spillover offset the loss of yield resulting from the reduction of fishing grounds set aside in the CIMR, producing a mean annual net benefit of 10% of the catch in weight. Although the number of lobsters spilling over annually did not quite make up for the loss of fishing grounds in the CIMR, it did in weight because the mean size of the lobsters emigrating from the reserve was larger than that of those outside. We propose that nomadic or home range movements of individuals near MPA boundaries, seasonal migrations and migrations forced by extraordinary meteorological events, and density-dependent movements facilitated spillover from the CIMR. Fishing effort concentration along its boundaries and high exploitation rates in the local fishery limited the spatial extent of spillover.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Net contribution of spillover from a marine reserve to fishery catches

Goñi

Hilborn²,

Díaz³

et al. 2010

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

192

179

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“…Several methods have been used to detect the likely occurrence of spillover for European reserves and to measure its magnitude and effects, including: (i) measurement of gradients of abundance and/or biomass across the boundaries of reserves [51]; (ii) quantification of long-term responses in the abundance of species outside reserves [52]; and (iii) direct measurement of the mobility of individuals within and around reserves by tagand-recapture and acoustic tracking studies [53,54].…”

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The science of European marine reserves: Status, efficacy, and future needs

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“…Lobsters, which are highly valued target species in commercial and recreational fisheries and can have relatively limited home ranges (e.g. Follesa et al 2009, Moland et al 2011, may respond quickly to protection even in small MPAs. In the Maria Island reserve, Tasmania, Edgar & Barret (1999) showed an increase of more than an order of magnitude in rock lobster Jasus edwardsii biomass over a 6 yr period following protection from fishing.…”

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confidence: 99%