Threatened Fishes of the World: Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes 1840) (Scaridae)

Donaldson, Terry J.; Dulvy, Nicholas K.

doi:10.1023/b:ebfi.0000035509.89614.1e

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“…From these efforts, three key findings emerge: (1) the diversity and density of IUCN-listed species in the US Pacific Islands varied across individual islands and at a regional scale; (2) mean densities significantly differed between uninhabited and inhabited islands-densities were greater in uninhabited versus inhabited regions in 78 % of 23 total cases for which data were available; and (3) IUCNlisted species were most diverse and abundant in the remote and uninhabited PRIA. Threats to these IUCN-listed species continue to include their limited distributions, popularity among fisheries, life history characteristics, and remote regional occurrence (Morris et al 2000;Donaldson and Dulvy 2004;Sadovy 2005;Sadovy and Domeier 2005). Widely distributed species are thought to face reduced risks of extinction compared to species with restricted ranges .…”

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“…Most of the IUCN-listed fish species are targets for subsistence, recreational, or commercial fisheries (Morris et al 2000;Donaldson and Sadovy 2001;Donaldson and Dulvy 2004;Robbins et al 2006). Some species such as bumphead parrotfish might be especially vulnerable because they are also considered trophy bycatch within multi-species fisheries, thus leading to rapid and little documented rates of population decline (Dulvy et al 2003;Dulvy and Polunin 2004).…”

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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: an assessment of coral reef fishes in the US Pacific Islands

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Widespread declines among many coral reef fisheries have led scientists and managers to become increasingly concerned over the extinction risk facing some species. To aid in assessing the extinction risks facing coral reef fishes, large-scale censuses of the abundance and distribution of individual species are critically important. We use fisheries-independent data collected as part of the NOAA Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program from 2000 to 2009 to describe the range and density across the US Pacific of coral reef fishes included on The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) 2011 Red List of Threatened Species. Forty-five species, including sharks, rays, groupers, humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), and bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum), included on the IUCN List, were recorded in the US Pacific Islands. Most species were generally rare in the US Pacific with the exception of a few species, principally small groupers and reef sharks. The greatest diversity and densities of IUCN-listed fishes were recorded at remote and uninhabited islands of the Pacific Remote Island Areas; in general, lower densities were observed at reefs of inhabited islands. Our findings complement IUCN assessment efforts, emphasize the efficacy of large-scale assessment and monitoring efforts in providing quantitative data on reef fish assemblages, and highlight the importance of protecting populations at remote and uninhabited islands where some species included on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species can be observed in abundance.

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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: an assessment of coral reef fishes in the US Pacific Islands

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“…This isolation and dependency on local resources can shape one's perspective on the values of nature. For example, the redlisted bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum), the world's largest parrotfish, is popular and much appreciated by divers and snorkelers originating from populated urban areas (Donaldson and Dulvy, 2004). Yet, in Tabuaeran, where people look to the reefs for food, recreational observation of bumphead parrotfish is rare and these fish are appreciated principally for the dietary sustenance they provide and the social significance that this provisioning confers.…”

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Conservation at the edges of the world

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a b s t r a c tRemote areas harbor some of the world's most undisturbed ecosystems. Major conservation gains can be made by effectively protecting nature in these remote zones. Conducting conservation work in remote settings presents both unique challenges and promising opportunities. We discuss how five commonly used approaches for conservation (buy and protect conservation; conservation motivated by the intrinsic values of nature; ecosystem service based conservation; ecotourism driven conservation; and conservation enabled by community planning) can be optimally applied to protect ecosystems in these special settings. In this discussion we draw examples from two model remote sites: Palmyra and Tabuaeran Atolls. Spatial analyses conducted using population density as a proxy for remoteness indicate that many existing recognized protected areas already include remote regions, but that the vast majority of the overall remote zones on the planet are not yet formally protected. Initiating discussions that directly consider both the roadblocks and opportunities for conservation in remote areas will help increase our odds of successfully protecting biodiversity in these unique and strategically important contexts.

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“…Chinese babaha in the South China Sea, Sadovy and Cheung, 2003). Therefore, a major challenge to fisheries scientists and managers in areas with limited fishery data, is to reconstruct historical changes in fisheries and ecosystems and identify threatened species in time for adequate conservation or appropriate management action (Dulvy and Reynolds, 2002;Dulvy et al, 2003;Donaldson and Dulvy, 2004).…”

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