Spillover from six western Mediterranean marine protected areas: evidence from artisanal fisheries
Authors
Goñi, R. (Raquel); Adlerstein, S. (Sara); Álvarez-Berastegui, D. (Diego); Forcada, A. (Aitor); Reñones, O. (Olga); Criquet, G. (Geraldine); Polti, S. (Sandrine); Cadiou, G. (Gwenael); Valle, C. (Carlos); Lenfant,P. (Philippe); Bonhomme, P. (Patrick); Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (Ángel); Sánchez-Lizaso, J.L. (José Luis); García-Charton, J.A. (José Antonio); Bernard, G. (Guillaume); Stelzenmüller, V. (Vanessa); Planes, S. (Serge)Editor's version
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v366/p159-174/Date
2008Type
articleKeywords
Marine protected areasFisheries closures
Artisanal fisheries
Spillover
Fishing the line
Catch gradients
Mediterranean Sea
Abstract
This study investigated spillover (biomass export) around 6 marine protected areas (MPAs) in the western Mediterranean based on catch and effort data from artisanal fisheries. The selected MPAs were Cerbère-Banyuls and Carry-le-Rouet in France, and Medes, Cabrera, Tabarca, and Cabo de Palos in Spain. These MPAs had been functional for more than 8 yr and incorporate areas of fisheries closure and restricted use where fishing is limited. We based our study on the hypotheses that, in the presence of biomass export, (1) fishing effort would concentrate close to MPA boundaries, and (2) fishery production, expressed as catch per unit area (CPUA), would be highest near MPA boundaries and decrease with distance. We selected data from 14 ‘fishing tactics’ using gill nets, trammel nets and bottom long-lines targeting sparids, mullids, serranids, scorpaenids and palinurids. We analyzed the spatial distribution of effort, fishery production and revenues per unit area, using generalized additive ...