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Description:
Title:
Design, development, and implementation of a survey of the fisheries of the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area
Author(s):
Friedlander, Alan M. (Alan Marc)
Koike, Hal
Kekoa, Lune
Sparks, Russell
United States, National Ocean Service
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Hawaii, Division of Aquatic Resources
Corporate Name:
United States, National Ocean Service
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Hawaii, Division of Aquatic Resources
Dates of Publication:
2012
Abstract:
The Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA), Maui has been established to control the overabundance of marine algae within the area by increasing the local abundance of certain herbivorous fishes and sea urchins by fisheries management methods Natural controls of marine algae are intended to help the marine ecosystem in the area return to a healthy balance. The KHFMA starts at Hanaka'o'o Beach on the southern end and runs to Honokowai Beach Park in the north, a straight linear shoreline distance of 3064 m. The take of chubs (Kyphosidae), parrotfishes (Scaridae), surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), and sea urchins is prohibited within this management area. The local community is actively engaged with the state resource management agency and other interested parties in this project. The objectives of this study were to develop a scientifically rigorous and statistically valid survey of the fisheries in and around the KHFMA in order to assess the efficacy of the management and provide the State and the community with the necessary data to facilitate adaptive decision making. The study was designed to supplement HMRFS by providing fisheries information (i.e. catch effort, species composition, gear type) at a finer spatial and temporal resolution"--Introduction (Page 4).
Keywords:
Conservation
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef fisheries
Coral reef fishes
Ecological surveys
Evaluation
Fish surveys
Management
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Place Keywords:
Hawaii
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Miscellaneous
Note:
The Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA), Maui has been established to control the overabundance of marine algae within the area by increasing the local abundance of certain herbivorous fishes and sea urchins by fisheries management methods Natural controls of marine algae are intended to help the marine ecosystem in the area return to a healthy balance. The KHFMA starts at Hanaka'o'o Beach on the southern end and runs to Honokowai Beach Park in the north, a straight linear shoreline distance of 3064 m. The take of chubs (Kyphosidae), parrotfishes (Scaridae), surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), and sea urchins is prohibited within this management area. The local community is actively engaged with the state resource management agency and other interested parties in this project. The objectives of this study were to develop a scientifically rigorous and statistically valid survey of the fisheries in and around the KHFMA in order to assess the efficacy of the management and provide the State and the community with the necessary data to facilitate adaptive decision making. The study was designed to supplement HMRFS by providing fisheries information (i.e. catch effort, species composition, gear type) at a finer spatial and temporal resolution"--Introduction (Page 4).
2012
Grant no. NA10NOS4190062
NOS (National Ocean Service)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1936
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