Testing the effectiveness of MPAs and other reef fish management strategies using agent-based models : final report
The management of a marine fishery is a difficult task (Costanza 2000) and in tropical nations such as Guam, where ecologically complex ecosystems are under heavy pressure from rapidly increasing anthropogenic stress, the problem is exacerbated. In Guam, ...
Final report, NOAA International Coral Reef conservation Program grant no. NA03NOS4630223, testing indicators of MPA management effectiveness in Kosrae, FSM
The island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia is among the least developed of the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States. Approximately 7700 people live on Kosrae, which is 42 square miles in area. Many Kosraeans are reliant on the oce...
Findings from acoustic tagging reveal community based MPA in Fiji affords reasonable protection to Lethrinids
Are Lethrinids captured at common village fishing areas in Votua Village, Fiji part of the same population as those intended for conservation within the adjacent MPA? To address this question, Lethrinids (27) were caught within and outside the MPA, implan...
Enhancing MPA effectiveness : identification and assessment of reproductively active serranid movement and fishery vulnerability
The project aims to investigate the effectiveness of an existing (fish) spawning aggregation site (FSA)-based MPA in protecting reproductively active fishes and provide recommendations from findings for enhancing design and the design of future FSA-based ...
Caribbean connectivity implications for marine protected area management : proceedings of a special symposium 9-11 November 2006 : 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, Belize
Proceedings of symposium held to share cross-cutting research and management approaches for understanding biological connectivity in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, and to discuss how to apply scientific information to better manage MPAs in the regi...
Enhancing MPA management effectiveness for the Calamianes Islands MPA network, Palawan Province, Philippines final report (June 30 2009)
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have received much attention in recent years as an alternative approach to traditional fisheries management (Roberts et al. 2001; Halpern 2003; Mora et al. 2006). The primary goals of MPAs are to protect critical habitat and ...
Determining thermal capacitance for protected area network design in Palau
During the latter half of 1998, Palau experienced unprecedented bleaching that resulted in significant mortality and the loss of significant proportions of one of the few remaining pristine coral reefs in the world. Prior to 1998 and since 1998, little to...
Testing the effectiveness of MPAs and other reef fish management strategies using agent-based models : final report