Designing marine reserves for fishery management

Designing marine reserves for fishery management

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Article ID: iaor20073688
Country: United States
Volume: 50
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 1031
End Page Number: 1043
Publication Date: Aug 2004
Journal: Management Science
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: geography & environment
Abstract:

Recent reports have raised serious concerns about the rapid declines of historically productive marine fishery resources and the degradation of essential fish habitats. This global crisis has spurred development of innovative management strategies to rebuild depleted fisheries and marine ecosystems. One highly touted strategy involves the design and creation of marine reserves (areas off limits to extractive uses) to rebuild fisheries and conserve marine biodiversity. In this paper, we propose an integrated sequence of methodologies that provides an objective, quantitative framework for the design of marine reserves in spatially heterogeneous coastal ocean environments. The marine reserve designs proposed here satisfy the multiple, often-conflicting criteria of disparate resource user groups. This research is the first attempt to explicitly explore the trade-off between the conservation goals of fishery management and coral reef protection and the consumptive interests of commercial and recreational fishing fleets.

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