spearfishing regulation benefits artisanal fisheries the regs indicator and its application to a multiple-use mediterranean marine protected area捕鱼观光监管效益手工渔业的规则的指标及其应用多次地中海海洋保护区.pdfVIP

Spearfishing Regulation Benefits Artisanal Fisheries: The ReGS Indicator and Its Application to a Multiple-Use Mediterranean Marine Protected Area 1,2 1 3 2 Delphine Rocklin *, Jean-Antoine Tomasini , Jean-Michel Culioli , Dominique Pelletier , David Mouillot1 ` ˆ ´ 1 Laboratoire Ecologie des Systemes Marins Cotiers, UMR CNRS-UM2-IRD-IFREMER 5119, Universite Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, 2 Laboratoire de Biologie ´ ´ Halieutique – Departement Sciences et Technologies Halieutiques, IFREMER, Plouzane, France, 3 Office de l’Environnement de la Corse, Corte, France Abstract The development of fishing efficiency coupled with an increase of fishing effort led to the overexploitation of numerous natural marine resources. In addition to this commercial pressure, the impact of recreational activities on fish assemblages remains barely known. Here we examined the impact of spearfishing limitation on resources in a marine protected area (MPA) and the benefit it provides for the local artisanal fishery through the use of a novel indicator. We analysed trends in the fish assemblage composition using artisanal fisheries data collected in the Bonifacio Strait Natural Reserve (BSNR), a Mediterranean MPA where the spearfishing activity has been forbidden over 15% of its area. Fish species were pooled into three response groups according to their target level by spearfishing. We developed the new flexible ReGS indicator reflecting shifts in species assemblages according to the relative abundance of each response group facing external