Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries

Partially protected areas are now the dominant global form of spatial management aimed at preserving ecosystem integrity and managing human use. However, most evaluations of their efficacy use only a narrow set of conservation indicators that reflect a fraction of ways in which protection can succee...

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Autores principales: Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Cohen, Philippa, Morais, Renato, Januchowski-Hartley, F., Ceccarelli, Daniela, Malimali, Siola'a, Stone, Karen, Warren, Regon, Cinner, Joshua
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Resilience Alliance, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127758
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author Smallhorn-West, Patrick
Cohen, Philippa
Morais, Renato
Januchowski-Hartley, F.
Ceccarelli, Daniela
Malimali, Siola'a
Stone, Karen
Warren, Regon
Cinner, Joshua
author_browse Ceccarelli, Daniela
Cinner, Joshua
Cohen, Philippa
Januchowski-Hartley, F.
Malimali, Siola'a
Morais, Renato
Smallhorn-West, Patrick
Stone, Karen
Warren, Regon
author_facet Smallhorn-West, Patrick
Cohen, Philippa
Morais, Renato
Januchowski-Hartley, F.
Ceccarelli, Daniela
Malimali, Siola'a
Stone, Karen
Warren, Regon
Cinner, Joshua
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description Partially protected areas are now the dominant global form of spatial management aimed at preserving ecosystem integrity and managing human use. However, most evaluations of their efficacy use only a narrow set of conservation indicators that reflect a fraction of ways in which protection can succeed or fail. In this paper, we examine three case studies of partially protected coral reef fishery systems to evaluate benefits and risks of their use as a management tool. We use data from community-based management arrangements in three Pacific Island countries to demonstrate three vignettes of how partial protection can boost fisheries production, enhance the ease with which fishers catch their prey, and alter the composition of fisheries yields. These changes in fisheries productivity, catchability, and vulnerability under partial protection carry substantial benefits for fishers. However, they also carry significant risks for ecosystems and fisheries livelihoods unless adaptively managed so as to confer the short to medium term benefits in resource performance without risking longer term sustainability.
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spelling CGSpace1277582025-12-08T10:29:22Z Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries Smallhorn-West, Patrick Cohen, Philippa Morais, Renato Januchowski-Hartley, F. Ceccarelli, Daniela Malimali, Siola'a Stone, Karen Warren, Regon Cinner, Joshua conservation fish impact evaluation community-based marine management local management marine protected area traditional ecological knowledge Partially protected areas are now the dominant global form of spatial management aimed at preserving ecosystem integrity and managing human use. However, most evaluations of their efficacy use only a narrow set of conservation indicators that reflect a fraction of ways in which protection can succeed or fail. In this paper, we examine three case studies of partially protected coral reef fishery systems to evaluate benefits and risks of their use as a management tool. We use data from community-based management arrangements in three Pacific Island countries to demonstrate three vignettes of how partial protection can boost fisheries production, enhance the ease with which fishers catch their prey, and alter the composition of fisheries yields. These changes in fisheries productivity, catchability, and vulnerability under partial protection carry substantial benefits for fishers. However, they also carry significant risks for ecosystems and fisheries livelihoods unless adaptively managed so as to confer the short to medium term benefits in resource performance without risking longer term sustainability. 2022-03-01 2023-01-21T13:13:12Z 2023-01-21T13:13:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127758 en Open Access application/pdf Resilience Alliance, Inc. Smallhorn-West, P. F. P. J. Cohen, R. A. Morais, F. A. Januchowski-Hartley, D. Ceccarelli, S. Malimali, K. Stone, R. Warren, and J. E. Cinner. 2022. Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries. Ecology and Society 27(1): 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13112-270126
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fish
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community-based marine management
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marine protected area
traditional ecological knowledge
Smallhorn-West, Patrick
Cohen, Philippa
Morais, Renato
Januchowski-Hartley, F.
Ceccarelli, Daniela
Malimali, Siola'a
Stone, Karen
Warren, Regon
Cinner, Joshua
Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
title Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
title_full Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
title_fullStr Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
title_full_unstemmed Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
title_short Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
title_sort hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries
topic conservation
fish
impact evaluation
community-based marine management
local management
marine protected area
traditional ecological knowledge
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127758
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