Length-based assessment of sustainability benchmarks for coral reef fishes in Puerto Rico

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-231

  Ault, Jerald S ^a   Smith, Steven G ^a   Luo, Jiangang ^a   Monaco, Mark E ^b   Appeldoorn, Richard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Average size; Coral reef fish; Fishery exploitation; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CORAL REEF; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; PISCES;

EID: 55449096696     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892908005043     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Acosta, A. & Appeldoorn, R.S. (1992) Estimation of growth, mortality and yield-per-recruit for Lutjanis synagris (Linnaeus) in Puerto Rico. Bulletin of Marine Science 50: 282-291.
2. Alagaraja, K. (1984) Simple methods for estimation of parameters for assessing exploited fish stocks. Indian Journal of Fisheries 31: 177-208.
3. Appeldoorn, R., Beets, J., Bohnsack, J., Bolden, S., Matos, D., Meyers, S., Rosario, A., Sadovy, Y. & Tobias, W. (1992) Shallow water reef fish assessment for the US Caribbean. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 304, NOAA, USA: 70 pp.
4. Appeldoorn, R.S., Friedlander, A., Sladek Nowlis, J., Ussegilo, P. & Mitchell-Chui, A. (2003) Habitat connectivity on the insular platform of Old Providence-Santa Catalina, Colombia: mechanism, limits and ecological consequences relevant to marine reserve design. Gulf and Caribbean Research 14: 61-77.
5. Appeldoorn, R.S., Recksiek, C.W., Hill, R.L., Pagan, F.E. & Dennis, G.D. (1997) Marine protected areas and reef fish movements: the role of habitat in controlling ontogentic migration. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 2: 1917-1922.
6. Ault, J.S. & Olson, D.B. (1996) A multicohort stock production model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125: 343-363.
7. Ault, J.S., Bohnsack, J.A. & Meester, G. (1998) A retrospective (1979-1996) multispecies assessment of coral reef fish stocks in the Florida Keys. Fishery Bulletin, US 96: 395-414.
8. Ault, J.S., Bohnsack, J.A., Smith, S.G. & Luo, J. (2005a) Towards sustainable multispecies fisheries in the Florida USA coral reef ecosystem. Bulletin of Marine Science 76(2): 595-622.
9. Ault, J.S., Smith, S.G. & Bohnsack, J.A. (2005b) Evaluation of average length as an indicator of exploitation status for the Florida coral reef fish community. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62: 417-123.
10. Ault, J.S., McGarvey, R.N., Rothschild, B.J. & Chavarria, J. (1996) Stock assessment computer algorithms. In: Stock Assessment: Quantitative Methods and Applications for Small Scale Fisheries, ed. V.F. Gallucci, S. Saila, D. Gustafson & B.J. Rothschild, pp. 501-515. Chelsea, MI, USA: Lewis Publishers (Division of CRC Press).
11. Beverton, R.J.H. & Holt, S.J.(1957)On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fishery Investigations Series II, Volume 19. Lowestoft, UK: Ministry of Agriculture: 533 pp.
12. Clark, W.G. (1991) Groundfish exploitation rates based on life history parameters. Canadian Journal of Fish and Aquatic Sciences 48: 734-750.
13. Claro, R., Lindeman, K.C. & Parenti, L.R. (2001) Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. Washington, DC, USA: Smithsonian Institution Press: 253 pp.
14. Coleman, F.C., Koenig, C.C., Huntsman, G.R., Musick, J.A., Eklund, A.M., McGovern, J.C., Chapman, R.W., Sedberry, G.R. & Grimes, C.B. (2000) Long-lived reef fishes: the grouper-snapper complex. Fisheries 25(3): 14-21.
15. Cury, P.M. & Christensen, V. (2005) Quantitative ecosystem indicators for fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62(3): 307-310.
16. Denney, N.H., Jennings, S. & Reynolds, J.D. (2002) Life-history correlates of maximum population growth rates in marine fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 2229-2237.
17. Ehrhardt, N.M. & Ault, J.S. (1992) Analysis of two length-based mortality models applied to bounded catch length frequencies. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121: 115-122.
18. FAO (2003) FiSAT II: FAO-ICLARM Stock Assessment Tools. User's Guide, ed. F.C. Gayanilo, P. Sparre and D. Pauly. Rome, Italy: FAO.
19. Fenichel, E.P., Tsao, J.I.Jones, M.L. & Hickling, G.J. (2008) Real options for precautionary fisheries management. Fish and Fisheries 9: 121-137.
20. Gabriel, W.L., Sissenwine, M.P. & Overholtz, W.J. (1989) Analysis of spawning stock biomass per recruit: an example for Georges Bank haddock. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 9: 383-391.
21. Garcia, S.M. & Cochrane, K.L. (2005) Ecosystem approach to fisheries: a review of implementation guidelines. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62(3): 311-318.
22. Garcia-Sais, J., Appeldoorn, R., Bruckner, A., Caldow, C., Christensen, J.D., Lilyestrom, C., Monaco, M.E., Sabater, J., Williams, E. & Diaz, E. (2005) The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In: The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, ed. J.E. Waddell, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11. Silver Spring, MD, USA: NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team: 522 pp.
23. Goodwin, N.B., Grant, A., Perry, A.L., Dulvy, N.K. & Reynolds, J.D. (2006) Life history correlates of density-dependent recruitment in marine fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 63: 494-509.
24. Graham, N.A.J., Dulvy, N.K., Jennings, S. & Polunin, N.V.C. (2005) Size-spectra as indicators of the effects of fishing on coral reef assemblages. Coral Reefs 24: 118-124.
25. Haddon, M. (2001) Modeling and Quantitative Methods in Fisheries. Boca Raton, FL, USA: Chapman and Hall/CRC Press.
26. Haedrich, R.L. & Barnes, S.M. (1997) Changes over time of the size structure in an exploited shelf fish community. Fisheries Research 31:229-239.
27. Hall, S.J. & Mainprize, B. (2004) Towards ecosystem-based fisheries management. Fish and Fisheries 5: 1-20.
28. Hoenig, J.M. (1983) Empirical use of longevity data to estimate mortality rates. Fishery Bulletin 82(1): 898-903.
29. ICES, (2001) Report of the working group on ecosystem effects of fishing. ICES CM/ACME/E:09, Copenhagen, Denmark.
30. Jennings, S. (2005) Indicators to support an ecosystem approach to fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 6: 212-232.
31. Jennings, S., Reynolds, J.D. & Mills, S.C. (1998) Life history correlates of responses to fisheries exploitation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 265: 333-339.
32. Jennings, S., Reynolds, J.D. & Polunin, N.V.C. (1999) Predicting the vulnerability of tropical reef fishes to exploitation with phylogenies and life histories. Conservation Biology 15(6): 1466-1475.
33. Jennings, S., De Oliveira, J.A.A. & Warr, K.J. (2007) Measurement of body size and abundance in tests of macroecological and food web theory. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 72-82.
34. Kerr, S.R. & Dickie, L.M. (2001) The Biomass Spectrum: a Predator-Prey Theory of Aquatic Production. New York, USA: Columbia University Press. New York.
35. Lilystrom, C. & Hoffmaster, E. (2002) Recreational fishery statistics of coral reef fisheries in Puerto Rico. In: Proceedings of Coral Reef Fisheries, Caribbean Regional Workshop: Collaboration on Successful Management, Enforcement, and Education Methods for Fisheries Managers of the US Caribbean, pp. 30-31. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Caribbean Fishery Management Council (URL www.caribbeanfmc.com).
36. Matos-Caraballo, D. (2004) Puerto Rico/NMFS cooperative fisheries statistics program. Final Report submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan, Puerto Rico: 83 pp.
37. Methot, R.D. (1990) Synthesis model: an adaptive framework for analysis of diverse stock assessment data. International North Pacific Fisheries Commission Bulletin 50: 259-277.
38. Monaco, M.E., Kendall, M.S., Higgins, J.L., Alexander, C.E. & Tartt, M.S. (2005) Biogeographic assessments of NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries: the integration of ecology and GIS to aid management boundary delineation and assessment. In: Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management in the Pacific Northwest, ed. D.S. Wright. & A.J. Scholz, pp. 2-12. Corvalis, OR, USA: Oregon State University Press.
39. Musick, J.A., Harbin, M.M., Berkeley, S.A., Burgess, G.H., Eklund, A.M., Findley, L., Gilmore, R.G., Golden, J.T., Ha, D.S., Huntsman, G.R., McGovern, J.C., Parker, S.J., Poss, S.G., Sala, E., Schmidt, T.W., Sedberry, G.R., Weeks, H. & Wright, S.G. (2000) Marine, estuarine, and diadromous fish stocks at risk of extinction in North America (exclusive of Pacific salmonids). Fisheries 25(11): 6-30.
40. Newton, K., Cote, I.M., Pilling, G.M., Jennings, S. & Dulvy, N.K. (2007) Current and future sustainability of island coral reef fisheries. Current Biology 17: 655-658.
41. NOAA (2006) Fisheries of the United States [www document]. URL http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/stl/fus/fus06/.
42. Pauly, D. & Morgan, G.R., eds (1987) Length-Based Methods in Fisheries Research. ICLARM Conference Proceedings Volume 13. Manila, Philippines: International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management: 468 pp.
43. Pittman, S.J., Christensen, J.D., Caldow, C., Menza, C. & Monaco, M.E. (2007) Predictive mapping of fish species richness across shallow-water seascapes in the Caribbean. Ecological Modelling 204:9-21.
44. Prager, M.H. (1994) A suite of extensions to a non-equilibrium surplus-production model. Fishery Bulletin, US 92: 374-389.
45. Quinn, T.J. & Deriso, R.B. (1999) Quantitative Fish Dynamics. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press: 542 pp.
46. Quinn, T.J. (2003) Ruminations on the development and future of population dynamics models in fisheries. Natural Resource Modeling 16(4): 341-392.
47. Restrepo, V.R. & Powers, J.E. (1999) Precautionary control rules in US fisheries management: specifications and performance. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56: 846-852.
48. Restrepo, V.R., Thompson, G.G., Mace, P.M., Gabriel, W.L., Low, L.L., MacCall, A.D., Methot, R.D., Powers, J.E., Taylor, B.L., Wade, P.R. & Witzig, J.F. (1998) Technical guidance on the use of precautionary approaches in implementing national standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-031, NOAA, USA: 54 pp.
49. Ricker, W.E. (1963) Big effects from small causes: two examples from fish population dynamics. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 20: 257-264.
50. Russ, G.R. (1991) Coral reef fisheries: effects and yields. In: The Ecology of Fishes in Coral Reefs, ed. P.F. Sale, pp. 601-635. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press: 754 pp.
51. Russ, G.R. & Alcala, A.C. (1996) Marine reserves: rates and patterns of recovery and decline of large predatory fish. Ecological Applications 6(3): 947-961.
52. Walters, C.J. & Martell, S.J.D. (2004) Fisheries Ecology and Management. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press: 399 pp.
53. Warren-Rhodes, K., Sadovy, Y. & Cesar, H. (2003) Marine ecosystem appropriation in the Indo-Pacific: a case study of the live reef fish food trade. Arnbio 32(7): 481-488.
54. Yemane, D., Field, J.G. & Leslie, R.W. (2005) Exploring the effects of fishing on fish assemblages using abundance biomass comparison (ABC) curves. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62: 374-379.