Biodiversity offsets: A cost-effective interim solution to seabird bycatch in fisheries?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Pascoe, Sean ^a   Wilcox, Chris ^a   Donlan, C Josh ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Advanced Conservation Strategies   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT CONTROL; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CYBIOSARDA ELEGANS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERIES;

EID: 80054778876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025762     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Norton D, (2009) Biodiversity Offsets: Two New Zealand Case Studies and an Assessment Framework. Environmental Management 43: 698-706.
2. ten Kate K, Bishop J, Bayon R, (2004) Biodiversity offsets: views, experience and the business case IUCN (Gland, Switzerland) and Insight Investment (London, UK).
3. FAO (2004) State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2004 Rome FAO.
4. Lewison RL, Crowder LB, Read AJ, Freeman SA, (2004) Understanding impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine megafauna. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19: 598-604.
5. Baker GB, Gales R, Hamilton S, Wilkinson V, (2002) Albatrosses and petrels in Australia: a review of their conservation and management. Emu 102: 71-97.
6. Spotila JR, Reina RD, Steyermark AC, Plotkin PT, Paladino FV, (2000) Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction. Nature 405: 529-530.
7. Botsford LW, Castilla JC, Peterson CH, (1997) The management of fisheries and marine ecosystems. Science 277: 509-515.
8. Gilman E, Brothers N, Kobayashi DR, (2005) Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 6: 35-49.
9. Cox TM, Lewison RL, Dydelis R, Crowder LB, Safina C, et al. (2007) Comparing effectiveness of experimental and implemented bycatch reduction measures: the ideal and the real. Conservation Biology 21: 1155-1164.
10. Alessandro L, Antonello S, (2010) An overview of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch and technical mitigation measures in the Mediterranean Sea. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 20: 141-161.
11. Lane N, (2005) Squid boats ordered home to protect boats. The Dominion Post. May 7, 2005 ed. Wellington, New Zealand.
12. Martin G, (2005) Ban on long-line commercial fishing may be lifted; restyled hoooks won't spare sea turtles, opponents contend. The San Francisco Chronicle. August 5, 2005 ed. San Francisco.
13. Anonymous, (2006) Federal agency cuts off fishing for isle swordfish. Star Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii.
14. Brothers NP, Cooper J, Lokkeborg S, (1999) The incidental catch of seabirds by longline fisheries: worldwide review and technical guidelines for mitigation. FAO Fisheries Circular No 937 Rome.
15. Atkinson IAE, (1985) The spread of commensal species of Rattus to oceanic islands and their effects on island avifaunas. In: Moors PJ, editors. Conservation of island birds: case studies for the management of threatened island species Cambridge International Council for Bird Preservation pp. 35-81.
16. Nogales M, Martín A, Tershy BR, Donlan CJ, Veitch D, et al. (2004) A review of feral cat eradication on islands. Conservation Biology 18: 310-319.
17. Long JL, (2003) Introduced mammals of the world Collingwood, Australia CSIRO Publishing.
18. Zydelis R, Wallace BP, Gilman EL, Werner TB, (2009) Conservation of marine megafauna through minimization of fisheries bycatch. Conservation Biology 23: 608-616.
19. MacPhee RDE, Flemming C, (1999) Requim AEternam: the last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: MacPhee RDE, editors. Extinctions in near time: causes, contexts, and consequences New York Kluwer Publishing pp. 333-371.
20. Groombridge B, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, British Natural History Museum, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1992) Global biodiversity: status of the earth's living resources: a report London Chapman & Hall.
21. Donlan C, Wilcox C, (2008) Integrating invasive mammal eradications and biodiversity offsets for fisheries bycatch: conservation opportunities and challenges for seabirds and sea turtles. Biological Invasions 10: 1053-1060.
22. Wilcox C, Donlan CJ, (2007) Compensatory mitigation as a solution to fisheries bycatch biodiversity conservation conflicts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 325-331.
23. Doak D, Bakker V, Finkelstein M, Sullivan B, Lewison R, et al. (2007) Compensatory mitigation for marine bycatch will do harm, not good. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 350-351.
24. Priddel D, (2007) Compensatory mitigation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 407-408.
25. Finkelstein M, Bakker V, Doak DF, Sullivan B, Lewison R, et al. (2008) Evaluating the Potential Effectiveness of Compensatory Mitigation Strategies for Marine Bycatch. PLoS ONE 3: e2480.
26. Igual JM, Tavecchia G, Jenouvrier S, Forero MG, Oro D, (2009) Buying years to extinction: Is compensatory mitigation for marine bycatch a sufficient conservation measure for long-lived seabirds? PLoS ONE 4: e4826.
27. ABARES (2010) Australian Fisheries Statistics 2009 Canberra ABARES.
28. Vieira S, Perks C, Mazur K, Curtotti R, Li M, (2010) Impact of the structural adjustment package on the profitability of Commonwealth fisheries Canberra ABARE.
29. Priddel DM, Carlile N, Fullagar P, Hutton I, O'Neil L, (2006) Decline in the distribution and abundance of flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) on Lord Howe Island, Australia. Biological Conservation 128: 412-424.
30. AFMA (2008) Australian tuna and billfish longline fisheries bycatch and discarding workplan, November 1 2008 to October 31 2010 Canberra Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
31. Baker BG, Wise BS, (2005) The impact of pelagic longline fishing on the flesh-footed shearwater Puffinus carneipes in Eastern Australia. Biological Conservation 126: 306-316.
32. Brothers N, Duckworth AR, Safina C, Gilman EL, (2010) Seabird Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries Is Grossly Underestimated when Using Only Haul Data. PLoS ONE 5: e12491.
33. Priddel D, Carlile N, Fullagar P, Hutton I, O'Neill L, (2006) Decline in the distribution and abundance of flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) on Lord Howe Island, Australia. Biological Conservation 128: 412-424.
34. Thalmann SJ, Baker GB, Hindell M, Tuck GN, (2009) Longline fisheries and foraging distribution of flesh-footed shearwaters in Eastern Australia. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 399-406.
35. Environment Australia (1998) Threat abatement plan for the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations Canberra Environment Australia.
36. Huang H, Leung P, (2007) Modeling protected species as an undesirable output: The case of sea turtle interactions in Hawaii's longline fishery. Journal of Environmental Management 84: 523-533.
37. Finkelstein M, Bakker V, Doak DF, Sullivan B, Lewison R, et al. (2008) Supplement S1: Re-evaluation of the W&D model for flesh-footed shearwater on Lord Howe Island. PLoS ONE 3: e2480.
38. Lavers J, Wilcox C, Josh Donlan C, (2010) Bird demographic responses to predator removal programs. Biological Invasions 12: 3839-3859.
39. Nagy KA, (1987) Field metabolic rate and food requirement scaling in mammals and birds. Ecological Monographs 57: 111-128.
40. Stapp P, (2002) Stable isotopes reveal evidence of predation by ship rats on seabirds on the Shiant Islands, Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 39: 831-840.
41. Igual JM, Forero MG, Gomez T, Orueta JF, Oro D, (2006) Rat control and breeding performance in Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea): effects of poisoning effort and habitat features. Animal Conservation 9: 59-65.
42. Wilcox C, Dowling N, Pascoe S, (2010) Predicting the impact of hook decrements on the distribution of fishing effort in the ETBF Cleveland CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.
43. Wätzold F, Schwerdtner K, (2005) Why be wasteful when preserving a valuable resource? A review article on the cost-effectiveness of European biodiversity conservation policy. Biological Conservation 123: 327-338.
44. Cullen R, Moran E, Hughey KFD, (2005) Measuring the success and cost effectiveness of New Zealand multiple-species projects to the conservation of threatened species. Ecological Economics 53: 311-323.
45. Hughey KFD, (2003) Integrating Economics into Priority Setting and Evaluation in Conservation Management. Conservation Biology 17: 93-103.
46. Haraden J, Herrick SF, Squires D, Tisdell CA, (2004) Economic Benefits of Dolphins in the United States Eastern Tropical Pacific Purse-Seine Tuna Industry. Environmental and Resource Economics 28: 451-468.
47. Loomis JB, White DS, (1996) Economic benefits of rare and endangered species: summary and meta-analysis. Ecological Economics 18: 197-206.
48. Eiswerth ME, van Kooten GC, (2009) The ghost of extinction: Preservation values and minimum viable population in wildlife models. Ecological Economics 68: 2129-2136.
49. Dasgupta P, (2008) Discounting climate change. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 37: 141-169.
50. Weitzman ML, (1994) On the "Environmental" Discount Rate. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 26: 200-209.
51. Weitzman ML, (1998) Why the Far-Distant Future Should Be Discounted at Its Lowest Possible Rate. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 36: 201-208.
52. Fisher AC, Krutilla JV, (1975) Resource Conservation, Environmental Preservation, and the Rate of Discount. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 89: 358-370.
53. Horowitz JK, (2002) Preferences in the Future. Environmental and Resource Economics 21: 241-258.
54. Punt AE, Deng R, Pascoe S, Dichmont CM, Zhou S, et al. (2011) Calculating optimal effort and catch trajectories for multiple species modelled using a mix of size-structured, delay-difference and biomass dynamics models. Fisheries Research 109: 201-211.
55. Asche F, (2001) Fishermen's discount rates in ITQ systems. Environmental and Resource Economics 19: 403-410.
56. Clark CW, (1973) The Economics of Overexploitation. Science 181: 630-634.
57. Montgomery CA, Gardner MB Jr, Adams DM, (1994) The Marginal Cost of Species Preservation: The Northern Spotted Owl. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 26: 111-128.
58. Parkes J, Ruscoe W, Fisher P, Thomas B, (2004) Benefits, Constraints, Risks and Costs of Rodent Control Options on Lord Howe Island. Report by Landcare Research prepared for the Lord Howe Island Board, Contract Report LC0304/64 Lincoln, New Zealand Landcare Research.
59. Martins TLF, Brooke MdL, Hilton GM, Farnsworth S, Gould J, et al. (2006) Costing eradications of alien mammals from islands. Animal Conservation 9: 439-444.
60. Pascoe S, Innes J, Holland D, Fina M, Thébaud O, et al. (2010) Use of incentive-based management systems to limit bycatch and discarding. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 4: 123-161.
61. Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW (2009) Montague Island Seabird Habitat Restoration Project Sydney Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW.
62. Schippers P, Snep R, Schotman A, Jochem R, Stienen E, et al. (2009) Seabird metapopulations: searching for alternative breeding habitats. Population Ecology 51: 459-470.
63. Hilborn R, Orensanz JM, Parma AM, (2005) Institutions, incentives and the future of fisheries. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 360: 47-57.