Fishing in the dark-local knowledge, night spearfishing and spawning aggregations in the Western Solomon Islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 246-257

  Hamilton, R J ^a   Giningele, M ^b   Aswani, S ^c   Ecochard, J L ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Dunde Community Munda ^*  (Solomon Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based monitoring; Coral Triangle; Fish spawning aggregation; Groupers; Local ecological knowledge; Marine protected area

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; FISHERY SURVEY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VULNERABILITY;

NEW GEORGIA; NEW GEORGIA ISLANDS; ROVIANA LAGOON; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS FUSCOGUTTATUS; EPINEPHELUS POLYPHEKADION; PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS;

EID: 84856227224     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Almany G., Hamilton R., Williamson D., Evans R., Jones G., Matawai M., Potuku T., Rhodes K., Russ G., Sawynok B. Research partnerships with local communities: two case studies from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Coral Reefs 2010, 29:567-576.
2. Aswani S., Hamilton R.J. Integrating indigenous ecological knowledge and customary sea tenure with marine and social science for conservation of Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) in the Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands. Environmental Conservation 2004, 31:69-83.
3. Aswani S., Albert S., Sabetian A., Furusawa T. Customary management as precautionary and adaptive principles for protecting coral reefs in Oceania. Coral Reefs 2007, 26:1009-1021.
4. Aswani S., Vaccaro I. Lagoon ecology and social strategies: habitat diversity and ethnobiology. Human Ecology 2008, 36:325-341.
5. Beets J., Friedlander A. Evaluation of a conservation strategy: a spawning aggregation closure for red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, in the US Virgin Islands. Environmental Biology of Fishes 1999, 55:91-98.
6. Colin P.L. Reproduction of the Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus (Pisces: Serranidae) and its relationship to environmental conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes 1992, 34:357-377.
7. Colin P.L., Sadovy Y.J., Domeier M.L. Manual for the Study and Conservation of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations 2003, Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations.
8. Cornish, A., 2004. Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2.
9. Daw, T.M., 2008. How Fishers Count: Engaging Fishers' Knowledge in Fisheries Science and Management. Ph.D. Thesis, School of Marine Science and Technology, and School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. (www document). http://www.tinyurl.com/tdaw-thesis.
10. Daw T.M., Robinson J., Graham N.A.J. Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge. Environmental Conservation 2011, 38:75-88.
11. Drew J.A. Use of traditional ecological knowledge in marine conservation. Conservation Biology 2005, 19:1286-1293.
12. Dulvy N.K., Polunin N.V.C. Using informal knowledge to infer human-induced rarity of a conspicuous reef fish. Animal Conservation 2004, 7:365-374.
13. Game E., Lipsett-Moore G., Hamilton R., Peterson N., Atu W., Kereseka J., Watts M., Possingham H. Informed opportunism in practice; conservation planning in the Solomon Islands. Conservation Letters 2011, 4:38-46.
14. Gillett R., Moy W. Spearfishing in the Pacific Islands. Current Status and Management Issues. FAO/FishCode Review No. 19 2006, FAO, Rome.
15. Grandcourt, E., 2005. Demographic Characteristics of Selected Epinepheline Groupers (Family: Serranidae; Subfamily: Epinephelinae) from Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 539.
16. Hamilton, R.J., Kama, W., 2004. Spawning Aggregations of Coral Reef Fish in Roviana Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands: Local Knowledge Field Survey Report. (Unrestricted Access Version). Report Prepared for the Pacific Island Countries Coastal Marine Program, The Nature Conservancy. TNC Pacific Island Countries Report No. 5/04.
17. Hamilton R.J., Matawai M. Live reef food fish trade causes rapid declines in abundance of squaretail coralgrouper (Plectropomus areolatus) at a spawning aggregation site in Manus, Papua New Guinea. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 2006, 16:13-18.
18. Hamilton R.J., Matawai M., Potuku T., Kama W., Lahui P., Warku J., Smith A.J. Applying local knowledge and science to the management of grouper aggregation sites in Melanesia. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 2005, 14:7-19.
19. Hamilton R.J., Potuku T., Montambault J. Community-based conservation results in the recovery of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Coral Triangle. Biological Conservation 2011, 144:1850-1858.
20. Hamilton R.J., Sadovy de Mitcheson Y., Aguilar-Perera A. The role of local ecological knowledge in the conservation and management of reef fish spawning aggregations. Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Fisheries and Management. Fish and Fisheries Series 35 2012, 331-369. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson, P.L. Colin (Eds.).
21. Hamilton R.J., Walter R. Indigenous ecological knowledge and its role in fisheries research design. A case study from Roviana Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands. SPC Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Bulletin 1999, 11:13-25.
22. Heyman W.D., Ecochard J.L.B., Biasi F.B. Low-cost bathymetric mapping for tropical marine conservation-a focus on reef fish spawning aggregation sites. Marine Geodesy 2007, 30:37-50.
23. Heyman W.D., Kjerfve B., Graham R.T., Rhodes K.L., Garbutt L. Spawning aggregations of Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier) on the Belize Barrier Reef over a 6 year period. Journal of Fish Biology 2005, 67:83-101.
24. Hviding E. Guardians of Marovo Lagoon, Practice, Place, and Politics in Maritime Melanesia 1996, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
25. Johannes R.E. Reproductive strategies of coastal marine fishes in the tropics. Environmental Biology of Fishes 1978, 3:65-84.
26. Johannes, R.E., 1989. Spawning aggregations of the grouper Plectropomus areolatus (Ruppell) in the Solomon Islands. In: Choat, J.H., Barnes, D.J., Borowitzka, M.A., Coll, J.C., Davies, P.J., Flood, P., Hatcher, B.G., Hopley, D., Hutchings, P.A., et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia, pp. 751-755.
27. Johannes R.E., Freeman M.R., Hamilton R.J. Ignore fishers' knowledge and miss the boat. Fish and Fisheries 2000, 1:257-271.
28. Johannes R.E., Neis B. The value of anecdote. Fishers' Knowledge in Fisheries Science and Management 2007, UNESCO Publishing, Paris. N. Haggan, B. Neis, I.G. Baird (Eds.).
29. Johannes, R.E., Squire, L., Graham, T., Sadovy, Y., Renguul, H., 1999. Spawning Aggregations of Groupers (Serranidae) in Palau. Marine Research Series Publication No. 1. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington.
30. Nemeth R.S. Population characteristics of a recovering US Virgin Islands red hind spawning aggregation following protection. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2005, 286:81-97.
31. Pet J.S., Mous P.J., Muljadi A.H., Sadovy Y.J., Squire L. Aggregations of Plectropomus areolatus and Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (groupers, Serranidae) in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia: monitoring and implications for management. Environmental Biology of Fishes 2005, 74:209-218.
32. Pet J.S., Mous P.J., Rhodes K., Green A. Introduction to Monitoring of Spawning Aggregations of Three Grouper Species from the Indo-Pacific. A Manual for Field Practitioners. Version 2.0 (January 2006) 2006, The Nature Conservancy Coral Triangle Center, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, 98 p.
33. Robinson J., Aumeeruddy R., Jorgensen T.L., Ohman M.C. Dynamics of camouflage (Epinephelus polyphekadion) and brown marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) spawning aggregations at a remote reef site, Seychelles. Bulletin of Marine Science 2008, 83:415-431.
34. Rhodes, K.L., 2004. Solomon Islands Spawning Aggregation Monitoring Training Workshop Report, Gizo, Western Province, Solomon Islands, 13-21 March 2004. Report Prepared for the Pacific Island Countries Coastal Marine Program, The Nature Conservancy. TNC Pacific Island Countries Report No. 2/04.
35. Rhodes K.L., Sadovy Y. Temporal and spatial trends in spawning aggregations of camouflage grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker 1849) in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 2002, 63:27-39.
36. Rhodes K.L., Taylor B.M., McIIwain J.L. Detailed demographic analysis of an Epinephelus polyphekadion spawning aggregation and fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2011, 421:183-198.
37. Rhodes K.L., Tupper M.H. A preliminary market-based analysis of the Pohnpei, Micronesia, grouper (Serranidae: Epinepheline) fishery reveals unsustainable fishing practices. Coral Reefs 2007, 26:335-344.
38. Ruddle K., Davis A. What is "Ecological" in local ecological knowledge? Lessons from Canada and Vietnam. Society and Natural Resources 2011, 24:887-901.
39. Ruddle K., Hviding E., Johannes R.E. Marine resources management in the context of customary tenure. Marine Resource Economics 1992, 7:249-273.
40. Russell, B., Situ, A., Cornish, A., 2006. Epinephelus polyphekadion. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2.
41. Sadovy Y., Cheung W.L. Near extinction of a highly fecund fish: the one that nearly got away. Fish and Fisheries 2003, 4:86-89.
42. Sadovy de Mitcheson Y.S., Cornish A., Domeier M., Colin P.L., Russell M., Lindeman K.C. A global baseline for spawning aggregations of reef fishes. Conservation Biology 2008, 22:1233-1244.
43. Sadovy Y., Domeier M. Are aggregation-fisheries sustainable? Reef fish fisheries as a case study. Coral Reefs 2005, 24:254-262.
44. Sadovy Y.J., Donaldson T.J., Graham T.R., McGilvray F., Muldoon G.J., Phillips M.J., Rimme M.A., Smith A., Yeeting B. While Stocks Last: The Live Reef Food Fish Trade 2003, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 147 p.
45. Saénz-Arroyo A., Roberts C.M., Torre J., Carinõ-Olvera M. Using fishers' anecdotes, naturalists' observations and grey literature to reassess marine species at risk: the case of the Gulf grouper in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Fish and Fisheries 2005, 6:121-133.
46. Samoilys M.A. Periodicity of spawning aggregations of coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae) on the northern Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1997, 160:149-159.
47. Silvano R.A., MacCord M.P., Lima R.V., Begossi A. When does this fish spawn? Fishermen's local knowledge of migration and reproduction of Brazilian coastal fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 2006, 76:371-386.
48. Taylor R.B., Morrison M.A., Shears N.T. Establishing baselines for recovery in a marine reserve (Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand) using local ecological knowledge. Biological Conservation 2011, 144:3038-3046.
49. Thierry, C., Sadovy, Y., Yeeting, B., 2008. Plectropomus areolatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2.
50. Usher P.J. Traditional ecological knowledge in environmental assessment and management. Arctic 2000, 53:183-193.
51. Veron J.E.N., Devantier L.M., Turak E., Green A.L., Stuart Kininmonth S., Stafford-Smith M., Peterson N. Delineating the Coral Triangle, Galaxea. Journal of Coral Reef Studies 2009, 11:91-100.
52. Wilson J., Rhodes K.L., Rotinsulu C. Aggregation fishing and local management within a marine protected area in Indonesia. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 2010, 19:7-13.
53. Zurk L.M., Lotz J., Ellis T., McNames J., Ecochard J.L. Sonar mapping for coral reef conservation. Acoustical Society of America 2006, 120:3060.