Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 56, Issue 12, Pages 2018-2026Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.006
Keywords
Artisanal fishery; Fisheries benefits; Fisheries management; GAMs; Geostatistics; GIS; Regression kriging; Spatial modelling
Funding
- European project BIOMEX [QLRT-2001-00891]
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
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We examined the spatial dynamic of artisanal fishing fleets around five European marine protected areas (MPAs) to derive general implications for the evaluation of MPAs as fisheries management tools. The coastal MPAs studied were located off France, Malta and Spain and presented a variety of spatial designs and processes of establishment. We developed a standardized methodology to define factors influencing effort allocation and to produce fishing effort maps by merging GIS with geostatistical modelling techniques. Results revealed that in most cases the factors distance to the no-take, water depth, and distance to the port had a significant influence on effort allocation by the fishing fleets. Overall, we found local concentration of fishing effort around the MPA borders. Thus, neglecting the pattern of fishing effort distribution in evaluating MPA benefits, such as spillover of biomass, could hamper sound interpretation of MPAs as fisheries management tools. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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