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Seagrass valuation from fish abundance, biomass and recreational catch

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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
卷 130, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108097

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Blue economy; Coastal ecosystems; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem values; Natural capital; Recreational fishery

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  1. Thomas Foundation
  2. HSBC Australia
  3. Ian Potter Foundation
  4. Victorian government
  5. New South Wales government
  6. Parks Victoria, Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
  7. Victorian Fisheries Authority
  8. New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
  9. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
  10. Australian Research Council Linkage Project [LP160100242]

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The value of critical habitats, such as seagrass, in supporting fish populations like King George Whiting is crucial for both recreational and commercial fisheries. Findings from Port Phillip Bay suggest that the seagrass in the bay is valued at around AUD 36 million annually, supporting a significant amount of recreational fishing trips and fish biomass production.
The value of critical habitats, such as seagrass, to act as a nursery varies spatially and temporally; however, such information is essential for the public and stakeholders to appropriately value and manage these habitats. We use an existing systematic long-term fisheries dataset in Port Phillip Bay to examine variability in nursery habitat value for an important commercial and recreational species, King George Whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus). Port Phillip Bay represents one of the most important marine assets in the southern hemisphere and is surrounded by the second-largest city in Australia, Melbourne, home to 4.5 million people. We modelled the abundance of King George whiting as a function of environmental variables, using Boosted Regression Trees (BRT). Fish densities ranged from 1,000 to 30,000 individuals ha(-1)y(-1), equalling an adult biomass of 110-3,300 kg ha(-1)y(-1). This production supports between 69 and 2,062 recreational fishing trips a year, with an estimated value of seagrass of AUD 687-20,625 ha(-1)y(-1). Based on biomass production of King George Whiting and recreational fisheries data, the 6662 ha of seagrass in Port Phillip Bay are valued at around AUD 36 million annually.

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