Global mismatch between fishing dependency and larval supply from marine reserves
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Date | 2017-07 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
Author(s) | Andrello Marco1, Guilhaumon Francois2, Albouy Camille3, 4, 5, Parravicini Valeriano6, Scholtens Joeri7, Verley Philippe8, Barange Manuel9, 10, Sumaila U. Rashid11, 12, Manel Stephanie1, Mouillot David2, 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ Paul Valery Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, Biogeog & Ecol Vertebres, CNRS,EPHE,PSL Res Univ,CEFE,UMR 5175, 1919 Route Mende, F-34293 Montpellier, France. 2 : Univ Montpellier, CNRS, UMR 9190, MARBEC,IRD,IFREMER, F-34095 Montpellier, France. 3 : ETH, Inst Terr Ecosyst, Landscape Ecol, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. 4 : Swiss Fed Res Inst WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland. 5 : IFREMER, Unite Ecol & Modeles Halieut, F-44300 Nantes 3, France. 6 : Univ Perpignan, Labex Corail, CNRS, CRIOBE,USR 3278,EPHE,UPVD, F-66860 Perpignan, France. 7 : Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Inst Social Sci Res, MARE Ctr Maritime Res, Plantage Muidergracht 14, NL-1018 Amsterdam, Netherlands. 8 : IRD, UMR, AMAP, TA A51 PS2, F-34398 Montpellier 05, France. 9 : Plymouth Marine Lab, Prospect Pl, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England. 10 : Food & Agr Org UN, Viale Terme Caracalla, I-00153 Rome, Italy. 11 : Univ British Columbia, Fisheries Econ Res Unit, Inst Oceans & Fisheries, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. 12 : Univ British Columbia, Liu Inst Global Studies, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. 13 : James Cook Univ, Australian Res Council Ctr Excellence Coral Reef, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. |
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Source | Nature Communications (2041-1723) (Nature Publishing Group), 2017-07 , Vol. 8 , P. 16039 (1-9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
DOI | 10.1038/ncomms16039 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract | Marine reserves are viewed as flagship tools to protect exploited species and to contribute to the effective management of coastal fisheries. Yet, the extent to which marine reserves are globally interconnected and able to effectively seed areas, where fisheries are most critical for food and livelihood security is largely unknown. Using a hydrodynamic model of larval dispersal, we predict that most marine reserves are not interconnected by currents and that their potential benefits to fishing areas are presently limited, since countries with high dependency on coastal fisheries receive very little larval supply from marine reserves. This global mismatch could be reversed, however, by placing new marine reserves in areas sufficiently remote to minimize social and economic costs but sufficiently connected through sea currents to seed the most exploited fisheries and endangered ecosystems. |
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