TY - JOUR T1 - Marine reserve benefits and recreational fishing yields: The winners and the losers A1 - Kayal,Mohsen A1 - Cigala,Marine A1 - Cambra,Eléonore A1 - Soulat,Nelly A1 - Mercader,Manon A1 - Lebras,Audrey A1 - Ivanoff,Pauline A1 - Sébési,Léa A1 - Lassus-Debat,Aurélie A1 - Hartmann,Virginie A1 - Bradtke,Mélissa A1 - Lenfant,Philippe A1 - Jabouin,Coraline A1 - Dubreuil,Julien A1 - Pelletier,Dominique A1 - Joguet,Manon A1 - Le Mellionnec,Solène A1 - Brichet,Marion A1 - Binche,Jean-Louis A1 - Payrot,Jérôme A1 - Saragoni,Gilles A1 - Crec’hriou,Romain A1 - Verdoit-Jarraya,Marion AD - UPVD-CNRS, Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, UMR 5110, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France, Centre de Recherche sur les Ecosystèmes Marins (CREM), Port-Barcarès, France AD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 9220 ENTROPIE, IRD, Université de la Réunion, IFREMER, CNRS, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia AD - Département des Pyrénées-Orientales, Réserve Naturelle Marine de Cerbère-Banyuls, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France AD - Parc naturel marin du golfe du Lion, Argelès-sur-Mer, France AD - EMH, Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploration de la Mer (IFREMER), Nantes, France AD - Direction Interrégionale de la Mer Méditerranée, Marseille, France UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00663/77513/ DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0237685 N2 - Marine reserves constitute effective tools for preserving fish stocks and associated human benefits. However, not all reserves perform equally, and predicting the response of marine communities to management actions in the long run is challenging. Our decadal-scale survey of recreational fishing yields at France’s 45-year old Cerbère-Banyuls marine reserve indicated significant protection benefits, with 40–50% higher fishing yields per unit effort in the partial-protection zone of the reserve (where fishing is permitted but at a lower level) than in surrounding non-reserve areas. Over the period 2005–2014, catch per unit effort (CPUE) declined both inside and outside the reserve, while weight per unit effort (WPUE) increased by 131% inside and decreased by 60% outside. Different CPUE and WPUE trajectories among fish families indicated changing catch assemblages, with yields increasing for the family most valued by fisheries, Sparidae (the ecological winners). However, reserve benefits were restricted to off-shore fishermen (the social winners), as on-shore yields were ~4 times lower and declining, even inside the reserve. Our study illustrates how surveys of recreational fishing yields can help evaluate the effectiveness of marine protected areas for key social and ecological protagonists. We show that, more than four decades after its establishment, fishing efficiencies at the historical Cerbère-Banyuls marine reserve are still changing, but benefits in terms of catch abundance, weight, and composition remain predominantly restricted to off-shore fishermen. Further regulations appear necessary to guarantee that conservation strategies equitably benefit societal groups. Y1 - 2020/12 PB - Public Library of Science (PLoS) JF - Plos One SN - 1932-6203 VL - 15 IS - 12 ID - 77513 ER -