Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Western Australia Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratory
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
25 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Worldwide
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36561
Legacy PEIN ID:
76568
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Coral reef - Conservation - Australia
Coral reefs - Management - Australia
Biodiversity protection - Australia
Spatial planning and zoning
Social and ecological resilience
Economic cost benefit analysis
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Reserves
Reserves - Oceania - Pacific
Great Barrier Reef
Abstract
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) provides a globally significant demonstration of the effectiveness of large-scale networks of marine reserves in contributing to integrated, adaptive management. Comprehensive review of available evidence shows major, rapid benefits of no-take areas for targeted fish and sharks, in both reef and non reef habitats, with potential benefits for fisheries as well as biodiversity conservation. Large, mobile species like sharks benefit less than smaller, site-attached fish. Critically, reserves also appear to benefit overall ecosystem health and resilience: outbreaks of coral-eating, crown-of-thorns starfish appear less frequent on no-take reefs, which consequently have higher abundance of coral, the very foundation of reef ecosystems. Effective marine reserves require regular review of compliance:fish abundances in no-entry zones suggest that even no-take zones may be significantly depleted due to poaching.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Western Australia Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratory
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
25 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Worldwide
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36561
Legacy PEIN ID:
76568
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 24-May-2010
Record Modified: 09-Mar-2021