TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing spatial management tools to protect highly migratory shark species in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea hot spots
AU - Zemah-Shamir, Shiri
AU - Zemah-Shamir, Ziv
AU - Peled, Yoav
AU - Sørensen, Ole Johannes Ringnander
AU - Schwartz Belkin, Inbar
AU - Portman, Michelle E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/7/1
Y1 - 2023/7/1
N2 - Bycatch of non-target species is a pressing problem for ocean management. It is one of the most concerning issues related to human-wildlife interactions and it affects numerous species including sharks, seabirds, sea turtles, and many critically endangered marine mammals. This paper compares different policy tools for ocean closure management around a unique shark aggregation site in Israel's nearshore coastal waters. We provide a set of recommendations based on an optimal management approach that allows humans to enjoy marine recreational activities such as fishing, while maintaining safe conditions for these apex predators which are vital to the local marine ecosystem. To learn more about recreational fishers' derived benefits, we use a benefit transfer method. Our main conclusion is that dynamic time-area closures offer sustainable and effective management strategies. Since these closures are based on near real-time data, they might successfully preserve specific species in limited areas (i.e., small areas).
AB - Bycatch of non-target species is a pressing problem for ocean management. It is one of the most concerning issues related to human-wildlife interactions and it affects numerous species including sharks, seabirds, sea turtles, and many critically endangered marine mammals. This paper compares different policy tools for ocean closure management around a unique shark aggregation site in Israel's nearshore coastal waters. We provide a set of recommendations based on an optimal management approach that allows humans to enjoy marine recreational activities such as fishing, while maintaining safe conditions for these apex predators which are vital to the local marine ecosystem. To learn more about recreational fishers' derived benefits, we use a benefit transfer method. Our main conclusion is that dynamic time-area closures offer sustainable and effective management strategies. Since these closures are based on near real-time data, they might successfully preserve specific species in limited areas (i.e., small areas).
KW - Bycatch mitigation
KW - Dynamic ocean management (DOM)
KW - Marine spatial planning
KW - Recreational fishers
KW - Sharks
KW - Time-area closures
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117691
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117691
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AN - SCOPUS:85150062832
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 337
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
M1 - 117691
ER -