Global mismatch between fishing dependency and larval supply from marine reserves

Marco Andrello (), François Guilhaumon, Camille Albouy, Valeriano Parravicini, Joeri Scholtens, Philippe Verley, Manuel Barange, Ussif Sumaila, Stéphanie Manel and David Mouillot
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Marco Andrello: EPHE, PSL Research University, CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, Biogéographie et Ecologie des Vertébrés
François Guilhaumon: UMR 9190 MARBEC, IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM, Université de Montpellier
Camille Albouy: Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich
Valeriano Parravicini: CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Labex ‘Corail’, University of Perpignan
Joeri Scholtens: MARE Centre for Maritime Research, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
Philippe Verley: IRD, UMR AMAP, TA A51/PS2
Manuel Barange: Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place
Stéphanie Manel: EPHE, PSL Research University, CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, Biogéographie et Ecologie des Vertébrés
David Mouillot: UMR 9190 MARBEC, IRD-CNRS-IFREMER-UM, Université de Montpellier

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2017
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