Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators
Aim: Marine protected areas can serve to regulate harvesting and conserve biodiversity. Within large multi-use MPAs, it is often unclear to what degree critical sites of biodiversity are afforded protection against commercial activities. Addressing this issue is a prerequisite if we are to appropria...
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ftunivliverpool:oai:livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk:3070640 2023-05-15T18:23:35+02:00 Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators Handley, Jonathan M Pearmain, Elizabeth J Oppel, Steffen Carneiro, Ana PB Hazin, Carolina Phillips, Richard A Ratcliffe, Norman Staniland, Iain J Clay, Thomas A Hall, Jonathan Scheffer, Annette Fedak, Mike Boehme, Lars Puetz, Klemens Belchier, Mark Boyd, Ian L Trathan, Phil N Dias, Maria P Santini, Luca 2020 text http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3070640/ https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13041 http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3070640/1/SGPew_Manuscript_Revised_R2.docx en eng Wiley http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3070640/1/SGPew_Manuscript_Revised_R2.docx Collapse authors list. Handley, Jonathan M, Pearmain, Elizabeth J, Oppel, Steffen, Carneiro, Ana PB, Hazin, Carolina, Phillips, Richard A, Ratcliffe, Norman, Staniland, Iain J, Clay, Thomas A orcid:0000-0002-0644-6105 , Hall, Jonathan et al (show 8 more authors) , Scheffer, Annette, Fedak, Mike, Boehme, Lars, Puetz, Klemens, Belchier, Mark, Boyd, Ian L, Trathan, Phil N and Dias, Maria P (2020) Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 26 (6). pp. 715-729. Article NonPeerReviewed 2020 ftunivliverpool https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13041 2023-01-19T23:51:05Z Aim: Marine protected areas can serve to regulate harvesting and conserve biodiversity. Within large multi-use MPAs, it is often unclear to what degree critical sites of biodiversity are afforded protection against commercial activities. Addressing this issue is a prerequisite if we are to appropriately assess sites against conservation targets. We evaluated whether the management regime of a large MPA conserved sites (Key Biodiversity Areas, KBAs) supporting the global persistence of top marine predators. Location: Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Method: We collated population and tracking data (1,418 tracks) from 14 marine predator species (Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Pinnipedia) that breed at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and identified hotspots for their conservation under the recently developed KBA framework. We then evaluated the spatiotemporal overlap of these sites and the different management regimes of krill, demersal longline and pelagic trawl fisheries operating within a large MPA, which was created with the intention to protect marine predator species. Results: We identified 12 new global marine KBAs that are important for this community of top predators, both within and beyond the focal MPA. Only three species consistently used marine areas at a time when a potentially higher-risk fishery was allowed to operate in that area, while other interactions between fisheries and our target species were mostly precluded by MPA management plans. Main conclusions: We show that current fishery management measures within the MPA contribute to protecting top predators considered in this study and that resource harvesting within the MPA does not pose a major threat—under current climate conditions. Unregulated fisheries beyond the MPA, however, pose a likely threat to identified KBAs. Our approach demonstrates the utility of the KBA guidelines and multispecies tracking data to assess the contributing role of well-designed MPAs in achieving local and internationally agreed conservation targets. Article in Journal/Newspaper South Sandwich Islands The University of Liverpool Repository Sandwich Islands South Georgia ENVELOPE(-33.000,-33.000,-56.000,-56.000) South Sandwich Islands Diversity and Distributions 26 6 715 729 |
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Aim: Marine protected areas can serve to regulate harvesting and conserve biodiversity. Within large multi-use MPAs, it is often unclear to what degree critical sites of biodiversity are afforded protection against commercial activities. Addressing this issue is a prerequisite if we are to appropriately assess sites against conservation targets. We evaluated whether the management regime of a large MPA conserved sites (Key Biodiversity Areas, KBAs) supporting the global persistence of top marine predators. Location: Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Method: We collated population and tracking data (1,418 tracks) from 14 marine predator species (Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Pinnipedia) that breed at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and identified hotspots for their conservation under the recently developed KBA framework. We then evaluated the spatiotemporal overlap of these sites and the different management regimes of krill, demersal longline and pelagic trawl fisheries operating within a large MPA, which was created with the intention to protect marine predator species. Results: We identified 12 new global marine KBAs that are important for this community of top predators, both within and beyond the focal MPA. Only three species consistently used marine areas at a time when a potentially higher-risk fishery was allowed to operate in that area, while other interactions between fisheries and our target species were mostly precluded by MPA management plans. Main conclusions: We show that current fishery management measures within the MPA contribute to protecting top predators considered in this study and that resource harvesting within the MPA does not pose a major threat—under current climate conditions. Unregulated fisheries beyond the MPA, however, pose a likely threat to identified KBAs. Our approach demonstrates the utility of the KBA guidelines and multispecies tracking data to assess the contributing role of well-designed MPAs in achieving local and internationally agreed conservation targets. |
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Handley, Jonathan M Pearmain, Elizabeth J Oppel, Steffen Carneiro, Ana PB Hazin, Carolina Phillips, Richard A Ratcliffe, Norman Staniland, Iain J Clay, Thomas A Hall, Jonathan Scheffer, Annette Fedak, Mike Boehme, Lars Puetz, Klemens Belchier, Mark Boyd, Ian L Trathan, Phil N Dias, Maria P |
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Handley, Jonathan M Pearmain, Elizabeth J Oppel, Steffen Carneiro, Ana PB Hazin, Carolina Phillips, Richard A Ratcliffe, Norman Staniland, Iain J Clay, Thomas A Hall, Jonathan Scheffer, Annette Fedak, Mike Boehme, Lars Puetz, Klemens Belchier, Mark Boyd, Ian L Trathan, Phil N Dias, Maria P Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators |
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators |
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators |
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http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3070640/1/SGPew_Manuscript_Revised_R2.docx Collapse authors list. Handley, Jonathan M, Pearmain, Elizabeth J, Oppel, Steffen, Carneiro, Ana PB, Hazin, Carolina, Phillips, Richard A, Ratcliffe, Norman, Staniland, Iain J, Clay, Thomas A orcid:0000-0002-0644-6105 , Hall, Jonathan et al (show 8 more authors) , Scheffer, Annette, Fedak, Mike, Boehme, Lars, Puetz, Klemens, Belchier, Mark, Boyd, Ian L, Trathan, Phil N and Dias, Maria P (2020) Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 26 (6). pp. 715-729. |
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