Marine protected area improves yield without disadvantaging fishers

SE Kerwath, H Winker, A Götz, CG Attwood - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
Potential fishery benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are widely acknowledged, yet
seldom demonstrated, as fishery data series that straddle MPA establishment are seldom …

Evaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa's marine protected areas

SP Kirkman, BQ Mann, KJ Sink, R Adams… - African Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We reviewed 140 papers to assess the ecological effectiveness of South Africa's marine
protected areas (MPAs). Evidence was assessed for coverage and representivity, protection …

[PDF][PDF] Southern African marine linefish species profiles

BQ Mann - Special publication, 2013 - researchgate.net
This publication is a compilation of species profiles for 139 important marine linefish species
from 38 families caught in southern African waters, including both teleosts and …

Effects of fishing on population structure and life history of roman Chrysoblephus laticeps (Sparidae)

A Götz, SE Kerwath, CG Attwood… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2008 - int-res.com
The effects of fishing on the population structure and life history of roman Chrysoblephus
laticeps, a protogynous hermaphroditic seabream from South Africa, were investigated by …

Nine decades of fish movement research in southern Africa: a synthesis of research and findings from 1928 to 2014

JQ Maggs, PD Cowley - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2016 - Springer
Unprecedented concern over the biological effects of over-exploitation, together with rapid
technological advances in biotelemetry, have provided the impetus for much research, on a …

Different drivers, common mechanism; the distribution of a reef fish is restricted by local-scale oxygen and temperature constraints on aerobic metabolism

MI Duncan, NC James, WM Potts… - Conservation …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The distributions of ectothermic marine organisms are limited to temperature ranges and
oxygen conditions that support aerobic respiration, quantified within the metabolic index (ϕ) …

Depth and habitat determine assemblage structure of South Africa's warm-temperate reef fish

ER Heyns-Veale, ATF Bernard, NB Richoux, D Parker… - Marine biology, 2016 - Springer
Depth and habitat are important predictors of fish assemblage structure, yet current no-take
marine protected area (MPA) networks are generally limited to providing refuge for fish …

Exploitation may influence the climate resilience of fish populations through removing high performance metabolic phenotypes

MI Duncan, AE Bates, NC James, WM Potts - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Physiological rates and processes underpin the relationships between ectothermic
organisms, such as fish, and their environment. The response and persistence of fish …

Habitat utilisation and movement of black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri (Sparidae) in an Australian estuary

JS Hindell, GP Jenkins, B Womersley - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2008 - int-res.com
Acoustic telemetry was used to document patterns of movement by black bream
Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) throughout Australia's largest estuary, the Gippsland …

Connectivity between marine reserves and exploited areas in the philopatric reef fish Chrysoblephus laticeps (Teleostei: Sparidae)

PR Teske, FRG Forget, PD Cowley, S Von der Heyden… - Marine Biology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract 'No-take'marine protected areas (MPAs) are successful in protecting populations of
many exploited fish species, but it is often unclear whether networks of MPAs are adequately …