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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
An interview-based approach to assess marine mammal and sea turtle captures in artisanal fisheries
Biological Conservation, Volume 143, No. 3, Year 2010
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Recent case studies have highlighted high bycatch mortality of sea turtles and marine mammals in artisanal fisheries, but in most countries there are few data on artisanal fishing effort, catch, or bycatch. With artisanal fisheries comprising >95% of the world's fishermen, this knowledge gap presents a major challenge to threatened species conservation and sustainable fisheries initiatives. We report on results from an intensive pilot study to evaluate whether interview surveys can be effective in assessing fishing effort and threatened species bycatch. Fisheries and bycatch data from interviews with >6100 fishermen in seven developing countries were collected in <1 year for approximately USD $47,000, indicating that this approach may rapidly yield coarse-level information over large areas at low cost. This effort provided the first fisheries characterizations for many areas and revealed the widespread nature of high bycatch in artisanal fisheries. Challenges to study design and implementation prevented quantitative estimation or spatial comparisons of bycatch during this pilot research phase, but results suggested that annual sea turtle bycatch may number at least in the low thousands of individuals per country. Annual odontocete bycatch may number at least in the low hundreds per country. Sirenian bycatch occurred in all study areas but was frequent only in West Africa. We discuss lessons learned from this survey effort and present a revised protocol for future interview-based bycatch assessments. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moore, J. E.
United States, Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Cox, T. M.
United States, Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Lewison, Rebecca L.
United States, San Diego
San Diego State University
Read, Andrew J.
United States, Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Bjorkland, R.
United States, Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
McDonald, S. L.
United States, Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Crowder, Larry B.
United States, Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Aruna, E.
Sierra Leone
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone
Ayissi, I.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Espeut, P.
Jamaica, Clarendon
Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation
Joynson-Hicks, C.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Sea Sense
Pilcher, Nicolas James
Malaysia, Sabah
Marine Research Foundation
Poonian, Christopher N.S.
United Kingdom, London
Community Centered Conservation
Solarin, Bolu B.
Nigeria, Lagos
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
Kiszka, Jeremy J.
France, La Rochelle
La Rochelle Université
Statistics
Citations: 223
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.023
ISSN:
00063207
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Multi-countries