1st Edition
Marine Reserves as Reef Fisheries Management Tools Having your Fish and Eating Them Too
By Garry R. Russ
Copyright 2027
156 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
This book showcases how marine reserves, when implemented and protected effectively, could simultaneously achieve conservation and reef fishery goals.
Marine reserves, permanent spatial closures to fishing, are often viewed as detrimental to fisheries, reducing the area available for fishing and concentrating effort into smaller areas. But what if these reserves could supplement reef fisheries?... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Marine Reserves as Reef Fisheries Management Tools: Expectations
3. Modelling Effects of Marine Reserves on Fisheries Catch
4. Recovery of Target Species
5. Spillover
6. Recruitment Subsidy
7. Getting the Best Balance Between Catch and Conservation Objectives
Biography
Garry R. Russ is an Emeritus Professor at James Cook University, Australia, where he taught fisheries science for 37 years. Working for over four decades in this field, he helped pioneer research on marine reserves as fisheries management tools.
