{"title":"Analysis of Environmental Projects Financed by Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) in Spain During the Period of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)","authors":"Lluís Miret-Pastor, Paloma Herrera-Racionero, Miriam Ortuño, Agustín Molina-García","doi":"10.1111/fme.12748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12748","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hundreds of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) have emerged along the European Union coast trying to dynamize fisheries-dependent areas through an approach based on <i>community-led local development</i> (CLLD) <i>strategies</i>. In this research, we characterized and analyzed environmental projects funded by the FLAGs through the <i>European Maritime and Fisheries Fund</i> in Spain from 2014 to 2020. The <i>Spanish Network of Fisheries Groups</i> database allowed us to locate projects defined as environmental, which were then classified into six areas and different project typologies. Most projects were categorized by FLAGs as environmental but were really linked to tourism development. Moreover, true environmental projects were substantially lower in total cost than statistics showed. These conclusions should lead to a reflection on the role that FLAGs and European fisheries funds should play in environmental care of European coasts.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12748","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Imagination, Reality, and Reproduction: Comparing Perceptions of Coastal Sea Trout Anglers, Real Catches, and Sea Trout Spawning Activity","authors":"Samuel Blyth, Stian Stensland, Patrik Rönnbäck","doi":"10.1111/fme.12745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12745","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sustainable management of recreational fisheries requires balancing angler attitudes and behaviour with fisheries' biological potential. Herein, we investigated the balance in the sea-run brown trout (<i>Salmo trutta</i>) fishery around the Swedish island of Gotland using data collected through a creel survey, test fishing, and spawning returns to selected streams. Anglers accurately anticipated catches of large fish but underestimated the role of natural reproduction in supporting the stock. Female sea trout entering spawning streams and post-spawn sea trout caught on the coast were significantly larger than spawning males and non-spawned fish, and were particularly important for the fishery. Larger sea trout also faced a higher level of harvest pressure than other sizes. Small changes to angler preferences, harvest rates, or regulations could significantly influence characteristics and sustainability of this fishery. The scale and direction of these changes merit further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12745","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hildemário Castro-Neto, Cecília Craveiro, Lucas Santos, Emanuell F. B. Silva, Roberta Soares, Sílvio Peixoto
{"title":"Enhancing Sustainability and Conservation of White Shrimp Penaeus schmitti in Northeast Brazil: Insights Into Life History, Reference Points, and Management Strategies for Beach Seining","authors":"Hildemário Castro-Neto, Cecília Craveiro, Lucas Santos, Emanuell F. B. Silva, Roberta Soares, Sílvio Peixoto","doi":"10.1111/fme.12744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12744","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Artisanal fishing significantly not only contributes to socioeconomic development of numerous countries but also exerts pressure on natural populations. The white shrimp (<i>Penaeus schmitti</i>) is a key species in Brazilian artisanal fisheries, yet it is currently classified as data-deficient. Conducting comprehensive studies on its population dynamics is essential to establish reference points that guarantee sustainable fishing. Therefore, we estimated population parameters to assess status of the white shrimp stock captured by beach seining in Northeast Brazil. Monthly samples of white shrimp were collected using a beach trawl. Based on population parameters, the white shrimp population in the study area, the sex ratio was 1 male to 1.29 females, with females larger and heavier than males. Weight–length relationships revealed positive allometric growth for males, females, and grouped sexes, with no significant difference between sexes. Asymptotic length, t_achor, and growth performance index also did not differ between sexes; however, the growth coefficient was higher for females. Beach trawling in northeastern Brazil predominantly targeted adult white shrimp, with carapace length at first capture (Lc<sub>50</sub>) averaging 2.12 cm for females and 2.19 cm for males. Mortality and exploitation rates were below maximum sustainable levels, so the stock was classified as underexploited. Overall, beach-seine fishing was less harmful to this stock (<i>F</i> = 1.42) than motorized fishing and can be considered a sustainable fishing activity for the white shrimp population.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bait Biomass and Caloric Contribution From the Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Fishery in Oregon, USA","authors":"Toby Harbison, Sarah K. Henkel","doi":"10.1111/fme.12743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12743","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Fishery discards worldwide increase the availability of organic materials on the benthos, altering trophic relationships and potentially increasing the abundance of benthic consumers. Expert knowledge from fishers is a valuable yet often underutilized source of information to understand these dynamics. We interviewed Dungeness crab fishers (<i>n</i> = 24) to determine the most-used bait types and to characterize regional and seasonal bait use strategies that drive inputs of organic matter into Oregon coastal waters during the commercial Dungeness crab fishery each year. Based on bomb calorimetry measurements of caloric densities of 12 commonly reported bait species, total energetic input was 12.99 × 10<sup>9</sup> kJ (3.10 B kcal) from bait in the 2019–2020 commercial ocean Dungeness season in Oregon, USA. Fishing effort and bait inputs were strongly seasonal, with 88% of effort concentrated in the first 60 days of the 9-month-long season but did not vary regionally. This large, temporally concentrated caloric input suggested that bait could contribute substantially to Dungeness crab productivity. Fisher respondents indicated that bait effectiveness was the most important motivating factor in choosing a bait type, more than availability or cost.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143110319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andy J. Danylchuk, Lucas P. Griffin, Michael Lawrence, Sascha Clark Danylchuk, Eleanor Brighton, Gail Fordham, George Curd, Kyle Simpson, Devan Vd Merwe, Steven J. Cooke
{"title":"Physiological response of milkfish (Chanos chanos) to capture in a fly fishing catch-and-release recreational fishery","authors":"Andy J. Danylchuk, Lucas P. Griffin, Michael Lawrence, Sascha Clark Danylchuk, Eleanor Brighton, Gail Fordham, George Curd, Kyle Simpson, Devan Vd Merwe, Steven J. Cooke","doi":"10.1111/fme.12741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12741","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recreational angling for novel marine species and related tourism development can be important in a Blue Economy. The milkfish (<i>Chanos chanos</i>) is growing in popularity as a target of fly fishing-based catch-and-release (C&R) recreational fisheries, largely because of their challenge to catch and powerful swimming abilities, resulting in fight times that can exceed 1 h. Anecdotal sentiments by anglers claim that milkfish can fight for long periods of time because they do not accumulate blood lactate. To test this hypothesis, we measured blood lactate and blood glucose for 21 milkfish caught by fly fishing in the remote Alphonse Group of islands, Republic of Seychelles. Fight times ranged 5–78.3 min. Blood lactate and blood glucose concentrations increased with fight times that did not exceed 60 min. Total length of milkfish was not correlated to blood lactate or blood glucose concentrations. Ours is the first study on C&R of milkfish that debunks the anecdote that milkfish can fight for long periods of time because they do not accumulate blood lactate. Our study also revealed that milkfish may begin to physiologically recover after fight times longer than 60 min. In the context of C&R, our study indicates that anglers should limit fight times to 20–30 min when possible to reduce angling-induced physiological stress and other potential impacts (e.g., depredation) on milkfish in recreational fisheries.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas Whaley, Julia Fontana, Matthew Hicks, Benjamin Paul Marsaly, Timothy Smoot, Serena Bandlow, Aaron Carlisle, Edward Hale
{"title":"Marine recreational fishery trends in total catch, catch per unit effort, and release rates in Delaware during 1981–2021","authors":"Nicholas Whaley, Julia Fontana, Matthew Hicks, Benjamin Paul Marsaly, Timothy Smoot, Serena Bandlow, Aaron Carlisle, Edward Hale","doi":"10.1111/fme.12742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12742","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The impact of recreational fisheries on marine ecosystems is often overshadowed by commercial fisheries, although recreational fishing harvest can be substantial, especially for species that are either overfished or experiencing overfishing. Delaware is a small coastal state with ~1,000,000 residents and nearly 272,000 resident and non-resident anglers. We used publicly available data for Delaware's recreational fisheries during 1981–2021 to determine the nine most caught fish species and to evaluate trends in total numbers caught, harvested, released, and catch per unit effort (CPUE). The top nine most frequently captured fish by recreational anglers were Summer Flounder (<i>Paralichthys dentatus</i>), Atlantic Croaker (<i>Micropogonias undulatus</i>), Bluefish (<i>Pomatomus saltatrix</i>), Black Sea Bass (<i>Centropristis striata</i>), Weakfish (<i>Cynoscion regalis</i>), White Perch (<i>Morone americana</i>), Tautog (<i>Tautoga onitis</i>), Striped Bass (<i>Morone saxatilis</i>), and Spot (<i>Leiostomus xanthurus</i>). The proportion of fish released increased through time for all nine species, suggesting that the recreational fishery in Delaware is transitioning from a harvest-oriented to a catch-and-release-oriented fishery. Observations of higher release rates in recreational fisheries of Delaware are consistent with the findings elsewhere in the world for freshwater and marine systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is the population of kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson) in the northern Persian Gulf really under pressure from overfishing?","authors":"Taher Divani, Mahsa Haghi, Parviz Zare","doi":"10.1111/fme.12738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12738","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Quantifying the population dynamics of marine species is difficult when good, comprehensive data are not available. We sought to determine if the kingfish <i>Scomberomorus commerson</i> stock in the Persian Gulf was overfished. The ICES data-limited assessment framework was used to provide precautionary advice, with a 20% decrease advised in situations where only catch or bycatch data were available. The length-based Bayesian biomass (LBB) was used to model fork length from landing records of licensed fishers in the Khuzestan Province during 2002–2018, which had increased despite sought being overexploited. Most kingfish were immature and smaller than optimum length of the catch (<i>L</i><sub>c-opt</sub> = 88 cm) and optimum length (<i>L</i><sub>opt</sub> = 104 cm). Relative biomass (<i>B</i>/<i>B</i><sub>msy</sub>) ranged 0.62–0.66 and exceeded 0.5. The <i>B</i>/<i>B</i><sub>msy</sub> ratio (1.25) was >1.1. The stock appeared to be healthy and exploitable, but wide confidence intervals of the <i>B</i>/<i>B</i><sub>msy</sub> ratio complicated interpretation of stock status. The kingfish stock appeared to use waters of the study area as a spawning and nursery ground, so many young immature individuals were present. If current exploitation of young individuals continues, this the stock will eventually be overfished. Long-term increases in the catch of young immature kingfish can have a side effect on stock maturation and recruitment. We recommend that the mesh size of fishing gear be selected based on optimum length, to enhance economic, and commercial viability of the kingfish fishery.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Menze, Gavin J. Macaulay, Guosong Zhang, Andrew D. Lowther, Bjørn A. Krafft
{"title":"KRILLSCAN: An automated open-source software for processing and analysis of echosounder data from the Antarctic krill fishery","authors":"Sebastian Menze, Gavin J. Macaulay, Guosong Zhang, Andrew D. Lowther, Bjørn A. Krafft","doi":"10.1111/fme.12739","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12739","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Krillscan software was developed to automatically process echosounder data and achieve an accelerated and transparent analysis of backscatter data that allows calculation of target biomass. Herein, the fishery for Antarctic krill (<i>Euphausia superba</i>, Henceforth Krill) was used as a case study to develop the approach. Implementation of a sustainable management strategy for the krill fishery is complicated by a lack of regularly updated krill abundance data on spatiotemporal scales of the fishery. To increase krill biomass data availability, automatic echosounder data processing and swarm detection software was tested against traditional manual scrutinization with LSSS software and agreed with only minor offsets in estimated nautical area scattering coefficients. In addition to automatic processing and data transfer, Krillscan also has a graphical user interface to supervise automatic krill swarm detection. Echogram size can be compressed up to 100 times and raw data are processed faster than generated, thereby enabling near-real time analysis and data transfer. Compressed data can be transmitted online to allow fishing vessels to conduct surveys without having scientific personnel with special expertise on board.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12739","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differences in fisher demographics and fishing behaviour from concurrent phone-recall and smartphone app surveys of recreational angling in south-western Australia","authors":"Fabian I. Trinnie, Karina L. Ryan","doi":"10.1111/fme.12736","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12736","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Traditional methods for collecting robust samples of recreational effort and catch data from offsite mail or telephone surveys are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Smartphone applications (apps) that allow recreational fishers to report their effort and catch are a potentially viable data collection tool, but may be biased. We evaluated demographics, effort, and catch of freshwater anglers in south-west Western Australia by comparing independent data from concurrent phone-recall and app-diary surveys for a 12-month period in 2017–2018. Survey modes differed, with higher proportions of app respondents angling in freshwater and being avid anglers. For both survey modes, unweighted mean effort (days fished) was higher in dams than rivers, but was higher from the phone-recall survey for dams and rivers. The unweighted distribution of kept and released catches (number of fish per angler) of rainbow trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) and redfin (<i>Perca fluviatilis</i>) were similar between survey modes, with higher retention of redfin and higher release of rainbow trout. Kept and released rates of freshwater cobbler (<i>Tandanus bostocki</i>) and brown trout (<i>Salmo trutta</i>) were less common in both survey modes. Lower response rates and higher survey participation by avid anglers (≥20 days per year) from the app-diary survey may bias survey data. Such bias needs to be addressed when using digital data collection methods, along with improving recruitment and retention of app participants.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Šindler, Miloš Buřič, Martin Plesch, Pavel Franta, Bořek Drozd
{"title":"Effectiveness of mass marking of juvenile sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) with alizarin red S stain on field detection","authors":"Martin Šindler, Miloš Buřič, Martin Plesch, Pavel Franta, Bořek Drozd","doi":"10.1111/fme.12737","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12737","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sterlet (<i>Acipenser ruthenus</i>), one of the last sturgeons in the Danube basin, is regularly stocked in national and international restoration programs, but the efficacy of stocking has not yet been evaluated. Effectiveness of stocking should involve marking and evaluating growth and survival of juveniles. Chemical marking with alizarin red S (ARS) was evaluated to establish optimal ARS staining approaches for juvenile sterlet. Bathing in a 100–200 mg l<sup>−1</sup> ARS concentration for 12 h had no affect on fish mortality or growth. Use of a green laser on the upper five external structures (dorsal, lateral, and ventral scutes and rostral and anal plates) allowed easy detection for at least a year. Simultaneous use of multiple external structures was effective for distinguishing stocked from wild fish without harm or sacrifice. We conclude that ARS staining enabled a cost-effective, quick, and labour-nonintensive way to mark sterlet, with a high-field detectability and minimal previous experience required.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12737","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}