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Small-scale fisheries catch more threatened elasmobranchs inside partially protected areas than in unprotected areas

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  • Manfredi Di Lorenzo

    (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Center, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt))

  • Antonio Calò

    (University of Palermo)

  • Antonio Di Franco

    (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Center, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt))

  • Giacomo Milisenda

    (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Center, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt))

  • Giorgio Aglieri

    (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Center, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt)
    University of Palermo
    CoNISMa)

  • Carlo Cattano

    (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Center, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt)
    University of Palermo
    CoNISMa)

  • Marco Milazzo

    (University of Palermo
    CoNISMa)

  • Paolo Guidetti

    (Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn–National Institute of Marine Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology, Genoa Marine Centre
    National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and sustainability in the Marine Environment (CNR-IAS))

Abstract

Elasmobranchs are heavily impacted by fishing. Catch statistics are grossly underestimated due to missing data from various fishery sectors such as small-scale fisheries. Marine Protected Areas are proposed as a tool to protect elasmobranchs and counter their ongoing depletion. We assess elasmobranchs caught in 1,256 fishing operations with fixed nets carried out in partially protected areas within Marine Protected Areas and unprotected areas beyond Marine Protected Areas borders at 11 locations in 6 Mediterranean countries. Twenty-four elasmobranch species were recorded, more than one-third belonging to the IUCN threatened categories (Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered). Catches per unit of effort of threatened and data deficient species were higher (with more immature individuals being caught) in partially protected areas than in unprotected areas. Our study suggests that despite partially protected areas having the potential to deliver ecological benefits for threatened elasmobranchs, poor small-scale fisheries management inside Marine Protected Areas could hinder them from achieving this important conservation objective.

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  • Manfredi Di Lorenzo & Antonio Calò & Antonio Di Franco & Giacomo Milisenda & Giorgio Aglieri & Carlo Cattano & Marco Milazzo & Paolo Guidetti, 2022. "Small-scale fisheries catch more threatened elasmobranchs inside partially protected areas than in unprotected areas," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-32035-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32035-3
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