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Effort changes around a marine reserve: The case of the California Rockfish Conservation Area

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  • Mason, Janet
  • Kosaka, Rosemary
  • Mamula, Aaron
  • Speir, Cameron

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This article is an analysis of observed changes in the level of fishing effort and the spatial distribution of fishing effort following implementation of a marine reserve off the California coast. The Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) closes the area between depth contour based boundaries to commercial trawl fishing. In this analysis, commercial fishing vessels are grouped based on their level of fishing effort within the closed area prior to the closure in order to compare changes in effort levels between groups. The results suggest that the RCA may have had a small effect on the level of fishing effort in the California groundfish trawl fishery. Spatial distribution of fishing effort before and after implementation of the marine reserve is also compared. Some concentration of effort occurred along parts of the closed area boundaries. This pattern suggests the “fishing the line” behavior noted in the marine reserve literature, but other possible explanations exist including the effects of coincident changes in other regulations and changing bioeconomic conditions.

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  • Mason, Janet & Kosaka, Rosemary & Mamula, Aaron & Speir, Cameron, 2012. "Effort changes around a marine reserve: The case of the California Rockfish Conservation Area," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 1054-1063.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:36:y:2012:i:5:p:1054-1063
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.03.002
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    1. Mamula, Aaron & Collier, Trevor, 2015. "Multifactor productivity, environmental change, and regulatory impacts in the U.S. West Coast groundfish trawl fishery, 1994–2013," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 326-336.
    2. Rebecca R Miller & John C Field & Jarrod A Santora & Isaac D Schroeder & David D Huff & Meisha Key & Don E Pearson & Alec D MacCall, 2014. "A Spatially Distinct History of the Development of California Groundfish Fisheries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(6), pages 1-17, June.

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