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Ecosystem-Based Analysis of a Marine Protected Area Where Fisheries and Protected Species Coexist
Authors:Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio  Gabriela Montaño-Moctezuma  Ileana Espejel
Institution:1. Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Km 110 Carr, Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
2. Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, 28359, Bremen, Br, Germany
3. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Km 110 Carr, Apartado Postal 453, 22830, Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
4. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Km 110 Carr, Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
Abstract:The Gulf of California Biosphere Reserve (UGC&CRDBR) is a Marine Protected Area that was established in 1993 with the aim of preserving biodiversity and remediating environmental impacts. Because remaining vigilant is hard and because regulatory measures are difficult to enforce, harvesting has been allowed to diminish poaching. Useful management strategies have not been implemented, however, and conflicts remain between conservation legislation and the fisheries. We developed a transdisciplinary methodological scheme (pressure-state-response, loop analysis, and Geographic Information System) that includes both protected species and fisheries modeled together in a spatially represented marine ecosystem. We analyzed the response of this marine ecosystem supposing that conservation strategies were successful and that the abundance of protected species had increased. The final aim of this study was to identify ecosystem-level management alternatives capable of diminishing the conflict between conservation measures and fisheries. This methodological integration aimed to understand the functioning of the UGC&CRDBR community as well as to identify implications of conservation strategies such as the recovery of protected species. Our results suggest research hypotheses related to key species that should be protected within the ecosystem, and they point out the importance of considering spatial management strategies. Counterintuitive findings underline the importance of understanding how the community responds to disturbances and the effect of indirect pathways on the abundance of ecosystem constituents. Insights from this research are valuable in defining policies in marine reserves where fisheries and protected species coexist.
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