Toward a sustainable Iceland scallop fishery in Gilbert Bay,a marine protected area in the eastern Canada coastal zone |
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| Authors: | Joseph S. Wroblewski Trevor J. Bell Alison I. Copeland Evan N. Edinger Charles Yu Feng James D. Saxby David C. Schneider Jason M. Simms |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John''s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1C 5S7;2. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John''s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1B 3X9;3. Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John''s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1B 3X9;4. Oceans and Habitat Management Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, PO Box 5667, St. John''s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1C 5X1;1. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology, 5860 Greyville Place, Etiwanda, CA 91739, USA;2. Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, 306 Jessup Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;3. Federated States of Micronesia, USA;4. Montana State University Billings, 1500 University Dr., Billings, MT 59101, USA;1. CIMA—Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, FCT, Edificio 7, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal;2. IMAR—Instituto do Mar a/c, Departamento de Zoologia, FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal;3. Sagremarisco—Viveiros de Marisco Lda, Apartado 21, 8650-999 Vila do Bispo, Portugal;1. CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart, Australia;2. Ichthyology, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia;1. The Data Detektiv, 1412 Stearns Hill Road, Waltham, MA 02451, USA;2. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA;3. The Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship, Montclair, NJ, USA;1. Freelance Scientist, Koebrugstraat 8, 9190 Stekene, Belgium;2. Leibniz-Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) GmbH, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany;3. Estuary and Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Research Group, Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Research, James Cook University, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Iceland scallop (Chlamys islandica) stocks in the North Atlantic are usually pulse harvested, resulting in boom and bust local landings. We describe an adaptive management strategy for a sustainable harvest of Iceland scallops in Gilbert Bay, a Marine Protected Area (MPA) of coastal Labrador. The current management plan for the MPA closes pristine scallop habitat, a practice that under favourable ocean conditions may lead to local reseeding. The community-based co-management structure for the MPA utilizes the local ecological knowledge of fishermen. Scallop harvesters are participating in research on the present state of the resource. Currently scallops are smaller near the mouth of the bay where fishing effort has been concentrated historically. The cooperation of fishers in enforcing area closures and in monitoring the scallop harvest may lead to a sustainable scallop fishery. |
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