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Towards multidisciplinary indicator dashboards for coral reef fisheries management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2005

Eric Clua ,
Benoit Beliaeff ,
Claude Chauvet ,
Gilbert David ,
Jocelyne Ferraris ,
Mekhi Kronen ,
Michel Kulbicki ,
Pierre Labrosse ,
Yves Letourneur  and
Dominique Pelletier
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Eric Clua
Affiliation:
École Pratique des Hautes Études, UMR 8046 EPHE-CNRS, Université de Perpignan, 54 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
Benoit Beliaeff
Affiliation:
IFREMER, rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Claude Chauvet
Affiliation:
Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, LERVEM, BP 4477, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Gilbert David
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, US espace, BP 172, 97492 Sainte-Clothilde Cedex, La Réunion
Jocelyne Ferraris
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UR128, EPHE/Université de Perpignan, 54 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France
Mekhi Kronen
Affiliation:
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
Michel Kulbicki
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
Pierre Labrosse
Affiliation:
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
Yves Letourneur
Affiliation:
Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Université de la Méditerranée, UMR CNRS 6540, Campus de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
Dominique Pelletier
Affiliation:
IFREMER, rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Olivier Thébaud
Affiliation:
IFREMER Service d'Economie maritime, Centre de Brest, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
Marc Léopold
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
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Abstract

The diversity of reef ecosystems, the multiplicity of reef resource uses and the breadth of the range of the island socio-cultural contexts concerned make coral reef fisheries (CRF) management in the South Pacific a complex task. The health and state of the targeted resources depend both on ecosystem characteristics (as determined by ecological and biological factors) and on fishing pressure, whose effects are only partly known. Increasing harvests from commercial and recreational fishing increasingly overlap with traditional subsistence activity, creating an important CRF management challenge. This paper presents a new approach to CRF assessment and monitoring by providing a set of multidisciplinary indicators. The fisheries system is assessed from three different viewpoints: ecology of targeted populations, exploitation and the broader socio-economic fishery context. The use of complementary indicators chosen from each of these fields could balance the chronic lack of human and financial resources for the management of these fisheries. We suggest the use of these indicators through an assessment grid or an indicator dashboard specifically adapted to given situations and management objectives determined through a participatory approach. The operational efficiency of this dashboard depends on i) dialogue between users, ii) the objectivity of the proposed monitoring, iii) the visual transcription of divergent/convergent interests amongst stakeholders, and iv) stakeholder involvement in the decision-making process. The use and constraints of such a tool are described with reference to Ouvea atoll (New-Caledonia, South Pacific) for which an analysis of available indicators for assessing fisheries status is presented.

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Coral ReefsFishingCo-ManagementIndicatorsDashboard

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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 199 - 213
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