Fisheries Management

1. General Info:

    1.1 What is a fishery?
    1.2 What are the types?
    1.3 Why are they important?
    1.4 What are the current management techniques 
          1.4a MPAs 
          1.4b Marine Reserves

2. Tragedy Stories

     2.1 Nassau Grouper  
           2.1a Almost extinct commercially
           2.1b Reproduce in mass spawning aggregations 
           2.1c Endangered in 2003  
      2.2 Jamaica (phase shift from coral reef to algae cover) 
           2.2a Overfishing of predators caused a growth of herbivores (Parrotfish) 
           2.2b Fishing turned to the herbivores  
           2.2c Urchins become key in controlling algal growth  
           2.2d Phase shift from coral reef to algae cover

3. Success Stories

      3.1 Florida: 
           3.1a History of Merritt Island Refuge
           3.1b Marine reserves effect on adjacent fisheries. 
      3.2 St Lucia
           3.2a  History of Soufrière Marine Management Area
           3.2b Marine reserves effect on adjacent fisheries.

4. Conclusion: Lessons learned from successes and failures