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项目编号 | NE/S008233/1 |
Sundarbans fisheries: a model system for the application of landscape ecology and social science approaches to management | |
David Mark Bailey | |
主持机构 | University of Glasgow |
项目开始年 | 2018 |
2018-10-01 | |
项目结束日期 | 2019-01-31 |
资助机构 | UK-NERC |
项目类别 | Research Grant |
项目经费 | 80697(GBP) |
国家 | 英国 |
语种 | 英语 |
英文摘要 | Coastal ecosystems provide important services to human communities, the most well-known being food provision from fishing. Fisheries are critically important, providing food security and income to communities worldwide. However, the removal of marine species and damage to marine habitats from fishing activity may affect other services, like coastal protection and carbon capture. Other industries that depend on healthy marine ecosystems and biodiversity, such as tourism, may also be affected. Fishing activity can also damage resources on which targeted fish species depend, including important nursery areas for young fish. In response to declines in fish numbers and environmental damage many countries have signed international agreements to use an "ecosystem approach" to fisheries. An ecosystem approach links fish and their environment. To do this we need to understand what aspects of the marine environment are important to fish. A typical method has been to identify "essential fish habitat" - the type of seabed which seems to be most important to the fish in question. This method identifies one essential fish habitat and differs from best practice on land, where we have long recognised that species use different habitats through their lives. On land, we understand that different habitats need to be linked so that animals can move between them. This "landscape ecology" approach is not applied to fisheries management, as we lack sufficient information about spatial distribution of different seabed types and biodiversity patterns across underwater landscapes. Using underwater camera systems and seabed maps we have previously demonstrated that fish in a UK marine protected area are affected by the seabed type and biodiversity in their immediate area, and also by the wider landscape. Using underwater landscape information has huge potential to improve management of fisheries in the developed and developing world. But we need sufficient information about the different habitat types, biodiversity patterns and how fish are affected by them. This presents a paradox. How can we test and develop ideas of huge scientific and practical value about fish landscape ecology without incurring the great expense associated with biodiversity and environmental mapping? How can we persuade others to pay for the necessary mapping without more evidence of the usefulness of marine landscape approaches? Fortunately, a suitable landscape exists in the Sundarbans Mangrove forest (SMF). The project partner, Sarker, has carried out a mapping and modelling project which has resulted in a comprehensive map of the physical and biological characteristics of the SMF. The waters in this forest are rich fishing grounds, providing food and livelihoods to millions. However, fisheries in the SMF are in trouble and lack any effective management. We will sample fish throughout the SMF to understand what aspects of the SMF environment are associated with increased abundance, diversity and size of fish. We will investigate how fish are affected by their immediate environment and also how they are affected by the landscape around them (whether it is a patchwork of different habitats, or a uniform environment consisting of one habitat type). We will also interview fishers to understand how they choose where to fish, and whether they use the same types of signs that we detect from our sampling. In particular, we want to know whether fishers consider the wider landscape around their fishing locations, or just the immediate environment. These questions are important as we need to know how to choose management measures which do not hinder fishers, while ensuring that fish and their essential habitat is protected. This short project will greatly develop fish landscape ecology, applicable to fisheries worldwide. The work will inform the management of the SMF fisheries so that they can provide sustainable food supplies and livelihoods. |
来源学科分类 | Natural Environment Research |
文献类型 | 项目 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/87336 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | David Mark Bailey.Sundarbans fisheries: a model system for the application of landscape ecology and social science approaches to management.2018. |
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