dc.contributor.author |
Qu, Zoe |
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dc.contributor.author |
Thrush, Simon |
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dc.contributor.author |
Parsons, Darren |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lewis, Nicolas |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-11-11T22:40:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-11-11T22:40:23Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021-12-1 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0308-597X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/57404 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The global exhaustion of marine fishery resources has triggered worldwide demands for sustainable utilization of marine resources and Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM). Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a long-term spatial management strategy in the EBM toolbox. MPAs demonstrate ecological and economic benefits. While MPAs’ ecological benefits are well researched, there are only a few studies that estimate the economic benefits of MPAs to the adjacent fisheries. Currently, methodologies for measuring the economic benefits flowing from MPAs are underdeveloped. Our research builds on a recent assessment of the economic contribution of a small, temperate, no-take marine reserve in New Zealand to rejuvenating depleted snapper (Sparidae: Chrysophrys auratus) stocks. Empirical evidence shows that 10.6% of newly settled juvenile snappers sampled up to 55 km outside of the MPA were the offspring of adult snappers from the MPA. This suggests a significant boost to the commercial fishery of $NZ 1.49 million catch landing value per annum and $NZ 3.21 million added from recreational fishing activity associated spending per annum. These values all come from the recruitment effects associated with one species, from only 0.08% of the marine space in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. The economic valuation of this marine reserve's snapper recruitment effect demonstrated $NZ 9.64 million in total spending accruing to recreational fishing per annum and $NZ 4.89 million in total output to commercial fisheries annually. This study is the first estimation of the economic valuation of the recruitment effects from a well-established temperate no-take MPA. It represents an important step forward for quantifying the economic benefits of marine reserves and how marine reserves could have positive influence on EBM and marine sustainability. |
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dc.language |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier BV |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Marine Policy |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
0502 Environmental Science and Management |
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dc.subject |
1606 Political Science |
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dc.subject |
1801 Law |
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dc.title |
Economic valuation of the snapper recruitment effect from a well-established temperate no-take marine reserve on adjacent fisheries |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104792 |
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pubs.begin-page |
104792 |
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pubs.volume |
134 |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-10-07T19:12:44Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
en |
pubs.publication-status |
Accepted |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
868776 |
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pubs.number |
104792 |
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