Spillover effects of a marine protected area on a exploited lobster Palinurus elephas resource
FOLLESA, MARIA CRISTINA;CUCCU, DANILA;CAU, ANGELO
2010-01-01
Abstract
We investigated the effects of the Su Pallosu marine protected area (Central western Mediterranean) on the adjacent Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) fishery. After 11 years of no-take protection, a gradient of the lobster biomass (Catch Per Unit Effort) from the interior of the reserve up to a distance of about 20 km from its centre was found. CPUE showed non linear decline with distance from the centre of the reserve.Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.