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WIOMSA-CORDIO spawning book Full Doc 10 oct 13.pdf

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-0.001Intrinsic vulnerability index0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0Population trends-0.002-0.003-0.004-0.005R 2 = 0.4603H. longicepsC. urodetaC. argusP. laevisE. polyphekadionL. gibbusL. boharFig. 3 Relationshipbetween the intrinsicvulnerability index andpopulation trends (slope)of 7 species of reef fishfrom Fiji that are reportedas aggregative spawners inthe SCRFA Global Database(20<strong>10</strong>).1.00Intrinsic vulnerability index0.750.500.250.000 LC 1 NT 2 VU 3 EN 4IUCN categoryFig. 4 Relationship betweenthe intrinsic vulnerabilityindex and IUCNcategories for 28 species ofaggregative spawners: LC =‘least concern’; NT = ‘nearthreatened’; VU = ‘vulnerable’;EN = ‘endangered’.Extrinsic vulnerability and the frameworkBased on intrinsic vulnerability, the serranid and siganid aggregation fisheries were spread acrossthe upper and lower quadrants of the framework, respectively (Fig. 5). The target species of thefisheries assessed included a moderately vulnerable siganid (S. sutor), two serranid species of highvulnerability (E. fuscoguttatus, E. polyphekadion) and two serranid species of very high vulnerability(E. lanceolatus (equivalent to M. phenax), P. punctatus; see Fig. 2).The Epinephelus fuscoguttatus and E. polyphekadion populations at Cosmoledo Atoll were the mostvulnerable to aggregation fishing (Fig. 5), mainly due to the fact that this was a highly targetedaggregation fishery for the Asian live reef fish food trade (LRFFT) and was characterised by highdemand, value and storage capacity. Four other serranid populations were tending towards highextrinsic vulnerability, including the E. lanceolatus population of Zanzibar. Fisheries targeted E.fuscoguttatus and E. polyphekadion at multispecies aggregation sites at Cosmoledo and Farquhar,gave rise to identical extrinsic index scores for both species at each location.<strong>10</strong>9

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