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

of protecting the normal residence areas (i.e. juvenile and non-spawning adult habitats). All theseresults are summarized in Table 2.1. Fisheries effects of spawning aggregation-based NTRsTable 1 Description of the no-take reserve (NTR) scenarios simulated in the studyNTR Scenario Description#1 Some spawning sites are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before they were closeddisappears at the time of NTR creation; fish are not faithful to spawning sites#2 Some spawning sites are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before they were closeddisappears at the time of NTR creation; fish are faithful to spawning sites#3 Some spawning sites are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before they were closedis fully redistributed to spawning sites remaining open to fishing at the time of NTR creation;fish are not faithful to spawning sites#4 Some spawning sites are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before they were closedis fully redistributed to spawning sites remaining open to fishing at the time of NTR creation;fish are faithful to spawning sites#5 All spawning sites are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before they were closeddisappears on NTR creation#6 All spawning sites are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before they were closed isfully redistributed to non-spawning sites at the time of NTR creation#7 Some normal residence areas are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before theywere closed disappears on NTR creation#8 Some normal residence areas are closed to fishing; the effort that was in reserves before theywere closed is fully redistributed to non-protected normal residence areas remaining open tofishing on NTR creationTable 2 Summary of the main effects of NTRs on female spawning stock biomass-per-recruit (SSBR), sex ratio andyield-per-recruit (YPR) for Epinephelus fuscoguttatus and Siganus sutor for different scenarios of spawning site fidelityand the fate of effort formerly in NTRs. Colour scheme: light grey = positive effects; white = no effects; dark grey =negative effects.116