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EMPAFISH Booklet no. 1 Ecological effects of Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs in the EU 5 Columbretes islands General features Legal Status Marine fishery reserve International Recognition Barcelona Convention 2001 “Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Interest (SPAMI) Foundation Text Ministerial order 19/04/1990 Legal References B.O.E. nº 97, 23 rd April 1990 Relevant Administration Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Management Body General Secretariat of Marine Fisheries Consultative Committee Consultative Advisory Committee Main Marine Species Palinurus elephas, Epinephelus marginatus, Mycteroperca rubra, Maérl communities, gorgonians, Cymodocea nodosa & noted absence of Posidonia oceanica Marine Area Surface Core area (no take) 1883 Ha Total area 4400 Ha Web page http://www.mapa.es/rmarinas/index_rm.htm Regulations Activities Integral reserve Buffer zone Forbidden Trawling, spear-fishing, recreational fishing, anchoring 32 Trawling, spear-fishing, anchoring Regulated Scuba-diving Recreational fishing, scubadiving Allowed Crusing Crusing Other Management Initiatives Contacts Mooring areas Silvia Revenga, Beatriz Morcillo Secretaría General de Pesca Marítima. Dirección Genereal de Recursos Pesqueros. reservasmarinas@mapya.es C / José Ortega y Gasset nº 57. 28006. MADRID. Tel. 91-347-60-00 (Centralita); 91-347-61-48/66/54. Fax: Secretaría General de Pesca Marítima: 91-347-60- 73/74/75/76.
Columbretes islands: ecological studies � General There is a very good general guide to the flora and fauna of the Columbretes islands edited by Templado & Calvo (2002). This book includes a comprehensive species list for the Columbretes islands and good habitat descriptions. Other general information on the legislation and establishment of the park can be found in Jimenez Perez (1995) and González-Serrano & Revenga (1998). o Fish assemblage Few studies of fish assemblages have been undertaken at Columbretes. García Charton et al. conducted UVC surveys in 1996 as part of a large scale MPA survey (García Charton et al. 2004). There is also a National Museum of Natural History report on the effect of recreational fishing on the Columbretes marine reserve (Calvo & Templado 2002). Some information on the fish assemblages found at Columbretes is also available in Martin & Vilar (1990). o Benthic communities The most comprehensive work on benthic communities at Columbretes is contained in a monograph that includes work on algae, foraminiferans, cnidarians, briozoans, molluscs, ostracods, decapods and ascidians (Matilla et al. 1991). This monograph also contains information on the geology and terrestrial flora and fauna of the Columbretes. By far the most extensive study of a benthic species has been that carried out for the past 9 years by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography on the spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas). Work completed to this date by the institute includes studies on lobster diet (Goñi et al. 2001a), sustainability of the fishery (Goñi et al. 2003a), differential catchability of male and female lobsters (Goñi et al. 2003b), reproductive biology (Goñi et al. 2003d), population dynamics (Goñi et al. 2001b), effect of protection (Goñi & Reñones 2003c, Goñi et al 1999), spillover (Goñi et al. 2006), and general biology (Goñi et al. 2003c). Studies are also currently being undertaken on the fan shells, Pinna nobilis and Pinna rudis, and the seagraass Cymodocea nodosa, as well as monitoring of Cladocora caespitosa colonies since 2003. There is also sporadic monitoring of mucilaginous aggregates and for disease in the spiny oyster Spondylus gaederopus, and regular dives to detect invasive species (Diego Kersting pers. comm.). o Reptiles One study has looked at the distribution of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) around the Columbretes islands and found no difference in the abundance of this species between the reserve and adjacent areas (Gómez de Segura et al. 2003).
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