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EMPAFISH Booklet no. 1 Ecological effects of Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs in the EU 14 La Graciosa General features Legal Status Fishery reserve International Recognition Sea grass included within the Natura 2000 site “Sebadales de La Graciosa” (ES010020) Foundation Text Ministerial Order (19/05/1995) and Decree 62/1995 (24/03/1995) Legal References BOE nº 131 (02/06/1995) and BOC nº 51 (26/04/1995) Relevant Administration Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food (waters beyond baselines) and regional Government of the Canary Islands (waters inside baselines) Management Body “Comisión Conjunta de Gestión y Seguimiento” Consultative Committee Scientific committee and Consultative committee Main Marine Species Sparisoma cretense, Epinephelus marginatus, Mycteroperca fusca, Pagrus pagrus, Diplodus spp., Cymodocea nodosa, Patella spp., Gerardia macaronesica, Paramuricea grayi, Leptogorgia spp. Marine Area Surface Core area (Integral zone): 1225 ha Buffer zone: 8480 ha Rest of the reserve: 60995 ha Web page http://www.mapa.es/rmarinas/index_rm.htm Regulations Activities Core area (Integral zone) Buffer zone Rest of the reserve Forbidden - All activities except scientific research - Recreational fishing - Spear fishing Regulated - Scientific research - Scientific research - Scuba diving - Recreational trolling - Angling from the shore - Anchoring - Scientific research Allowed - Professional fishing with hook and line and with certain traditional nets for the capture of Sarpa salpa and migratory species Other Management Initiatives 82 Visitors centre - Contractual agreements with research centres - Professional fishing with hook and line and with certain traditional nets for the capture of Sarpa salpa and migratory species - Swimming - Snorkeling
EMPAFISH Booklet no. 1 Ecological effects of Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs in the EU Contacts Silvia González – Biologist (reservasmarinas@mapya.es) Oficina de la Reserva Marina, Puerto de La Graciosa, s/n - 35540 Teguise (Lanzarote), Canary Islands Tel : +34 928 84 22 05 / + 34 669 81 02 68 / Fax : + 34 928 84 22 05 www.mapa.es/rmarinas La Graciosa: ecological studies � General o Fish assemblage Fish assemblages of an island of the area (Alegranza) have been studied since the nineties in subtidal, using underwater visual census (UVC) as main sampling technique (Falcón et al. 1993, 1996), as well as intertidal zone (Mata et al. 1993). Later, Brito et al. (1997) studied the inshore fish community in all the reserve before and during the first years of the implementation of the MPA, and after that, several monitoring studies were performed with irregular periodicity (Brito et al. 1998, 2001c, 2006). Recently, other studies partially conducted in the MPA have been published (Tuya et al. 2004, 2006). Moreover, some works have called attention to the recent coming-up of tropical fish fauna within the GINLMR (Brito et al. 2001b; Falcón et al. 2002; Brito et al. 2005b) o Benthic communities The mapping and characterization of benthic biocoenosis off Lanzarote, including the marine reserve of La Graciosa, was carried out during 2000 and 2001 by the National Government. Some qualitative or semi-quantitative works devoted to the study of the distribution of some benthic taxa, such as algae (Reyes et al. 2000) and molluscs (Ortea et al. 2002; Rodríguez et al. 2002) can be found in the literature, as well as some quantitative ecological studies partially conducted in the GINLMR (Tuya et al. 2004; Barberá et al. 2005; Navarro et al. 2005; Tuya & Haroum, 2006). Also, within some of the projects financed by the Regional Government in order to study the reserve effect since the implementation of the MPA (Brito et al. 1997, 1998, 2001a, 2001d, 2005a, 2006), density and size structure of the main commercial invertebrates, such as limpets (Patella spp.) and marine snails (Osilinus spp.), have been studied. Finally, some ecological studies of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum have been recently initiated, but just a few preliminary results have been published for the moment (Hernández et al. 2005a, 2005b). 83
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