Conservation and fisheries effects of spawning aggregation marine protected areas: What we know, where we should go, and what we need to get there

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

(2014) Graham J. Edgar et al.   NATURE

Evaluation of the effectiveness of marine reserves for transient spawning aggregations in data-limited situations

(2013) Arnaud Grüss et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Documenting recovery of a spawning aggregation through size frequency analysis from underwater laser calipers measurements

(2012) Scott A. Heppell et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Sound Production and Reproductive Behavior of Yellowfin Grouper, Mycteroperca venenosa (Serranidae) at a Spawning Aggregation

(2012) Michelle T. Schärer et al.   COPEIA

Reproductive movement, residency and fisheries vulnerability of brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)

(2012) K. L. Rhodes et al.   CORAL REEFS

Marine Ecology: Reserves Do Have a Key Role in Fisheries

(2012) Callum Roberts   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery

(2012) Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

The application of small scale fishery closures to protect Atlantic cod spawning aggregations in the inshore Gulf of Maine

(2012) Michael P. Armstrong et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Sound production as an indicator of red hind density at a spawning aggregation

(2012) TJ Rowell et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Temporal dynamics, residency and site fidelity of spawning aggregations of a herbivorous tropical reef fish Siganus sutor

(2012) JP Bijoux et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Disruption of an Atlantic Cod Spawning Aggregation Resulting from the Opening of a Directed Gill-Net Fishery

(2012) Micah J. Dean et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Community-based conservation results in the recovery of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Coral Triangle

(2011) R.J. Hamilton et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Consequences of adult and juvenile movement for marine protected areas

(2011) Arnaud Grüss et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Fishing in the dark-local knowledge, night spearfishing and spawning aggregations in the Western Solomon Islands

(2011) R.J. Hamilton et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Spatial and temporal characteristics of grouper spawning aggregations in marine protected areas in Palau, western Micronesia

(2011) Yimnang Golbuu et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Grouper spawning aggregations: Be careful what you measure and how you measure it: A rebuttal of Golbuu and Friedlander (2011)

(2011) Patrick L. Colin et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

The importance of targeted spawning aggregation fishing to the management of Seychelles’ trap fishery

(2011) Jan Robinson et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Gag grouper, marine reserves, and density-dependent sex change in the Gulf of Mexico

(2011) Robert D. Ellis et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Linking models with monitoring data for assessing performance of no-take marine reserves

(2011) J Wilson White et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Extreme spawning-site fidelity in Atlantic cod

(2011) J. E. Skjaeraasen et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Protecting old fish through spatial management: is there a benefit for sustainable exploitation?

(2011) Charles T. T. Edwards et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Adaptive Significance of the Formation of Multi-Species Fish Spawning Aggregations near Submerged Capes

(2011) Mandy Karnauskas et al.   PLoS One

Home range estimates for squaretail coralgrouper, Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell 1830)

(2010) N. Hutchinson et al.   CORAL REEFS

Diver ecotourism and disturbance to reef fish spawning aggregations: It is better to be disturbed than to be dead

(2010) WD Heyman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Detailed demographic analysis of an Epinephelus polyphekadion spawning aggregation and fishery

(2010) KL Rhodes et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Decadal-scale rebuilding of predator biomass in Philippine marine reserves

(2010) Garry R. Russ et al.   OECOLOGIA

Connectivity and resilience of coral reef metapopulations in marine protected areas: matching empirical efforts to predictive needs

(2009) L. W. Botsford et al.   CORAL REEFS

Historical analysis of Cuban commercial fishing effort and the effects of management interventions on important reef fishes from 1960–2005

(2009) Rodolfo Claro et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Cruzan fishers’ perspectives on the performance of the Buck Island Reef National Monument and the red hind seasonal closure

(2009) C. Karras et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

A Global Baseline for Spawning Aggregations of Reef Fishes

(2008) YVONNE SADOVY DE MITCHESON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Connectivity, sustainability, and yield: bridging the gap between conventional fisheries management and marine protected areas

(2008) Louis W. Botsford et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Discrete spatial dynamics in a marine broadcast spawner: Re-evaluating scales of connectivity and habitat associations in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in coastal Newfoundland

(2007) I.R. Bradbury et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH