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Productive instability of coral reef fisheries after climate-driven regime shifts
James Robinson, Shaun Wilson, Jan Robinson, Calvin Gerry, Juliette Lucas, Cindy Assan, Rodney Govinden, Simon Jennings, Nick Graham
[email protected] | @jamespwr
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Coral reefs provide food & employment for >1 billion people
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Reefs at Risk Revisited 2011
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Coral reefs for food & employment…under recurrent bleaching events
>30% bleaching <30% bleaching No bleaching
Hughes et al. 2018 Science
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Coral reefs for food & employment…under recurrent bleaching events Graham & Nash 2012 Coral Reefs
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Bleaching impacts on fisheries: models indicate productivity declines
Rogers et al. 2017 J. Appl. Ecol.
Food web models:
Climate envelope models:
Bell et al. 2013 Nat. Clim. Change
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Bleaching impacts on fisheries: empirical expectations
Pratchett et al. 2014 Curr. Op. Env. Sust.
Fisheries data:
McClanahan et al. 2002 Ambio
Underwater observations:
No immediate impacts… but long-term datasets are rare
High response diversity to habitat disturbances
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Bleaching impacts on fisheries: empirical expectations
Pratchett et al. 2014 Curr. Op. Env. Sust.
Fisheries data:
McClanahan et al. 2002 Ambio
Underwater observations:
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How has coral bleaching impacted reef fisheries?
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Seychelles: model system for understanding bleaching impacts on fisheries
Long-term monitoring of reef-associated fisheries
1998 El Nino: >90% coral mortality, phase shifts, benthic recovery
Photo cred: Nick Graham
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Landings dataset Fishery-dependent Daily catch records
Stratified by inner Seychelles regions Species group, biomass
Gear type + number (= fishing effort) 1994 - 2016
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Photo cred: Tim Daw
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Target species
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Siganid sp. Rabbitfish
Mixed sp. Parrotfish, goatfish
Target species
Lethrinid sp. Emperors
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Landings dataset Fishery-dependent Daily catch records
Stratified by inner Seychelles regions Species group, biomass
Gear type + number (= fishing effort) 1994 - 2016
Underwater dataset Fishery-independent Scuba observations
Stratified by reef habitat types Fish abundance, biomass
Benthic habitat composition 1994, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014
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How did a climate-driven coral mortality event impact reef-associated fisheries?
Trap fishery catches: • CPUE and CV of CPUE • Yield • Fishing effort
Underwater surveys: • Biomass, size, habitat associations • Benthic habitat composition
Statistical models: • Time-series GAMs • Multivariate dispersion
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How did a climate-driven coral mortality event impact reef-associated fisheries?
Trap fishery catches: • CPUE and CV of CPUE • Yield • Fishing effort
Underwater surveys: • Biomass, size, habitat associations • Benthic habitat composition
Statistical models: • Time-series GAMs • Multivariate dispersion
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Mean CPUE remained stable or increased from 1994-2016 C
PUE
Fixed traps
Active traps
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Catch variability increased steadily from 1994-2016: so, after bleaching, fishers’ catches are more variable in each month
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CV
(CPU
E)
*low catch frequency = unreliable CV estimates
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CV - CPUE (Monthly variation in catches)
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How did benthos and target fish assemblages change after bleaching?
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Underwater visual census: target group biomass 1994 - 2014
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Differential bleaching response trajectories for reef benthos
1994
2011 Recovering Regime-shifted
Graham et al. 2015 Nature
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Differential bleaching response trajectories for reef benthos
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Recovering Regime-shifted
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Greater spatial variability in benthic composition and target fish biomass
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1. Siganids: browsing herbivores recruit to regime-shifted reefs
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Connecting biomass to catches
Macroalgal cover (%)
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Connecting biomass to catches
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2. Mixed species: variable Scaridae productivity on recovering reefs
Habitat structural complexity
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Connecting biomass to catches
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2. Mixed species: variable Scaridae productivity on recovering reefs
Habitat structural complexity
Scal
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biom
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CPU
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Connecting biomass to catches
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2. Mixed species: variable Scarid productivity on recovering reefs
Habitat structural complexity
Scal
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biom
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CPU
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Coral bleaching events: implications for fisheries
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1. Low trophic levels resilient to habitat collapse
Herbivore response diversity + high productivity followed shift in algal resources: = CPUE and yields stable/increasing
Siganid (rabbitfish) targeting by active traps
Regime shift Resilient reef
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Yields maintained or increased after bleaching
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Linked to higher overall fishing effort (but not individual fisher effort i.e. traps or hours fishing)
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2. Greater catch instability linked to benthic recovery trajectory
• Larger Siganid (rabbitfish) schools • High biomass = heavily targeted
Regime shift
Resilient reef
• High Scarid (parrotfish) biomass • Poor quality ‘recovering reefs’ with low fish biomass • Declining minimum catches
CPU
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Spatial heterogeneity in target fish biomass
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Future reef fisheries under recurrent bleaching
Examine how catch instability might impact livelihoods and market supply chains
Greater reliance on low trophic level species – need stock assessments
Increase monitoring efforts on resilient, fast-growing herbivores
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Future reef fisheries under recurrent bleaching
Questions? [email protected] | @jamespwr
Examine how catch instability might impact livelihoods and market supply chains
Greater reliance on low trophic level species – need stock assessments
Increase monitoring efforts on resilient, fast-growing herbivores
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3. Lethrinid: reliant on both habitat types difficult to sample with UVC rarely caught in traps (10% of catches)
CPU
E
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