Navigation Links
Help for climate-stressed corals
Date:6/17/2009

their livelihood" Dr Cinner says. This middle way is also more likely to be taken up by fishers. "In other research we've found that fishers themselves prefer gear restrictions to total closures, because most fishers use several types of gear so they can still earn a living when the use of one sort of gear is banned. They are more likely to comply."

The team investigated the effects of five main types of gear on different types of fish: spear guns, traps, hook and line, beach seine nets and gill nets.

They found that spear guns were the most damaging of all to corals themselves, to susceptible fish species and to the fish needed to help reefs recover, such as parrot, surgeon and trigger fish, which keep seaweeds and urchins in check while the coral re-grows.

"Spear guns target a high proportion of species that help maintain the resilience of coral reefs, but also can result in a surprising amount of damage to the corals themselves. When a fish is shot with a spear gun, it often hides in the reef, so some fishermen break the corals in their attempts to get it." Dr Cinner says.

But in developing countries, spear guns can be the fishing tool most used by the poorest fishers because they are cheap to make and the yield can be high, so they are an important source of income for poor fishers.

"You can't simply impose an arbitrary ban on their use you need to consider issues like compensation, other fishing options, or alternative livelihoods for the affected fishers," says co-author Dr. Shaun Wilson of the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation. "One key issue may be educating fishers about the importance of reef habitat and the species that help to maintain reef quality and the need to be selective in what they shoot. This would mean fishers could still use this cheap and effective fishing tool without necessarily damaging habitat and reef resilience."

Fish traps also targeted both the
'/>"/>

Contact: Stephen Sautner
ssautner@wcs.org
718-220-3682
Wildlife Conservation Society
Source:Eurekalert  

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related biology news :

1. New south Florida nursery to focus on staghorn corals
2. Wildlife Conservation Society study finds seasonal seas save corals with tough love
3. Immediate action needed to save corals from climate change
4. Starfish outbreak threatens corals
5. Stanford researchers say living corals thousands of years old hold clues to past climate changes
6. Bikini corals recover from atomic blast
7. New study predicts where corals can thrive
8. Everythings coming up corals
9. New study shows shallow water corals evolved from deep sea ancestors
10. 1/3 of reef-building corals face extinction
11. Research expedition on corals and global warming: Aug. 17-26 in Puerto Rico
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
Related Image:
Help for climate-stressed corals
(Date:5/24/2013)... years, microRNAs (miRNAs) and other non-coding RNAs are ... specific proteins. In recent years they have emerged ... to establish tissue origin for cancers of unknown ... screen for disease, but clinically tractable, diagnostic methods ... not currently available. In this issue of the ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... , Automated conserved noncoding sequence ... evolution among grasses , Within the genome of ... that undergo little change in position and sequence over ... proteins. Some of these evolutionarily stable sequences, so-called conserved ... of other genes or the condensation of chromosomes, but ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Investigators at Rollins School of Public Health at ... Institute of Technology, have received a $4 million ... Center at Emory University (Health and Exposome Research ... first exposome-based center grant awarded in the United ... by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Frontiers news briefs: May 23 2Frontiers news briefs: May 23 3Emory, Georgia Tech receive first human exposome center grant in US 2Emory, Georgia Tech receive first human exposome center grant in US 3
... is a strong candidate for involvement in premenstrual dysphoric ... flux in hormones during the menstrual cycle. In a ... National Academy of Sciences , Rockefeller University researchers detail ... of the gene increases anxiety, dampens curiosity and tweaks ...
... has long been a model system for studying and understanding ... that cause influenza, measles and rabies. More ... be genetically modified to serve as an anti-cancer agent, exercising ... and as a potent vaccine against HIV. ...
... , REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ... leader in fingerprint identity and authentication solutions, continues to ... and franchise owners.  The latest version of the popular ... U.are.U® fingerprint biometrics technology from DigitalPersona, will be unveiled ...
Cached Biology News:Research identifies gene with likely role in premenstrual disorder 2Research identifies gene with likely role in premenstrual disorder 3Researchers reveal 3-D structure of bullet-shaped virus with potential to fight cancer, HIV 2Digital Dining Customers Demand Fingerprint Biometrics in Point-of-Sale Technology 2Digital Dining Customers Demand Fingerprint Biometrics in Point-of-Sale Technology 3
(Date:5/23/2013)... , May 23, 2013  BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: ... will present at the Jefferies 2013 Global Healthcare Conference ... Hyatt New York. Richard Smith ... Hai Tran , Chief Financial Officer, will ... Eastern Daylight Time.   About BioScrip ...
(Date:5/23/2013)...  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) and StemCyte, Inc., ... banking and therapeutics, announced today that StemCyte has become ... Indy car driven by James Jakes ... IndyCar 2013 season.   StemCyte, Inc. and Rahal ... of umbilical cord blood banking and its educational initiative ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Virobay, Inc. today announced that their development ... important milestone, as Virobay has now initiated a Phase ... S inhibitor.   The first Phase 1 ... designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics ... "The initiation of this Phase 1 trial with ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 ... African-Americans in STEM industries, Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), ... Day on June 8, 2013. This all-day event will ... arena, and learn the ins and outs from many ... to 3 p.m. at the New Jersey Institute of ...
Breaking Biology Technology:StemCyte, Inc. Joins Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing As Associate Sponsor Of No. 16 IndyCar Program For James Jakes Beginning With The 97th Indianapolis 500 2StemCyte, Inc. Joins Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing As Associate Sponsor Of No. 16 IndyCar Program For James Jakes Beginning With The 97th Indianapolis 500 3Virobay, Inc. initiates a Phase 1 Trial of VBY-036, a compound intended for the treatment of neuropathic pain 2Virobay, Inc. initiates a Phase 1 Trial of VBY-036, a compound intended for the treatment of neuropathic pain 3Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) New Jersey Hosts 10th Annual Families in Technology Day June 8, 2013 2
... to generate energy is a signifiant step closer following ... East Anglia (UEA). Published today by the leading ... Sciences (PNAS), the research demonstrates for the first ... enable bacterial cells to transfer electrical charge. The ...
... WASHINGTON, May 23, 2011The Annual Meeting of the American ... June 2, 2011, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Crystallography is ... in regular crystalline solids and in complicated molecules. The ... the structure of important materials are often calculated by ...
... (OTCQX: DATA), a technology and services company focused on ... announced the Company,s selection as a 2011 Crain,s Leading ... "Being once again recognized as an EDGE ... and its employees have to bringing a quality product ...
Cached Biology Technology:Discovery opens the door to electricity from microbes 2Sulfates in extreme places, DNA tied in knots and magnetic cooling at crystallography meeting 2Sulfates in extreme places, DNA tied in knots and magnetic cooling at crystallography meeting 3Sulfates in extreme places, DNA tied in knots and magnetic cooling at crystallography meeting 4DATATRAK Recognized as 2011 Crain's Leading EDGE Award Winner 2
Immunogen: Synthetic peptide (KLH conjugated): L(506) S K S S S Q I R M S G L P A D N L A T(525) Storage: -20 C, Avoid Freeze/Thaw Cycles...
Polypropylene test tube racks, used in Thermo Forma's line of Test Tube Rack holders...
Attachments: Clip bar for tubes 10 to 19 mm in diameter Overall Dimension Height IC: 6 (15.2) Overall Dimension Length IC: 18.5 (46.9) Overall Dimension Width IC: 4 (10.2)...
For quantitative determination of Aldolase in Serum (an indicator of muscle damage). Ready-to-use liquid stable reagent. Formulated to eliminate interference from pyruvates. Application sheets are ...
Biology Products: