TY - JOUR
T1 - Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts
T2 - the uncertain future of manta and devil rays
AU - Croll, Donald A.
AU - Dewar, Heidi
AU - Dulvy, Nicholas K.
AU - Fernando, Daniel
AU - Francis, Malcolm P.
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
AU - Hall, Martin
AU - Heinrichs, Shawn
AU - Marshall, Andrea
AU - Mccauley, Douglas
AU - Newton, Kelly M.
AU - Notarbartolo-Di-Sciara, Giuseppe
AU - O'Malley, Mary
AU - O'Sullivan, John
AU - Poortvliet, Marloes
AU - Roman, Marlon
AU - Stevens, Guy
AU - Tershy, Bernie R.
AU - White, William T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Manta and devil rays of the subfamily Mobulinae (mobulids) are rarely studied, large, pelagic elasmobranchs, with all eight of well-evaluated species listed on the IUCN Red List as threatened or near threatened. Mobulids have life history characteristics (matrotrophic reproduction, extremely low fecundity, and delayed age of first reproduction) that make them exceptionally susceptible to overexploitation. Targeted and bycatch mortality from fisheries is a globally important and increasing threat, and targeted fisheries are incentivized by the high value of the global trade in mobulid gill plates. Fisheries bycatch of mobulids is substantial in tuna purse seine fisheries. Thirteen fisheries in 12 countries specifically targeting mobulids, and 30 fisheries in 23 countries with mobulid bycatch were identified. Aside from a few recently enacted national restrictions on capture, there is no comprehensive monitoring, assessment or control of mobulid fisheries or bycatch. Recent listing through the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) may benefit mobulids of the genus Manta (manta rays), but none of the mobulids in the genus Mobula (devil rays) are protected. The relative economic costs of catch mitigation are minimal, particularly compared with a broad range of other, more complicated, marine conservation issues.
AB - Manta and devil rays of the subfamily Mobulinae (mobulids) are rarely studied, large, pelagic elasmobranchs, with all eight of well-evaluated species listed on the IUCN Red List as threatened or near threatened. Mobulids have life history characteristics (matrotrophic reproduction, extremely low fecundity, and delayed age of first reproduction) that make them exceptionally susceptible to overexploitation. Targeted and bycatch mortality from fisheries is a globally important and increasing threat, and targeted fisheries are incentivized by the high value of the global trade in mobulid gill plates. Fisheries bycatch of mobulids is substantial in tuna purse seine fisheries. Thirteen fisheries in 12 countries specifically targeting mobulids, and 30 fisheries in 23 countries with mobulid bycatch were identified. Aside from a few recently enacted national restrictions on capture, there is no comprehensive monitoring, assessment or control of mobulid fisheries or bycatch. Recent listing through the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) may benefit mobulids of the genus Manta (manta rays), but none of the mobulids in the genus Mobula (devil rays) are protected. The relative economic costs of catch mitigation are minimal, particularly compared with a broad range of other, more complicated, marine conservation issues.
KW - coastal
KW - conservation evaluation
KW - endangered species
KW - fish
KW - fishing
KW - ocean
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949033588&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/aqc.2591
DO - 10.1002/aqc.2591
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 1052-7613
VL - 26
SP - 562
EP - 575
JO - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
JF - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
IS - 3
ER -