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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2009 66(1):41-49; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn188
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This article appears in the following ICES Journal of Marine Science issue: European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation [View the issue table of contents]

The management of artisanal fishing within the Marine Protected Area of the Port-Cros National Park (northwest Mediterranean Sea): a success story?

Gwenaël Cadiou1, Charles F. Boudouresque1,2, Patrick Bonhomme1 and Laurence Le Diréach1

1 GIS Posidonie, University Campus of Luminy, case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
2 UMR 6540 Dimar, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille University Campus of Luminy, case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France

Correspondence to C. F. Boudouresque: tel: +33 491829131; fax: +33 491411265; e-mail: charles.boudouresque{at}univmed.fr

Cadiou, G., Boudouresque, C. F., Bonhomme, P., and Le Diréach, L. 2009. The management of artisanal fishing within the Marine Protected Area of the Port-Cros National Park (northwest Mediterranean Sea): a success story? – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 41–49.

The Port-Cros National Park, France (northwest Mediterranean Sea), established in 1963, is a Marine Protected Area (MPA) where, unlike no-take areas, artisanal fishing has been permitted (except trawling), owing to social and economic pressures. Nevertheless, restrictions on artisanal fishing have increased through a fishing charter (1999). In the meantime, recreational fishing was progressively banned, which has helped as a management tool to make the restrictions on artisanal fishing acceptable in social terms. Monitoring of the artisanal fishing (2000–2005) reveals the stability of the fishing fleet (9–13 vessels); of the fishing effort [number of fishing sets per day between 3.4 (±2.1) and 6.9 (±3.4) in spring, and 3.0 (±1.7) and 5.2 (±2.7) in summer]; and of yields [catch per unit effort between 1.27 (±0.72) and 1.68 (±1.44) kg 100 m of net–1 d–1]. Furthermore, based on an analysis of available data, artisanal fishing does not jeopardize the conservation objectives of the MPA, so that, from 1963 to date, the issue has changed from "What can be done to ban commercial fishing?" to "Is there any reason to ban commercial fishing?".

Keywords: artisanal fishing, conservation, management, Marine Protected Area, northwest Mediterranean

Received 26 October 2007; accepted 9 June 2008; advance access publication 1 December 2008.


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