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An ecosystem-based assessment of the Korean blue crab trammel net fishery in the Yellow Sea and management implications |
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| Authors: | Inja Yeon Mi Young SongMyoung Ho Sohn Hak Jin HwangYang Jae Im Do Hoon KimHee Won Park Chang Ik Zhang |
| Institution: | a National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, Gijang-gun, Busan 619-705, Republic of Korea b West Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NFRDI, Eulwang-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, 400-420, Republic of Korea c College of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea |
| Abstract: | Landings in the blue crab, Portunus trituberculatus, fishery in Korean waters of the Yellow Sea have declined substantially from 11,000 t in the 1980s to 2,300 t in 2004. Blue crab habitat quality in the Yellow Sea has been degraded by anthropogenic activities including sand mining, land reclamation, and coastal pollution. Various traditional management measures have been implemented, including closed seasons during spawning and size limits, but these measures alone have been unsuccessful to conserve blue crab stocks. Consequently, a total allowable catch and a stock-rebuilding program using an ecosystem-based management approach were implemented in 2003 and 2006, respectively to rebuild blue crab stocks and restore habitats. This program involved assessment of both blue crab stock status and trammel-net fishery impacts at an ecosystem-level using an ecosystem-based fisheries assessment method ( Zhang et al., 2009] and Zhang et al., 2010]), which considered fishery data from catch and effort time-series, crab population biology, and ecosystem characteristics, including habitats and environmental conditions. Recent (2008) management status indices have shown significant positive change compared to conditions in 2000 with respect to sustainability of the stock and fishery and with regards to biodiversity and ecosystem habitat quality. |
| Keywords: | Ecosystem-based fisheries assessment Blue crab trammel-net fishery Management status indices Sustainability Biodiversity Habitat Yellow Sea |
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