Garces, L R and Stobutzki, I and Alias, M and Campos, W and Koongchai, N and Lachica-Alino, L and Mustafa, G and Nurhakim, S and Srinath, M and Silvestre, G (2006) Spatial structure of demersal fish assemblages in South and Southeast Asia and implications for fisheries management. Fisheries Research, 78 (2-3). pp. 143-157.
We provide a review of the assemblage structure of demersal fish resources in four South and Southeast Asian countries. Multivariate techniques (classification and ordination analysis) were used to analyze scientific trawl survey data from a collaborative project in the region. Analyses covered major coastal fishing areas in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. This represents the first such assessment of fish assemblages for the region using a standard analysis framework. Results indicate that spatial patterns of demersal assemblages are influenced by depth. However, other environmental factors such as salinity and substrate type also appear important. Critical fisheries management implications of the observed assemblage patterns are discussed, particularly in terms of the existing spatial management zones. Existing management zones are based on distance from shore and were found to be largely inconsistent with the assemblage patterns observed. If management is to be effective it must be structured to take into account the underlying pattern of the fish assemblages.
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||Spatial structure; demersal fish assemblage; Southeast Asia; fisheries management|
|Divisions:||CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment
Subject Area > CMFRI Brochures > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment
CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment
|Depositing User:||Arun Surendran|
|Date Deposited:||28 Oct 2010 10:15|
|Last Modified:||09 Sep 2015 15:34|
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