Integrated
management of seasonal fishing closures and fisheries stock rebuilding plans
for recovering marine stocks in Korea
Sang-Go Lee1,
Md. Hashmi Sakib1,2* and M. Aminur Rahman1,3 ?
1World Fisheries
University Pilot Programme, Pukyong National University, 365 Sinseon-ro,
Nam-gu, Busan 48547, Republic of Korea
2Department of Agricultural
Extension and Rural Development, EXIM Bank Agricultural University
Bangladesh, Chapainawabganj 6300, Bangladesh
3Department of
Fisheries and Marine Bioscience, Faculty of Biological Science and
Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408,
Bangladesh
*Corresponding Author Email : sakib20067@gmail.com
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Abstract
Aim:
Fisheries stock rebuilding plans (FSRP) and seasonal area closures have not
yet reached the desired stock level as they were implemented separately.
Therefore, these two policies were integrated in this study to determine the
nature of stock enhancement.
Methodology: FSRP and seasonal closures were integrated in this
study to determine the nature of stock enhancement of targeted marine species
(sandfish, blue crab, octopus, skate ray, and yellow croaker). In contrast,
tokobushi abalone, cod, filefish, Korean flounder, and purplish Washington
clam were managed only by FSRP. The catch per unit effort (CPUE) was examined
to evaluate the improvement of depleted stocks.
Results:
Overall, stocks showed expected recovery during FSRP with seasonal closure.
CPUEs of blue crab, octopus, skate ray, and yellow croaker significantly
increased during the period of integrated policy implementation. Stock
reclamation was found higher within the first five years than ten years of
FSRP regime. Blue crab, yellow croaker and skate ray showed similar
fluctuations in the abundance. Only the abundance of cod increased
significantly by FSRP with the year-round open fishery.
Interpretation: Integrated management seemed a suitable
means for marine stock management. Planning for every five-year investigation
to ensure sound ecological interaction of all components will contribute more
to combined management practices.
Key words: Combined, ecosystem, marine policy, seasonal
closure, stock rebuilding
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