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Coastal fish assemblages and Marine Protected Areas keys for interpreting patterns at 5 Italian MPA

TitleCoastal fish assemblages and Marine Protected Areas keys for interpreting patterns at 5 Italian MPA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsGuidetti P, Cattaneo-Vietti R, Tunesi L, Molinari A, Bussotti S
JournalBiol Mar Medit
KeywordsAdriatic Sea, assemblage, assessment, Cinque Terre, comparison, effectiveness, fish, fish assemblage, fishery, fishery impact, habitat, impact, island, Italy, Ligurian Sea, marine protected area, Mediterranean sea, no-take area, population, Porto Cesareo, Portofino, protected area, protection, protection effectiveness, scale, Torre Guaceto, Tremiti, western Mediterranean, zoning
Abstract

The assessment of fish assemblages at 5 Italian MPAs and adjacent fished areas provided evidence of clear differences attribuate to protection only at Torre Guaceto. At Porto Cesareo, the formal no-take zone is different, but due to the indirect effects of the destructive date-mussel fishery, whereas at the Tremiti Islands the difference is due to the pelicular features of the no-take zone. At Cinque Terre and Portofino the scanty differences are mostly attribuable to the recent protection. Actual and not only formal protection, MPA zoning / position and life-history traits of the studied species should be considered to properly evaluate effectiveness of MPAs.
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