Assessing spillover from Marine Protected Areas and its drivers: a meta-analytical approach

Manfredi Di Lorenzo (1, 2) , Paolo Guidetti (3, 1) , Antonio Di Franco (3, 1) , Antonio Calò (3, 4, 1) , Joachim Claudet (5, 6)

1 CoNISma - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare [Rome, Italie]
2 IRBIM - Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnology
3 ECOSEAS - Ecology and Conservation Science for Sustainable Seas
4 DiSTeM - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare [Palermo]
5 CRIOBE - Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement
6 LabEX CORAIL - Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL

The ocean offers vital ecosystem services to mankind. However, human activities, especially overfishing, may seriously impact fish populations and ecosystems. Fully protected areas (FPAs) are an effective tool for biodiversity conservation and can sustain local fisheries via spillover, i.e. the export of juvenile and adult individuals from FPAs outwards. Yet, whether or not spillover is a general phenomenon following the establishment and effective management of an FPA is still controversial. Here, we developed a meta-analysis of a unique global database covering 23 FPAs in

Mots clés: Coastal; coral reefs; temperate reef; fully protected areas; no-take zone; marine reserve; fish; small-scale fisheries

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Biodiversité et Ecologie

Manfredi Di Lorenzo, Paolo Guidetti, Antonio Di Franco, Antonio Calò, Joachim Claudet. Assessing spillover from Marine Protected Areas and its drivers: a meta-analytical approach. Fish and Fisheries, 2020, 21 (5), pp.906-915. ⟨10.1111/faf.12469⟩. ⟨hal-03034329⟩