Sustainable fisheries & herbivore management

Names and classification

Record type

intervention

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Recorded state

Available, active, proposed or context-dependent

Conservation interventions

Action definition

Maintain fish biomass, spawning capacity and ecological herbivory

Mechanism of action

Harvest rules, area/time measures, gear/size limits, community management and enforcement matched to evidence

Prerequisites

Fishery data; community/cultural participation; enforcement; clear objectives

Implementation context

Nearshore reef fisheries and herbivore guilds

Expected outcomes

Higher biomass/size structure and stronger reef ecological function

Monitoring design

Biomass; size structure; herbivory; CPUE; spawning indicators; compliance

Unintended consequences

Restrictions can affect customary/subsistence users if not co-designed

Implementation limits

Implementation status, cost and efficacy must be tied to a dated place/program record.

Sources and further reading

• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific

Connected Atlas records

• Fishing pressure & herbivore depletion · Threats & Conservation
• Invasive marine algae & other marine invaders · Threats & Conservation