Coral reef fishing and coral-algal phase shifts: Implications for global reef status

• Main Authors: McManus, John W., Meñez, Lambert A.B., Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen N., Vergara, Sheila G., Lagman, Ma. Carmen A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2000
• Subjects: Coral reef fisheries; Coral declines; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7689
• Institution: De La Salle University

Coral reef fisheries support tens of millions of people, mostly in developing countries. Fishing on reefs can be classified into three stages: manageable, ecosystem-overfished, and Malthusian-overfished. Fishing with blasting devices and poisons is often associated with the third stage. Reductions i...