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- Title
Seasonal variability shapes resilience of small-scale fisheries in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
- Authors
Pellowe, Kara E.; Leslie, Heather M.
- Abstract
Small-scale fisheries are an important source of food and livelihoods to coastal communities around the world. Understanding the seasonality of fisheries catch and composition is crucial to fisheries management, particularly in the context of changing environmental and socioeconomic conditions. While seasonal variability directly impacts the lives of fishers, most fisheries studies focus on longer-term change. Here we examine seasonal variability in the small-scale fisheries of Baja California Sur, Mexico based on 13 years of government fisheries data. We investigate how four fisheries indicators with direct relevance to ecological resilience–magnitude and variance of landed fish biomass, taxon richness and the proportion of top-trophic-level taxa in total catch–vary within and among years and at multiple spatial scales. We find that these resilience indicators vary both seasonally and spatially. These results highlight the value of finer-scale monitoring and management, particularly for data-poor fisheries.
- Subjects
BAJA California Sur (Mexico); MEXICO; SEASONAL physiological variations; FISHERIES; FISHERY management; ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; FISHES
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0182200