Volume 67
Effects of Habitat Complexity on Reef Fish Assemblages associated with northwest Gulf of Mexico Banks
Authors
Langland, T, and J.Cowen, Jr. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2014
Pages: 378 - 379
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty seven Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Christ Church
Country: Barbados
Abstract
The northwest Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) shelf-edge reefs and banks support a wide variety of reef-dependent and reef-associated fish species, many of which are important to commercial and recreation fisheries in the Gulf region. Effective fishery management is necessary to protect these resources and ensure long-term productivity. A paradigm shift in recent years has seen management procedures transition from single-species based approaches to ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM), essentially reversing the order of traditional management priorities to focus on the ecosystem rather than the target species (Pikitch et al. 2004).