Abstract
Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. However, this information is lacking at a global scale. Here we show, using a big-data approach that combines satellite-tracked movements of pelagic sharks and global fishing fleets, that 24% of the mean monthly space used by sharks falls under the footprint of pelagic longline fisheries. Space-use hotspots of commercially valuable sharks and of internationally protected species had the highest overlap with longlines (up to 76% and 64%, respectively), and were also associated with significant increases in fishing effort. We conclude that pelagic sharks have limited spatial refuge from current levels of fishing effort in marine areas beyond national jurisdictions (the high seas). Our results demonstrate an urgent need for conservation and management measures at high-seas hotspots of shark space use, and highlight the potential of simultaneous satellite surveillance of megafauna and fishers as a tool for near-real-time, dynamic management.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 461-466 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 572 |
| Issue number | 7770 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 22 2019 |
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Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. / Queiroz, Nuno; Humphries, Nicolas E.; Couto, Ana; Vedor, Marisa; da Costa, Ivo; Sequeira, Ana M.M.; Mucientes, Gonzalo; Santos, António M.; Abascal, Francisco J.; Abercrombie, Debra L.; Abrantes, Katya; Acuña-Marrero, David; Afonso, André S.; Afonso, Pedro; Anders, Darrell; Araujo, Gonzalo; Arauz, Randall; Bach, Pascal; Barnett, Adam; Bernal, Diego; Berumen, Michael L.; Bessudo Lion, Sandra; Bezerra, Natalia P.A.; Blaison, Antonin V.; Block, Barbara A.; Bond, Mark E.; Bonfil, Ramón; Bradford, Russell W.; Braun, Camrin D.; Brooks, Edward J.; Brooks, Annabelle; Brown, Judith; Bruce, Barry D.; Byrne, Michael E.; Campana, Steven E.; Carlisle, Aaron B.; Chapman, Demian D.; Chapple, Taylor K.; Chisholm, John; Clarke, Christopher R.; Clua, Eric G.; Cochran, Jesse E.M.; Crochelet, Estelle C.; Dagorn, Laurent; Daly, Ryan; Cortés, Daniel Devia; Doyle, Thomas K.; Drew, Michael; Duffy, Clinton A.J.; Erikson, Thor; Espinoza, Eduardo; Ferreira, Luciana C.; Ferretti, Francesco; Filmalter, John D.; Fischer, G. Chris; Fitzpatrick, Richard; Fontes, Jorge; Forget, Fabien; Fowler, Mark; Francis, Malcolm P.; Gallagher, Austin J.; Gennari, Enrico; Goldsworthy, Simon D.; Gollock, Matthew J.; Green, Jonathan R.; Gustafson, Johan A.; Guttridge, Tristan L.; Guzman, Hector M.; Hammerschlag, Neil; Harman, Luke; Hazin, Fábio H.V.; Heard, Matthew; Hearn, Alex R.; Holdsworth, John C.; Holmes, Bonnie J.; Howey, Lucy A.; Hoyos, Mauricio; Hueter, Robert E.; Hussey, Nigel E.; Huveneers, Charlie; Irion, Dylan T.; Jacoby, David M.P.; Jewell, Oliver J.D.; Johnson, Ryan; Jordan, Lance K.B.; Jorgensen, Salvador J.; Joyce, Warren; Keating Daly, Clare A.; Ketchum, James T.; Klimley, A. Peter; Kock, Alison A.; Koen, Pieter; Ladino, Felipe; Lana, Fernanda O.; Lea, James S.E.; Llewellyn, Fiona; Lyon, Warrick S.; MacDonnell, Anna; Macena, Bruno C.L.; Marshall, Heather; McAllister, Jaime D.; McAuley, Rory; Meÿer, Michael A.; Morris, John J.; Nelson, Emily R.; Papastamatiou, Yannis P.; Patterson, Toby A.; Peñaherrera-Palma, Cesar; Pepperell, Julian G.; Pierce, Simon J.; Poisson, Francois; Quintero, Lina Maria; Richardson, Andrew J.; Rogers, Paul J.; Rohner, Christoph A.; Rowat, David R.L.; Samoilys, Melita; Semmens, Jayson M.; Sheaves, Marcus; Shillinger, George; Shivji, Mahmood; Singh, Sarika; Skomal, Gregory B.; Smale, Malcolm J.; Snyders, Laurenne B.; Soler, German; Soria, Marc; Stehfest, Kilian M.; Stevens, John D.; Thorrold, Simon R.; Tolotti, Mariana T.; Towner, Alison; Travassos, Paulo; Tyminski, John P.; Vandeperre, Frederic; Vaudo, Jeremy J.; Watanabe, Yuuki Y.; Weber, Sam B.; Wetherbee, Bradley M.; White, Timothy D.; Williams, Sean; Zárate, Patricia M.; Harcourt, Robert; Hays, Graeme C.; Meekan, Mark G.; Thums, Michele; Irigoien, Xabier; Eguiluz, Victor M.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Sousa, Lara L.; Simpson, Samantha J.; Southall, Emily J.; Sims, David W.
In: Nature, Vol. 572, No. 7770, 22.08.2019, p. 461-466.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
AU - Queiroz, Nuno
AU - Humphries, Nicolas E.
AU - Couto, Ana
AU - Vedor, Marisa
AU - da Costa, Ivo
AU - Sequeira, Ana M.M.
AU - Mucientes, Gonzalo
AU - Santos, António M.
AU - Abascal, Francisco J.
AU - Abercrombie, Debra L.
AU - Abrantes, Katya
AU - Acuña-Marrero, David
AU - Afonso, André S.
AU - Afonso, Pedro
AU - Anders, Darrell
AU - Araujo, Gonzalo
AU - Arauz, Randall
AU - Bach, Pascal
AU - Barnett, Adam
AU - Bernal, Diego
AU - Berumen, Michael L.
AU - Bessudo Lion, Sandra
AU - Bezerra, Natalia P.A.
AU - Blaison, Antonin V.
AU - Block, Barbara A.
AU - Bond, Mark E.
AU - Bonfil, Ramón
AU - Bradford, Russell W.
AU - Braun, Camrin D.
AU - Brooks, Edward J.
AU - Brooks, Annabelle
AU - Brown, Judith
AU - Bruce, Barry D.
AU - Byrne, Michael E.
AU - Campana, Steven E.
AU - Carlisle, Aaron B.
AU - Chapman, Demian D.
AU - Chapple, Taylor K.
AU - Chisholm, John
AU - Clarke, Christopher R.
AU - Clua, Eric G.
AU - Cochran, Jesse E.M.
AU - Crochelet, Estelle C.
AU - Dagorn, Laurent
AU - Daly, Ryan
AU - Cortés, Daniel Devia
AU - Doyle, Thomas K.
AU - Drew, Michael
AU - Duffy, Clinton A.J.
AU - Erikson, Thor
AU - Espinoza, Eduardo
AU - Ferreira, Luciana C.
AU - Ferretti, Francesco
AU - Filmalter, John D.
AU - Fischer, G. Chris
AU - Fitzpatrick, Richard
AU - Fontes, Jorge
AU - Forget, Fabien
AU - Fowler, Mark
AU - Francis, Malcolm P.
AU - Gallagher, Austin J.
AU - Gennari, Enrico
AU - Goldsworthy, Simon D.
AU - Gollock, Matthew J.
AU - Green, Jonathan R.
AU - Gustafson, Johan A.
AU - Guttridge, Tristan L.
AU - Guzman, Hector M.
AU - Hammerschlag, Neil
AU - Harman, Luke
AU - Hazin, Fábio H.V.
AU - Heard, Matthew
AU - Hearn, Alex R.
AU - Holdsworth, John C.
AU - Holmes, Bonnie J.
AU - Howey, Lucy A.
AU - Hoyos, Mauricio
AU - Hueter, Robert E.
AU - Hussey, Nigel E.
AU - Huveneers, Charlie
AU - Irion, Dylan T.
AU - Jacoby, David M.P.
AU - Jewell, Oliver J.D.
AU - Johnson, Ryan
AU - Jordan, Lance K.B.
AU - Jorgensen, Salvador J.
AU - Joyce, Warren
AU - Keating Daly, Clare A.
AU - Ketchum, James T.
AU - Klimley, A. Peter
AU - Kock, Alison A.
AU - Koen, Pieter
AU - Ladino, Felipe
AU - Lana, Fernanda O.
AU - Lea, James S.E.
AU - Llewellyn, Fiona
AU - Lyon, Warrick S.
AU - MacDonnell, Anna
AU - Macena, Bruno C.L.
AU - Marshall, Heather
AU - McAllister, Jaime D.
AU - McAuley, Rory
AU - Meÿer, Michael A.
AU - Morris, John J.
AU - Nelson, Emily R.
AU - Papastamatiou, Yannis P.
AU - Patterson, Toby A.
AU - Peñaherrera-Palma, Cesar
AU - Pepperell, Julian G.
AU - Pierce, Simon J.
AU - Poisson, Francois
AU - Quintero, Lina Maria
AU - Richardson, Andrew J.
AU - Rogers, Paul J.
AU - Rohner, Christoph A.
AU - Rowat, David R.L.
AU - Samoilys, Melita
AU - Semmens, Jayson M.
AU - Sheaves, Marcus
AU - Shillinger, George
AU - Shivji, Mahmood
AU - Singh, Sarika
AU - Skomal, Gregory B.
AU - Smale, Malcolm J.
AU - Snyders, Laurenne B.
AU - Soler, German
AU - Soria, Marc
AU - Stehfest, Kilian M.
AU - Stevens, John D.
AU - Thorrold, Simon R.
AU - Tolotti, Mariana T.
AU - Towner, Alison
AU - Travassos, Paulo
AU - Tyminski, John P.
AU - Vandeperre, Frederic
AU - Vaudo, Jeremy J.
AU - Watanabe, Yuuki Y.
AU - Weber, Sam B.
AU - Wetherbee, Bradley M.
AU - White, Timothy D.
AU - Williams, Sean
AU - Zárate, Patricia M.
AU - Harcourt, Robert
AU - Hays, Graeme C.
AU - Meekan, Mark G.
AU - Thums, Michele
AU - Irigoien, Xabier
AU - Eguiluz, Victor M.
AU - Duarte, Carlos M.
AU - Sousa, Lara L.
AU - Simpson, Samantha J.
AU - Southall, Emily J.
AU - Sims, David W.
N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgements We thank all who were involved in fieldwork and data collection (full details are given in the Supplementary Information). Data analysis was funded in part by the Marine Biological Association (MBA) and the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (NE/R00997X/1) (to D.W.S.) with additional research support from the Save Our Seas Foundation and the NERC Oceans 2025 Strategic Research Programme, in which D.W.S. was a principal investigator. D.W.S. was supported by an MBA Senior Research Fellowship, N.Q. by European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) via the Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (COMPETE), National Funds via Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) under PTDC/MAR/100345/2008 and COMPETE FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-010580 (to N.Q. and D.W.S.), and Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020) under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in project MarInfo (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000031). Additional support was provided by an FCT Investigator Fellowship IF/01611/2013 (N.Q.), FCT Doctoral Fellowship PD/ BD/52603/2014 (M.V.), PTDC/MAR-BIO/4458/2012, Xunta de Galicia - Isabel Barreto Program 2009-2012 (G.M.), Australian Research Council (ARC) grant DE170100841 and operational funds from the Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS) (both to A.M.M.S.). We thank Stanford University, the Tagging of Pacific Predators programme and Global Fishing Watch for making data freely available. We thank M. Dando for creating the shark images. This research contributes to the Global Shark Movement Project (GSMP). Publisher Copyright: © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2019/8/22
Y1 - 2019/8/22
N2 - Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. However, this information is lacking at a global scale. Here we show, using a big-data approach that combines satellite-tracked movements of pelagic sharks and global fishing fleets, that 24% of the mean monthly space used by sharks falls under the footprint of pelagic longline fisheries. Space-use hotspots of commercially valuable sharks and of internationally protected species had the highest overlap with longlines (up to 76% and 64%, respectively), and were also associated with significant increases in fishing effort. We conclude that pelagic sharks have limited spatial refuge from current levels of fishing effort in marine areas beyond national jurisdictions (the high seas). Our results demonstrate an urgent need for conservation and management measures at high-seas hotspots of shark space use, and highlight the potential of simultaneous satellite surveillance of megafauna and fishers as a tool for near-real-time, dynamic management.
AB - Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. However, this information is lacking at a global scale. Here we show, using a big-data approach that combines satellite-tracked movements of pelagic sharks and global fishing fleets, that 24% of the mean monthly space used by sharks falls under the footprint of pelagic longline fisheries. Space-use hotspots of commercially valuable sharks and of internationally protected species had the highest overlap with longlines (up to 76% and 64%, respectively), and were also associated with significant increases in fishing effort. We conclude that pelagic sharks have limited spatial refuge from current levels of fishing effort in marine areas beyond national jurisdictions (the high seas). Our results demonstrate an urgent need for conservation and management measures at high-seas hotspots of shark space use, and highlight the potential of simultaneous satellite surveillance of megafauna and fishers as a tool for near-real-time, dynamic management.
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