risk of extinction of marine fishes christine hung ernest tsui quincy lam
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RISK OF EXTINCTION OF MARINE FISHESCHRISTINE HUNG
ERNEST TSUI
QUINCY LAM
OUTLINE
Causes of extinction risk
Endangered species assessment organizations
Major themes and ideas of the paper
Criteria for extinction
Management/Implementation
Critiques
WHAT IS EXTINCTION?
MAJOR CAUSES OF EXTINCTION: OVEREXPLOITATION Overfishing (Hutchings 2005)
By-catch (Polidoro et al. 2008)
Tourist industry (Taylor et al. 2014)
(IUCN 2008)
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cod/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrotfish
MAJOR CAUSES OF EXTINCTION: HABITAT LOSS/DEGRADATION
Source:http://climate.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/13_newsPage-13.jpg
Natural causes
Human-induced causes
Anthropogenic effects (Dulvy et al. 2003)
Example: Coral reefs faced with “Triple Jeopardy” (Olden et al. 2007)
MINOR THREATS OF EXTINCTION
Invasive species
Climate change
Pollution
Disease
(Dulvy et al. 2003)
LIFE HISTORY & VULNERABILITY Vulnerability to capture
versus vulnerability to overexploitation
Large body size
Small geographical range
Habitat specialization (Dulvy et al. 2003)
(Dulvy et al. 2003)
(Taylor et al. 2014)
COSEWIC – MARINE FISHES SPECIES SPECIALIST SUBCOMMITTEE (SSC)
Legislative mandate to assess risk of extinction status of marine fish species
Use 5 non-mutually exclusive groups of marine fish
1) Anadromous species
2) Elasmosbranchs
3) Species of high maximum age
4) Species of large maximum size
5) Species that have undergone substantial declines
(Powles 2011)
IUCN
(IUCN 2008)
41, 500 terrestrial plants and animals assessed, only 1, 500 marine species
6 major marine species groups assessed Sharks and rays Groupers Reef-building corals Seabirds Marine mammals Marine turtles
(Polidoro et al. 2008)
REYNOLDS ET AL. SUMMARY/REVIEW Current Status
Causes of declines and threatened status
Correlates of vulnerability
Relevance to extinction risk assessment
CURRENT STATUS Only 6% of the world’s fish
have been examined
Logistically difficult to record and maintain detailed information on things that live underwater
Census of marine life project who oversaw some of the most recent biological explorations of the sea discovered around 6000 potential new species in 10 years
(http://www.coml.org)
CURRENT STATUS
(Reynolds et al. 2005)
CAUSES OF CURRENT STATUS Documentation on species deemed threatened are often
lacking
Focus of assessments are biased
Focus is on groups of species that are considered a priori to be under the greatest threat
IUCN focusses on Elasmobranchs, groupers and wrasses
Most assessments occurred near shores
(Reynolds et al. 2005)
DECLINE STATISTICS As of 2001, marine fish has
declined an average of 65%, 29% of that by more than 80%
Estimates of more than 97% of biomass of large fishes (4-66kg) has been removed from the North Sea
(Reynolds et al. 2005)
CAUSE OF DECLINE AND THREATENED STATUS
Many disappearances were not noticed until long after they happened
Most extinctions have been detected retrospectively using indirect methods
Our best population census techniques often have little power (Dulvy et al. 2003)
Major cause of decline is exploitation
Efforts to reduce fishing has not been adequate
(Dinmore et al. 2003)
OVEREXPLOITATION & HABITAT LOSSOverexploitation Perceived as the main cause of declines
A biased viewpoint
Habitat Loss Restricted habitat = restricted population size
Habitat loss from human activities = large impact (Hawkins et al. 2000)
e.g. coral reefs
(Reynolds et al. 2005)
CORRELATES OF VULNERABILITY Dependent on interaction between extrinsic threats and
intrinsic ability of population to adapt to changes
Large bodied fish heavily fished(Jennings et al. 2001)
IMPORTANCE OF LIFE HISTORY
Life history
Growth rateNatural mortality ratesMaximum life spanAge at maturityReproductive output
(Charnov 1993)
LARGE-BODIED FISH
High fecundity
Repeated breeding
Large number of eggs
Reality of Large-Bodied Fish
Age at maturity and adult survival determines growth rate
Low growth rate at small population size
Much lower reproductive rate than expected
(Reynolds et al. 2005)
(Caswell 2001)
LIFE HISTORY
(Reynolds et al. 2005)
RELEVANCE TO EXTINCTION RISK ASSESSMENT
High Fecundity: a changing paradigm
High population fluctuation is not the norm
Current IUCN criteria inefficient (Dulvy et al. in press)
NEW SPECIES ASSESSMENT METHODS
New search parameters:
Body size + Geographic range (Dulvey & Reynolds 2002)
Fuzzy logic computation (Cheung et al. 2005)
New assessment parameters
Life history + IUCN criteria (COSEWIC)Life history dominant (AFS and CITES)
CATEGORIES OF EXTINCTION RISK Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and Evolutionarily
Significant Unit (ESU)
Vulnerable
Threatened
Endangered
Special Concern
Conservation Dependent
(Musick 2011)
(Musick 2011)
MAIN APPROACHES TO MEASURING EXTINCTION RISK
Life Histories and general trends
Time Series
Demographic analysis
(Dulvy et al. 2004)
GENERAL TRENDS Species have been found to have different responses to
extinction risks (Musick 2011)
Extinction risks vary between species groups and among different body sizes (Musick 2011)
Fecundity, water temperature, competition, and habitat vulnerability are some factors that may influence survival rates (Musick 2011)
BIOLOGICAL REFERENCE POINTS (BRP)
Reference points have been developed to find potential risks
Production Models (Dulvy et al. 2004)
Yield Per Recruit (Musick 2011;Dulvy et al. 2004)
Stock-Recruitment (Musick 2011)
Spawning Stock Biomass per recruitment (Musick 2011;Dulvy et al. 2004)
AFS RISK CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SPECIES AT RISK
Identify DPS at risk at an early stage to avoid listing it as threatened or endangered
Reduce the probability of under or overestimating extinction
Use best existing knowledge of stock dynamics and apply them to low populations
Allow experts to discuss about life history and conservation status to reduce risk of extinction
(Musick 2011)
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR EXTINCTION RISK MODELS
Geographical range that should be considered for a unit
Ecological specialization
Minimum viable population size
Comparability of threat criteria
(Dulvy et al. 2004)
EXAMPLE STUDY: CORAL REEFS
Carpenter et al. 2004`s paper “One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts”
Coral Reef Background
Coral Reef Systems contributes to marine biodiversity Facing threats at a global and local scale
SPECIES SPECIFIC RISK 231 coral reef species were listed under threatened
categories in IUCN
40% of the 704 species are reef-restricted 303 of 704 species are highly susceptible to bleaching
Susceptible to general anthropogenic disturbances
(Carpenter et al. 2008)
GENERAL STATE OF CORAL REEF SYSTEM Eastern tropical pacific reef systems affected by warming
effects
Slow recovery in remote regions
1998 Indian Ocean mass bleaching affected coral reef systems and reducing structure
Cascading effect on fish populations
(Carpenter et al. 2008)
CORAL REEF MANAGEMENT AND IMPLICATIONS Possibility of going extinct,
depending on its ability to adapt to climate change (Carpenter et al. 2008)
Funding has been implemented to protect marine areas from overfishing, controlling tourism and coral reef damage but may not be effective in protecting coral reef systems (Goreau et al. 2001)
Need to address root causes of mortality in order for proper protection (Goreau et al. 2001)
Global Scale Management: Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/arms/overview.php
MORE CRITIQUES COSEWIC (Polidoro 2011)
IUCN (Dulvy et al. 2004)
Problems with models? Makes too many assumptions (Dulvy et al. 2004)
Size-based effects on extinction risk may be irrelevant with life histories (Olden et al. 2007)
QUESTIONS?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS1. Even if we gain a greater understanding of marine fish
species, will the ongoing effects of climate change affect our ability to conserve species at risk?
2. How should IUCN better refine their criteria for evaluating marine fish species at risk?
3. What alternatives, beside hatchery stocking, can be implemented towards managing threatened fish species?
4. With the cost and difficulty of conducting identification and stock assessment of fish species, should we continue the same practices, even though we currently don’t have an effective method of conserving threatened species?
5. Once a prominent commercial viable fish has gone extinct, will fisheries begin to decrease exploitation decrease?
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