Marine Harvest Refugia for West Coast Rockfish

A Workshop


Table of Contents

Table of Contents.....................................................................................................i
Marine Harvest Refugia for West Coast Rockfish: An Introduction to the Workshop
Mary M. Yoklavich...........................................................................................1
The Status of Federally Managed Rockfish on the U.S. West Coast
Stephen Ralston.............................................................................................6
Experimental Rockfish Management and Implications for Rockfish Harvest Refugia
Bruce M. Leaman............................................................................................17
Concepts Relevant to the Design and Evaluation of Fishery Reserves
Mark H. Carr and Peter T. Raimondi......................................................................27
Design Criteria for Rockfish Harvest Refugia from Models of Fish Transport
Joshua Sladek Nowlis and Mary M. Yoklavich.............................................................32
The Influence of Larval Transport and Retention on Recruitment Patternsand the Design of Harvest Refugia for Rockfish
Lance E. Morgan and Louis W. Botsford...................................................................41
Design Principles for Rockfish Reserves on the U.S. West Coast
Richard M. Starr ..........................................................................................50
Monitoring the Response of Rockfishes to Protected Areas
Wayne A. Palsson ..........................................................................................64
The Role of Law Enforcement in the Creation and Management of Marine Reserves
Eugene Proulx...............................................................................................74
Evaluating Marine Harvest Refugia: An Economic Perspecitve
Cynthia Thomson ...........................................................................................78
Marine Harvest Refugia: An International Policy Perspective
Thomas F. Hourigan.........................................................................................84
Marine Reserves: An Environmentalist's Perspective
Rodney Fujita ..............................................................................................86

CASE STUDIES
Marine Reserves: Lessons from Florida
James Bohnsack..............................................................................................89
Stakeholder Group Perceptions of Marine Reserves in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Daniel Suman ..............................................................................................100
Trials and Tribulations of Attempting to Establish an Experimental Deep-Water No-Fishing Zone in a National Marine Sanctuary
Peter J. Auster............................................................................................113
Closed Areas to Manage Rockfishes in the Gulf of Alaska
Sung Kwon Soh, Donald R. Gunderson and Daniel H. Ito.................................................118
The Use of a No-Take Marine Reserve in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska to ProtectEssential Fish Habitat
Victoria O' Connell, W. Waldo Wakefield and H. Gary Greene..........................................125
Restrictions on Rockfish Fishing in Existing California Marine Protected Areas
Deborah McArdle............................................................................................133

WORKING GROUPS
Introduction........................................................................................................137

Working Group Reports:
I.  Fishery Management Considerations ..............................................................................138 II. Science-based Design Considerations.............................................................................143 III.Socio-economic Considerations and Implementation................................................................149

Consolidated Recommendations of the Working Groups...................................................................154

Suggested Research ................................................................................................155


EPILOG

A Call for Change in Managing Our Rockfish Resources
Donald Gunderson............................................................................................156

Rockfish Refugia
Ed Ueber.....................................................................................................157

Appendix 1. Workshop Participants...................................................................................158