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Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily)

Year 2014, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, - , 07.07.2014

Vincenzo Maccarrone Gaspare Buffa Vincenzo Di Stefano Francesco Filiciotto Salvatore Mazzola Giuseppa Buscaino

https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19

Abstract

In this study, an economic analysis of the effect of pingers as "anti-depredation" devices on artisanal fisheries and dolphin depredation was performed. By comparing the data of the gross Profit Per Unit Effort (PPUE) over 29 fishing days for two identical nets (900-m long, one was equipped with pingers, and the other did not have pingers), was assessed the following: the different production trends of the nets (Advantage of Production, AP) and the Return Of Investment (ROI) for the purchase of the pingers. Considering the difference in the PPUE values of the two nets, the frequency of the dolphin interaction, and the effort of fishing activities, was assessed the one-year economic losses (ED) due to dolphin depredation. Moreover, was assessed the economic damage caused by the destroyed area of the nets. The AP over 29 fishing days for the use of the pinger net with respect to the control net is 25.7 Euros for each 50 m of net. The ROI for the initial investment of the pingers (4 pinger = 800 Euro) is 50 fishing days, and the ED is 1400 Euros. The damages suffered by the control and the pinger nets were 33 m2 (90 Euros) and 22 m2 (91 Euros), respectively. The analysis of the results demonstrates that the critical factors that determine the success of the pinger technology could be represented by the return of investment (ROI) and the use of the economic incentives provided by the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

Keywords

Dolphin bottom gill nets profit per unit effort advantage of production return of investment

References

  • Barlow, J. and Cameron, G.A. 2003. Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 19: 265-283. doi: 10.1111/j.1748762003.tb01119.x
  • Bearzi, G., Bonizzoni, S. and Gonzalvo, J. 2011. Dolphins and coastal fisheries within a marine protected area: mismatch between dolphin occurrence and reported depredation. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21(3): 261-67. doi: 1002/aqc.1179
  • Brotons, J.M. and Grau, A.M. 2008a. Estimating the impact of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 24(1): 112-127. doi: 10.1111/j.1748762007.00164.x
  • Brotons, J.M., Munilla, Z., Grau, M.A. and Rendell, L. 2008b Do pingers reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and nets around the Balearic Islands? Endangered Species Research, 5: 301-308. doi: 3354/esr00104.
  • Brotons, J.M., Grau, A.M. and Rendell, L. 2008c Estimating the impact of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 24: 112−127. doi: 1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00164.x
  • Buscaino, G., Buffa Sarà, G., Bellante, A., Tonello Jr., A.J., SlivaHardt, F.A., Cremer, M.J., Bonanno, A., Cuttitta, A. and Mazzola, S. 2009. Pinger affects fish catch efficiency and damage to bottom gill nets related to bottlenose dolphins. Fish Sci., 75: 537-544. doi: 1007/s12562-009-0059-3
  • Buscaino, G., Filiciotto, F., Buffa, G., Bellante, A., Di Stefano, V., Assenza, A., Fazio, F., Caola, G. and Mazzola, S. 2010 Impact of acoustic stimulus on the motility and same blood parameters in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) and gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.). Marine Environmental Research, 69: 136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.09.004
  • Buscaino, G., Alonge, G., Filiciotto, F., Maccarrone, V., Buffa, G., Di Stefano, V., Patti, B., Buscaino, C., D’Angelo, S. and Mazzola, S. 2012. The underwater acoustic activities of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(3): 1792-1798. doi: 1121/1.4742744
  • Carlström, J., Berggren, P., Dinnétz, F. and Börjesson, P. 2002 A field experiment using acoustic alarms (pingers) to reduce Harbour porpoise bycatch in bottom-set gillnets. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 59: 816-824. doi: 1006/jmsc.2002.1214
  • Celi, M., Filiciotto, F., Parrinello, D., Buscaino, G., Damiano, A., Cuttitta, A., D'Angelo, S., Mazzola, S. and Vazzana, M. 2013. Physiological and agonistic behavioural response of Procambarus clarkii to an acoustic stimulus. J. Exp. Biol., 216: 709-718. doi: 1242/jeb.078865
  • Cox, T.M., Read, A.J., Solow, A. and Tregenza, N. 2001. Will harbour porpoises (Phocoenaphocoena) habituate to pingers? J. Cetacean Res. Manag., 3: 81-86.
  • Dawsons, S.M., Read, A. and Slooten, E. 1998. Pingers, porpoises and power. Uncertainties with using pingers to reduce by catch of small cetaceans. Biology Conservation, 84: 141-146. doi: 10.1016/S00063207(97)00127-4
  • EUCR. 2004. No 812/2004 of 26.4.2004, Laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries and amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98.
  • Gazo, M. Gonzalvo, J. and Aguilar, A. 2008. Pingers as deterrents of bottlenose dolphins interacting with trammel nets. Fisheries Research, 92: 70-75. doi: 1016/j.fishres.2007.12.016
  • Gönener, S. and Özdemir, S. 2012. Investigation of the Interaction Between Bottom Gillnet Fishery (Sinop, Black Sea) and Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Terms of Economy. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 12: 115-126. doi: 4194/1303-2712-v12_1_14
  • ISMEA. 2005 Fisheries and Aquaculture spinner et., Roma. Istituto di servizi per il mercato agricolo e alimentare (in Italian)
  • ISMEA. 2006. The fisheries sector in Italy and in the world recent trends. FilieraPesca e Acquacoltura. Istituto di servizi per il mercato agricolo e alimentare, Roma. (in Italian)
  • IUCN. 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, www.iucnredlist.org. “Accessed 11 February 2013”.
  • Lauriano, G., Fortuna, C.M., Moltedo, G. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2004. Interactions between common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and the artisanal fishery in Asinara Island National Park (Sardinia): assessment of catch damage and economic loss. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 6 (2): 165-173
  • Leeney, R.H., Berrow, S., McGrath, D., O’Brien, J., Cosgrove, R. and Godley, B.J. 2007. Effects of pingers on the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc., 87: 129-133. doi: 1017/S0025315407054677
  • Monteiro-Neto, C., Ávila, F.J.C., Alves-Jr, T.T., Araşjo, D.S., Campos, A.A., Martins, A.M.A., Parente, C.L., Manuel, A., Furtado-Neto, R. and Lien, J. 2004. Behavioral responses of Sotalia fluviatilis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) to acoustic pingers, Fortaleza, Brazil. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 20: 145-151. doi: 10.1111/j.1748762004.tb01145.x
  • Morton, A.B. and Symonds, H.K.2002. Displacement of Orcinus orca by high amplitude sound in British Columbia, Canada. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 59: 71- 80. doi:1006/jmsc.2001.113
  • Northridge, S.P. 1984. World review of interactions between marine mammals and fisheries. FAO Fish Tech Pap 251. FAO, Rome, 6pp.
  • Reeves, R.R., Read, A.J. and di Sciara, G.N. 2001. Report of the workshop on interaction between dolphin and fisheries in the Mediterranean: evaluation of mitigation alternatives. ICRAM, Rome.
  • Taylor, V.J., Johnston, D.W. and Verboom, W.C. 1997. Acoustic harassment device (AHD) use in the aquaculture industry and implications for marine mammals. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 19: 267-275. doi: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.06.015
  • Waples, D.M., Thorne, L.H., Hodge, L.E.W., Burke, E.K., Urian, K. and Read, A.J. 2013. A field test of acoustic deterrent devices used to reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and a coastal gillnet fishery. Biological Conservation, 157: 163-171. doi: 1016/j.biocon.2012.07.012
  • Slabbekoorn, H., Bouton, N., Van Opzeeland, I., Coers, A., Cate, C. and Popper, A.N.A. 2010. Noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish Trends. Ecology and Evolution, 25: 419-427. doi: 1016/j.tree.2010.04.005
  • Zollet, E.A., Read, A.J. 2006. Depredation of catch by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) troll fishery. Fish. Bull., 104: 343-349.

Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily)

Year 2014, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, - , 07.07.2014

Vincenzo Maccarrone Gaspare Buffa Vincenzo Di Stefano Francesco Filiciotto Salvatore Mazzola Giuseppa Buscaino

https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19

Abstract

In this study, an economic analysis of the effect of pingers as "anti-depredation" devices on artisanal fisheries and dolphin depredation was performed. By comparing the data of the gross Profit Per Unit Effort (PPUE) over 29 fishing days for two identical nets (900-m long, one was equipped with pingers, and the other did not have pingers), was assessed the following: the different production trends of the nets (Advantage of Production, AP) and the Return Of Investment (ROI) for the purchase of the pingers. Considering the difference in the PPUE values of the two nets, the frequency of the dolphin interaction, and the effort of fishing activities, was assessed the one-year economic losses (ED) due to dolphin depredation. Moreover, was assessed the economic damage caused by the destroyed area of the nets. The AP over 29 fishing days for the use of the pinger net with respect to the control net is 25.7 Euros for each 50 m of net. The ROI for the initial investment of the pingers (4 pinger = 800 Euro) is 50 fishing days, and the ED is 1400 Euros. The damages suffered by the control and the pinger nets were 33 m2 (90 Euros) and 22 m2 (91 Euros), respectively. The analysis of the results demonstrates that the critical factors that determine the success of the pinger technology could be represented by the return of investment (ROI) and the use of the economic incentives provided by the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

Keywords

Dolphin bottom gill nets profit per unit effort advantage of production return of investment

References

  • Barlow, J. and Cameron, G.A. 2003. Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 19: 265-283. doi: 10.1111/j.1748762003.tb01119.x
  • Bearzi, G., Bonizzoni, S. and Gonzalvo, J. 2011. Dolphins and coastal fisheries within a marine protected area: mismatch between dolphin occurrence and reported depredation. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21(3): 261-67. doi: 1002/aqc.1179
  • Brotons, J.M. and Grau, A.M. 2008a. Estimating the impact of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 24(1): 112-127. doi: 10.1111/j.1748762007.00164.x
  • Brotons, J.M., Munilla, Z., Grau, M.A. and Rendell, L. 2008b Do pingers reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and nets around the Balearic Islands? Endangered Species Research, 5: 301-308. doi: 3354/esr00104.
  • Brotons, J.M., Grau, A.M. and Rendell, L. 2008c Estimating the impact of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 24: 112−127. doi: 1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00164.x
  • Buscaino, G., Buffa Sarà, G., Bellante, A., Tonello Jr., A.J., SlivaHardt, F.A., Cremer, M.J., Bonanno, A., Cuttitta, A. and Mazzola, S. 2009. Pinger affects fish catch efficiency and damage to bottom gill nets related to bottlenose dolphins. Fish Sci., 75: 537-544. doi: 1007/s12562-009-0059-3
  • Buscaino, G., Filiciotto, F., Buffa, G., Bellante, A., Di Stefano, V., Assenza, A., Fazio, F., Caola, G. and Mazzola, S. 2010 Impact of acoustic stimulus on the motility and same blood parameters in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) and gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.). Marine Environmental Research, 69: 136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.09.004
  • Buscaino, G., Alonge, G., Filiciotto, F., Maccarrone, V., Buffa, G., Di Stefano, V., Patti, B., Buscaino, C., D’Angelo, S. and Mazzola, S. 2012. The underwater acoustic activities of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(3): 1792-1798. doi: 1121/1.4742744
  • Carlström, J., Berggren, P., Dinnétz, F. and Börjesson, P. 2002 A field experiment using acoustic alarms (pingers) to reduce Harbour porpoise bycatch in bottom-set gillnets. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 59: 816-824. doi: 1006/jmsc.2002.1214
  • Celi, M., Filiciotto, F., Parrinello, D., Buscaino, G., Damiano, A., Cuttitta, A., D'Angelo, S., Mazzola, S. and Vazzana, M. 2013. Physiological and agonistic behavioural response of Procambarus clarkii to an acoustic stimulus. J. Exp. Biol., 216: 709-718. doi: 1242/jeb.078865
  • Cox, T.M., Read, A.J., Solow, A. and Tregenza, N. 2001. Will harbour porpoises (Phocoenaphocoena) habituate to pingers? J. Cetacean Res. Manag., 3: 81-86.
  • Dawsons, S.M., Read, A. and Slooten, E. 1998. Pingers, porpoises and power. Uncertainties with using pingers to reduce by catch of small cetaceans. Biology Conservation, 84: 141-146. doi: 10.1016/S00063207(97)00127-4
  • EUCR. 2004. No 812/2004 of 26.4.2004, Laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries and amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98.
  • Gazo, M. Gonzalvo, J. and Aguilar, A. 2008. Pingers as deterrents of bottlenose dolphins interacting with trammel nets. Fisheries Research, 92: 70-75. doi: 1016/j.fishres.2007.12.016
  • Gönener, S. and Özdemir, S. 2012. Investigation of the Interaction Between Bottom Gillnet Fishery (Sinop, Black Sea) and Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Terms of Economy. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 12: 115-126. doi: 4194/1303-2712-v12_1_14
  • ISMEA. 2005 Fisheries and Aquaculture spinner et., Roma. Istituto di servizi per il mercato agricolo e alimentare (in Italian)
  • ISMEA. 2006. The fisheries sector in Italy and in the world recent trends. FilieraPesca e Acquacoltura. Istituto di servizi per il mercato agricolo e alimentare, Roma. (in Italian)
  • IUCN. 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, www.iucnredlist.org. “Accessed 11 February 2013”.
  • Lauriano, G., Fortuna, C.M., Moltedo, G. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2004. Interactions between common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and the artisanal fishery in Asinara Island National Park (Sardinia): assessment of catch damage and economic loss. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 6 (2): 165-173
  • Leeney, R.H., Berrow, S., McGrath, D., O’Brien, J., Cosgrove, R. and Godley, B.J. 2007. Effects of pingers on the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc., 87: 129-133. doi: 1017/S0025315407054677
  • Monteiro-Neto, C., Ávila, F.J.C., Alves-Jr, T.T., Araşjo, D.S., Campos, A.A., Martins, A.M.A., Parente, C.L., Manuel, A., Furtado-Neto, R. and Lien, J. 2004. Behavioral responses of Sotalia fluviatilis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) to acoustic pingers, Fortaleza, Brazil. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 20: 145-151. doi: 10.1111/j.1748762004.tb01145.x
  • Morton, A.B. and Symonds, H.K.2002. Displacement of Orcinus orca by high amplitude sound in British Columbia, Canada. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 59: 71- 80. doi:1006/jmsc.2001.113
  • Northridge, S.P. 1984. World review of interactions between marine mammals and fisheries. FAO Fish Tech Pap 251. FAO, Rome, 6pp.
  • Reeves, R.R., Read, A.J. and di Sciara, G.N. 2001. Report of the workshop on interaction between dolphin and fisheries in the Mediterranean: evaluation of mitigation alternatives. ICRAM, Rome.
  • Taylor, V.J., Johnston, D.W. and Verboom, W.C. 1997. Acoustic harassment device (AHD) use in the aquaculture industry and implications for marine mammals. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 19: 267-275. doi: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.06.015
  • Waples, D.M., Thorne, L.H., Hodge, L.E.W., Burke, E.K., Urian, K. and Read, A.J. 2013. A field test of acoustic deterrent devices used to reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and a coastal gillnet fishery. Biological Conservation, 157: 163-171. doi: 1016/j.biocon.2012.07.012
  • Slabbekoorn, H., Bouton, N., Van Opzeeland, I., Coers, A., Cate, C. and Popper, A.N.A. 2010. Noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish Trends. Ecology and Evolution, 25: 419-427. doi: 1016/j.tree.2010.04.005
  • Zollet, E.A., Read, A.J. 2006. Depredation of catch by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) troll fishery. Fish. Bull., 104: 343-349.
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Vincenzo Maccarrone This is me

Gaspare Buffa This is me

Vincenzo Di Stefano This is me

Francesco Filiciotto This is me

Salvatore Mazzola This is me

Giuseppa Buscaino This is me

Publication Date July 7, 2014
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APA Maccarrone, V., Buffa, G., Stefano, V. D., Filiciotto, F., et al. (2014). Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19
AMA Maccarrone V, Buffa G, Stefano VD, Filiciotto F, Mazzola S, Buscaino G. Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. February 2014;14(1). doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19
Chicago Maccarrone, Vincenzo, Gaspare Buffa, Vincenzo Di Stefano, Francesco Filiciotto, Salvatore Mazzola, and Giuseppa Buscaino. “Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily)”. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 14, no. 1 (February 2014). https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19.
EndNote Maccarrone V, Buffa G, Stefano VD, Filiciotto F, Mazzola S, Buscaino G (February 1, 2014) Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 14 1
IEEE V. Maccarrone, G. Buffa, V. D. Stefano, F. Filiciotto, S. Mazzola, and G. Buscaino, “Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily)”, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 14, no. 1, 2014, doi: 10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19.
ISNAD Maccarrone, Vincenzo et al. “Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily)”. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 14/1 (February 2014). https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19.
JAMA Maccarrone V, Buffa G, Stefano VD, Filiciotto F, Mazzola S, Buscaino G. Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2014;14. doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19.
MLA Maccarrone, Vincenzo et al. “Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily)”. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 14, no. 1, 2014, doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_19.
Vancouver Maccarrone V, Buffa G, Stefano VD, Filiciotto F, Mazzola S, Buscaino G. Economic Assessment of Dolphin Depredation Damages and Pinger Use in Artisanal Fisheries in the Archipelago of Egadi Islands (Sicily). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2014;14(1).