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Citing AMPED

David M. Kaplan — 2009-06-11T12:24:18Z

Publications and project output should cite in the acknowledgements the AMPED project and the ANR. Typical citations in English and French might look like:

Ce travail a bénéficié d'une aide du projet AMPED (www.amped.ird.fr), financé par l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) dans le cadre du programme SYSTERRA, portant la référence ANR-08-STRA-03.

This work was supported by the AMPED project (www.amped.ird.fr) through a grant from the French National Research Agency (ANR), Systerra Programme, grant number ANR-08-STRA-03.

AMPED Logo

David M. Kaplan — 2009-05-19T08:17:43Z

Below the AMPED logo is available in a variety of formats and resolutions. To save a local copy of one of the AMPED logos, use right-click or apple-click (Mac) on one of the images and select "Save image as...". If you require a transparent background, use the PNG image format. For print documents, use the EPS format images available at the very bottom of this page.


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AMPED Proposal Text

David M. Kaplan — 2009-01-26T11:05:03Z

A link to the full text of the AMPED project proposal is below.

The contents of the proposal may not be reused without prior consent of the project participants.


AMPED Project Proposal.pdf

Participating Institutions

David M. Kaplan — 2009-01-21T10:10:17Z

The project is a collaboration including approximately 20 researchers from 5 principal institutions:

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de Recherche Halieutique (CRH), Sète, France
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (Ifremer), Centre de Recherche Halieutique (CRH), Sète, France
Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique (CDMO), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa
Marine and Coastal Management (MCM), Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Cape Town, South Africa

For a detailed list of project participants see Project Team.


Centre de Droit Maritime et Oceanique


Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, SA

Geographic Locations

David M. Kaplan — 2009-01-19T16:03:50Z

The project includes work in 3 principal geographic locations : Gulf of Lions (GL), Mediterranean; South Africa (SA); Indian Ocean (IO).

Funding

David M. Kaplan — 2009-01-19T15:34:58Z

The project is funded by the French Agence National de Recherche (ANR - project number ANR-08-STRA-03) through the Systerra 2008 call for proposals. It began January 2009 and is funded for 4 years with a total budget of 984,000€. The project has also been labeled by the Pôle Mer PACA (Pôle de Competivité).

Work Packages and Structure

David M. Kaplan — 2009-01-19T15:29:56Z

In addition to organizational and synthesis Work Packages (WP0 & WP5, respectively), this project consists of four central Work Packages (WP) associated with the four central themes of this project: (1) targeted empirical studies to enhance our understanding of the spatial and ecosystem dynamics of marine populations, (2) compilation, integration and synthesis of existing data on the spatial distribution of fish habitats, trophic interactions, movement behavior and life histories, (3) development and application of a variety of modeling approaches to the dynamics of mobile species and the fisheries that depend on them in the presence of an MPA network, and (4) examination of the implications for governance of implementing larger MPAs for mobile species in national and international waters. These WP are further divided into individual “tasks” corresponding to specific goals or milestones towards completion of that WP.

Organigramme of the Project

The image below provides an overview of the WP and the individual tasks in each. In the organigramme, note that GL stands for Gulf of Lions (Mediterranean), SA for South Africa and IO for the Indian Ocean. Click on the image to see the full-sized version that is easier to read.

Overview

2009-01-16T13:06:02Z

Marine Protected Areas (MPA) are rapidly developing into an important part of the management of fish stocks and the protection of marine biodiversity because of their potential to protect entire functioning ecosystems and improve fishery harvests. Historically, MPA have been directed towards the protection of coastal marine species with a sedentary adult phase because individuals remain inside reserves and are protected from anthropogenic disturbances. Nevertheless, the politics and science of MPA are moving beyond these limits, and there is increasing interest in and pressure for the use of marine reserves as part of the management and conservation strategy for mobile demersal and pelagic species. These species and their ecosystems present special biological, economic and governance challenges for the use of MPA. Because mobile species are likely to move out of reserves, it is widely expected that MPA will offer less protection and benefits to these species. However, the life histories of mobile marine species are often complex, involving a variety of migratory behavior patterns. This spatio-temporal complexity offers the hope that reserves that protect particular life-history phases or critical habitats along migratory routes will offer benefits to these species. Nevertheless, the negative consequences of fishing effort displacement may outweigh protection benefits if fishing mortality increases outside of reserves.

In the absence of scientific study of how the complex spatial dynamics of mobile marine species affects MPA functioning, there is a great risk that ineffective management decisions will be taken based on existing knowledge relating to sedentary species and/or terrestrial management. This project addresses this urgent need through a comprehensive examination of the problem from a variety of complimentary angles, including (i) the collection of basic empirical data needed to understand the movement and interactions of fish species, (ii) the development and use of several spatially-explicit MPA models, including individually-based, single-species, ecosystem and bio-economic approaches, to test competing strategies (MPA and other forms of management) against a variety of fish life-history types, and (iii) the examination of the governance implications of large scale marine reserves in national and international waters. We apply these methods in three different systems, the Gulf of Lions, South Africa and the Indian Ocean, that contain high-value and/or important by-catch species with different movement behavior. All three areas have expressed a strong interest in pursuing a science-based examination of the potential effects of MPA. Through this comprehensive study, we aim to provide the information that management authorities need now while the topic of MPA for demersal and pelagic species is relatively young and critical decisions have yet to be made.