Journal of Coastal Zone Management

Baha-El-Din S

Publications

• Research Article
  Do Marine Protected Areas in the Red Sea Afford Protection to Megafauna?: A Reassessment Nearly a Decade On
  Author(s): Rouphael AB*, Marshall N, Noor N, El-Gawish S, Baha-El-Din S, Al-Bahry W, Elhalawani S and Abdulla ARouphael AB*, Marshall N, Noor N, El-Gawish S, Baha-El-Din S, Al-Bahry W, Elhalawani S and Abdulla A
  
  Dugongs, sea turtles and sharks are threatened by gill nets worldwide. A Marine Protected Area (MPA) is one potential tool to reduce the impact of humans on these animals. We undertook a face-to-face survey to compare the proportions of fishers inside and outside MPAs who had observed these animals in their nets. We also assessed if the same fishers had collected and eaten turtles eggs. Forty-nine fishers living in Elba or Wadi El Gamal National Parks (NPs), two MPAs in Egypt’s Red Sea, and 23 fishers living outside these MPAs were interviewed. We found similar proportions of fishers using nets irrespective of whether they lived inside or outside the MPAs. But a greater proportion of fishers living outside the MPAs had caught sharks, turtles and dugongs in nets and eaten turtle eggs. Nevertheless, the proportions of fishers living inside the MPAs who had caught sharks (76%), turtle.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2473-3350.1000411

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