Fabian Kyne
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
University of the West Indies
2020-2024
A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed declines 60 to 73% for five common individual were not detected at 34 47% surveyed reefs. As become more shark-depleted, rays begin dominate Shark-dominated assemblages persist wealthy nations with strong governance highly protected areas, whereas poverty, weak governance,...
The intersection of potential global targets and commitments for ocean conservation with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has resulted an opportunity to rethink future marine area-based tools, particularly protected conserved areas (MPCAs).As MPCAs continue provide essential ecological, social economic services, current approaches establishing managing these require understanding factors that drive pressures they face.We briefly review their status pre-pandemic overview impacts informed...
Proximity and size of the nearest market ('market gravity') have been shown to strong negative effects on coral reef fish communities that can be mitigated by establishment closed areas. However, moray eels are functionally unique predators generally not subject targeted fishing should therefore directly affected these factors. We used baited remote underwater video systems investigate associations between morays anthropogenic, habitat, ecological factors in Caribbean region. Market gravity...