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| Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna | Moderately Productive (2) | The Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna is moderately productive meaning it can sustain a commercial fishery, but at levels far below Eastern Stock. The sustainability of a commercial fishery is contested by some who argue that the stock ought to be listed on CITES. |
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| Gulf of Nicoya fisheries | Very productive (3) | |
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| Galapagos Sea Cucumber | Moderately Productive (2) | Sea cucumber fisheries are popular throughout the Indo-Pacific but are prone to over-exploitation. Coded as moderately productive, as their productivity could be considere higher than turtles or whales which have been coded as poorly prodcutive.
Low sea cucumber densities do not allow for spawning aggregations necessary for high reproductive rates, resulting in low fertilization rates. Breeding success is directly related to densities of adult individuals, and stocks are consistently below legal threshold. (Hearn et al., 2005) |
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| Forests in Indonesia | Very productive (3) | These are moist tropical forests - they are very productive - comparable to Amazon rainforests. |
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| Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna | Moderately Productive (2) | Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna support a fairly large-scale fishery. However, the rate of regeneration is insufficient to cope with modern extraction technologies that have started to lead to declines in resource stocks. |
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| Ozone | Poorly productive (1) | |
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| GBR coral cover | Very productive (3) | |
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| GBR target fish | | |
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| GBR target fish | Moderately Productive (2) | Most species would be moderate to highly productive. However, some can be very slow growing taking years to mature and reproduce hence the evaluation here that the resource is moderately productive. |
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| Walt's forest | | |
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| Patagonian Toothfish | Poorly productive (1) | Toothfish are not a highly productive fish. Like many deep dwelling fish, their life history characteristics make them vulnerable to overexploitation. They grow relatively slowly, live up to 50 years and mature later in life (10-13 years of age for females; 6-10 years for males). There is also evidence that toothfish may not spawn every year, leading to lower overall fecundity (see Collins et al. 2010 and references therein). Many populations are able to support small commercial fisheries (e.g., 1000-3000 tonnes/year), while others were quickly overexploited in the mid 1990s and early 200s from IUU fishing and have yet to recovery (e.g., BANZARE Bank; McKinlay et al. 2008). |
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| NWHI Lobster Fishery | Moderately Productive (2) | Lobsters are usually highly productive creatures, with high output of eggs per female, but it depends on the state of the prey-predator abundance, bank topography, and benthic habitat states of the region (Parrish and Polovina, 1994) |
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| Macquarie Island Royal Penguin | Moderately Productive (2) | The royal penguin has in the past supported a commercial harvest mostly for oil. At its peak approximately 150,000 Royal (and King) penguins were harvested and did not appear to substantially affect stocks. |
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| Wakatobi coral cover | Very productive (3) | Shallow water corals reefs are among the most productive ecosystems of the world |
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| Light Mantled Albatross | Not Applicable | |
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| Wakatobi Green Turtle | Poorly productive (1) | Slow maturing, high infant mortality |
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| Wakatobi fish spawning | Moderately Productive (2) | Lutjanus bohar and Epinephelus fuscoguttatus both have minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years,
Plectropomus areolatus is much less productive with a minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years |
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| Galapagos Green Turtle | Poorly productive (1) | Many eggs lain, however high mortality rate. Also very slow to mature and reproduce. |
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| NWHI Trophic Density | Moderately Productive (2) | Most fish species would be moderate to highly productive. However, some can be very slow growing taking years to mature and reproduce hence the evaluation here that the resource is moderately productive. |
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| Patagonian squid (Loligo gahi) | Very productive (3) | Reproduce twice a year (debated third). Contributes to ecosystem as common prey (consumed by hake, tooth fish, red cod, penguins, marine mammals). Can withstand moderate level of human extraction and use; can be overfished, but also can be harvested at high levels without impeding future generations. Not as high in energy as other fish consumed by predators. |
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| Raja Ampat Reef Fish | Moderately Productive (2) | Most species would be moderate to highly productive. However, some can be very slow growing taking years to mature and reproduce hence the evaluation here that the resource is moderately productive. |
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| King Penguin | Moderately Productive (2) | All populations have been increasing since being overexploited in the 19th and early 20th centuries and most are considered fully recovered and were considered to have recovered fairly quickly once exploitation ceased. Populations at Heard and Kerguelen were slower to recover and are thus still increasing. They have the longest breeding cycle (18 months) of all seabirds (Bost et al. 2013 and references therein). |
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| Raja Ampat Coral Cover | Very productive (3) | Shallow water corals reefs are among the most productive ecosystems of the world |
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| Galapagos Sharks | Poorly productive (1) | Many species are long lived and slow to reproduce |
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| Raja Ampat Green Turtle | Poorly productive (1) | Slow maturing, high infant mortality. |
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| NWHI Green Turtle | Poorly productive (1) | Slow maturing, high infant mortality |
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| California Rocky Shores Ecosystem Health | Very productive (3) | The California rocky shores habitat is one of the most diverse and productive marine ecosystems. More than a thousand species of invertebrates and algae live in Central California’s rocky shores habitats, and many fish, birds, and mammals predate on the species from these habitats (NPS, 2015). |
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| California Humpback Whale | Poorly productive (1) | Humpback whales mate at about 7 years of age. Females are pregnant for about 11 to 12 months and get pregnant approximately every two to four years (NOAA Fisheries, 2015). |
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| California Groundfish Habitat | Moderately Productive (2) | Many groundfish species are very slow growing and take multiple years to mature and reproduce. The kelp forests are very productive, while rocky bottoms are not as productive. |
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| Community D Fish Resources | Moderately Productive (2) | 502 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015) |
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| Community A Fish Resources | Very productive (3) | 575 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015). |
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| Community C Fish Resources | Moderately Productive (2) | 494 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015) |
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| Community B Fish Resources | Very productive (3) | 921 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015). |
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| Svalbard Polar Bear | | The growth of the polar bear populations is relatively slow. On average, female bears in Svalbard do not usually have their first litter until at least 6 years of age, have 1.72 cubs/litter (Derocher 2005), and stay with their cubs for at least a full year (Lono 1970). Cub mortality is estimated at 0.48, which is higher than other polar bear populations (Larsen 1985). There are no reliable population estimates, but Derocher (2005) suggests that changes in age structure, reproductive rates, and body length may be indicators that the population is still recovering from polar bear hunting prior to 1973. |
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| Seaflower coral reefs | Very productive (3) | Corals are broadcast spawners and they produce a large number of larvae. |
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| Seaflower groupers | Missing | |
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| Svalbard Beluga | Poorly productive (1) | Females produce one calf every 2-3 years, and the population may take many years to recover after a disturbance (Kingsley 1998). |
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| Community G Fish Resources | Moderately Productive (2) | 260kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015) |
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| Community F Fish Resources | Moderately Productive (2) | 458 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015) |
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| Community E Fish Resources | Very productive (3) | 1545 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015) |
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| Community H Fish Resources | Very productive (3) | 900 kg/ha. Values above 507kg/ha were classified as very productive; while values below were classified as moderately productive as this represents approximately 50% of unfished levels for average coral reefs (Macneil et al. 2015) |
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| Svalbard Shrimp | Moderately Productive (2) | Shrimp take about 6 years to reach maturity. I have not been able to find specific information thus far about population growth rates. |
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| GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Southern Right Whale | Poorly productive (1) | Southern right whales reach sexual maturity at an average of 7 - 8 years of age. Female whales have a gestation period of ~12 months and on average calve every 3 - 4 years. This triennial calving cycle has resulted in cohort structured breeding groups in Australia, with peaks in abundance of the primary breeding group every 3 years. A difference in the calving dynamics at the Head of Bight aggregation, compared to the rest of the south-west population has been reported, with more 4-year inter-calf intervals and fewer 2-year inter-calf intervals recorded than for the wider population (Bannister et al. 2011).
The recovery and re-occupancy rates for the south-western population is estimated to be increasing at ~7% per annum (Bannister et al. 2011), which is near or at maximum population growth. The most recent estimated mean increase in the number of southern right whales at the Head of Bight aggregation; using cliff-top count data is ~5.5% per annum (Charlton et al. 2014).
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| GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Benthos | Very productive (3) | The life-cycle of poriferans, ascidians and bryozoans, which dominate the biomass of benthic species found in the GABMP, can incorporate phases of both asexual and sexual reproduction. A survey in 2002 established that the macrofaunal communities of the eastern GAB shelf are among the worlds most diverse (with almost 800 invertebrate species being identified from 65 sled tows of 5-minute duration) (Ward et al. 2003). A species accumulation model developed with contemporary grab data suggests that the deep-water infaunal communities of the BPZ slope are more diverse than those found on the shallower waters of the adjacent continental shelf although, infaunal abundance declined with increasing depth (Currie and Sorokin 2011). |
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| GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Southern Bluefin Tuna | Poorly productive (1) | The SBT is long-lived and highly fecund but characteristics such as slow-growth, late onset of sexual maturity (at approximately 11-12 years of age), the presence of a single spawning ground, and highly migratory behaviour (exposing the stock to multiple fishing fleets) make it vulnerable to exploitation and potentially slow to recover from fishing (Collette and Nauen 1983; Pogonoski et al. 2002; BRS 2008; Gunn et al. 2008). |
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| GBR Green Turtle | Poorly productive (1) | Green Turtles are long-lived, slow-growing, and late-maturing. Few offspring survive to adulthood. Therefore, the annual growth rate is slow (3.8-11% per year), and recovery following disturbance may take several decades (Chaloupka et al 2008). |
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| Cenderwasih coral cover | Very productive (3) | Shallow water corals reefs are among the most productive ecosystems of the world |
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| Cenderwasih green turtle | Poorly productive (1) | Slow maturing, high infant mortality |
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| GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Sea Lion | Poorly productive (1) | Lower level of fecundity when compared to annually breeding pinnipeds, such as the conspecific NZ fur seal |
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| Svalbard Kittiwake | Moderately Productive (2) | Generation length: 12.9 years |
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| Cenderwasih target fish | Moderately Productive (2) | Most species would be moderate to highly productive. However, some can be very slow growing taking years to mature and reproduce hence the evaluation here that the resource is moderately productive. |
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| Arrow Squid (Nototodarus spp.) | Very productive (3) | Important distributor of energy throughout system. Reproduces quickly and in large numbers. New Zealand arrow squid one of few species in New Zealand that is considered very high productivity (Operational Guidelines). |
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| California market squid (Loligo opalescens) | Very productive (3) | "Mostly water" according to participants. However, high growth rate, mature early, and reproduce quickly (Jackson and Domeier 2003).
The rapid ‘live-fast, die-young’ strategy of squid appears to be due to a unique combination of features that include: (1) efficient digestion coupled with a protein based metabolism; (2) sustaining continued growth using a combination of an increase in muscle fibre size (hypertrophy) along with continual recruitment of new muscle fibres (hyperplasia); (3) efficient use of oxygen and (4) low levels of antioxidative defence (Jackson and O’Dor 2001). |
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| Mangrove forest in Bragança, Brazil | Very productive (3) | |
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| Lombok aquaculture irrigation canals | Moderately Productive (2) | |
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| Coral reefs, coast and small-island on and surrounding Gili Trawangan, Indonesia | | |
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