DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15846816
title: Data for "Assessing the effectiveness of no-take zones on fish populations in the Marine Natural Park of Cap Corse and Agriate, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea"

description: Assessing the effectiveness of no-take zones on fish populations in the Marine Natural Park of Cap Corse and Agriate

General Information




This repository containts the raw UCV data presented and used in the publication "Assessing the effectiveness of no-take zones on fish populations in the Marine Natural Park of Cap Corse and Agriate, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea", as well as all code to reproduce the results and figures.


Authors: Lucie Vanalderweireldt, Robin Bauknecht, Jessica Garcia, Manon Fournier, Christelle Paillon, Antoine Brias, Nicolas Tomasi, Anthony Caro, and Eric D. H. Durieux


Correspondance: Lucie Vanalderweireldt, lucie.vanalderweireldt@usys.ethz.ch

Eric D. H. Durieux, durieux@univ-corse.fr


Link to publication: PASTE ONCE PUBLISHED


 



Description of UVC data


The files "DataDentex_all.csv", "DataEpinephelus_all.csv", "DataSciaena_all.csv" contain the raw data

aquired during the UVC for the three species examined.


Column descriptions:

- Mission: describes the UVC protocol used for the transect, "MOPAMFISH" corresponds to the Cross, and "PNMCCA" to the Comb protocol

- Saison: describes the season in which the transect was examined, "Automne" stands for autumn, "Ete" for summer

- Site_transect: describes the transect site, values A1-A4, N1-N4, and C1-C6 correspond to the values as given in the overview table (table 1) in the paper

- Localisation: describes the overarching location, values are "Agriate", "Canelle", and "Nonza"

- Date: describes the day of survey

- Temporalite: is value stating season and year in combined form. "aut" classifies autumn, "ete" classifies summer, and the numbers the year of conduction

- Time_Of_Day: the time of the survey

- Protection_Status: the protection status of the site which can be "Cantonnement" which stands for the no-take zone, and "Hors_cantonnement" which is non-protected

- Transect_Number: numbers of the individual transects replicates for each site

- Species: the species examined

- Area_m2: the area in m2 covered for the transect

- classe10_15 until classe_sup_75: describing the individuals observed in each of the size classes. classe10_15 for example describes individuals from 10cm-15cm length. classe_sup_75 is the largest class considered at >75cm

- Sum: is the sum of individuals observed at the transect


 



Acknowledgments


We would like to thank the Natural Marine Park of Cape Corsica and Agriate (MNP CCA) for granting us the opportunity to conduct this study within the protected areas and for all the field assistance throughout the project. We also would like to thank the Regional Marine Fishers Committee of Corsica for granting the authorization to conduct the survey in the Nonza No Take Zone. Finally, we sincerely thank all the scientific scuba divers involved in the survey from the University of Corsica - Stella Mare marine platform and from the MNP CCA diving service.


 



Funding
This research was funded by the Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, the Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli (UCPP) through the MoPaMFish project (Monitoring of Patrimonial Mediterranean Fishes), and the French Inter-Regional Direction of the Mediterranean Sea (DIRM) under Convention No. 2021-DIRM-MICO-01. Additionally, this study was part of the MoonFish project (Modelisation tools for sustainable management of fisheries resources in Corsica), which received support from the Corsica Region Collectivité Territoriale de Corse (CdC) under the European PO-FEDER 2014–2021 funding framework. The MoonFish project was a collaborative effort involving the University of Corsica/CNRS (project lead), the Environment Office of Corsica (OEC), STARESO, and CRPMEM. The funding from DIRM specifically supported monitoring activities in the Natural Marine Park (Parc Naturel Marin), with additional contributions from the French Ministry of the Sea. We acknowledge their support, as well as the efforts of the ministry at that time, which facilitated the establishment of the necessary agreements.