PUBLICATIONS
Community-based methods for resource management are embedded in Pacific Island traditional practices. These have worked for centuries however the growing threat of climate change and overfishing caused by rapidly expanding human populations has eroded the effectiveness of traditional ways. This marine monitoring toolkit was developed in partnership between C2O Pacific, C2O Consulting, Oceanswatch and communities of North Efate, Vanuatu. Its development was driven by the needs of communities and the passion of local ‘Marine Champions’ and represents a toolkit with “fit-for-purpose” approaches to coastal resource management.
The toolkit approaches are based on accepted scientific methods and published information while also being simplified for ongoing use by trained Pacific village community members. At the request of local communities the toolkit provides simple data collection methods for a range of local issues with modules on Reef health, Fish catch surveys, Intertidal invertebrates, Seagrass habitats, Mangrove habitats and Crown-of-thorns starfish. The methods are unique in that results are instant and directly inform local management decision-making using local cyclone warning colour codes (a.k.a. traffic light system). The toolkit is ready-made to be adapted to any region in the Pacific with the support of qualified trainers. Contact us through this website for more information and of you are interested in training for your local communities.
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit: Vanuatu.
JE Johnson, DJ Welch, E Hooper, B Moore, G Edney and J Waterhouse
Prepared under the Restoration of Ecosystem Services and Adaptation to Climate Change (RESCCUE) Vanuatu project for the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia (104pp).
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List of Publications
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit: A locally-developed toolkit to inform community-based management of marine resources in Vanuatu.
Johnson, J.E., Welch, D.J., Hooper, E., Moore, B., Edney, G., Waterhouse, J. and Kaltavara, J.
2018
SPC Fisheries Newsletter, 155:2. The Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia.
Community-based sustainable development through coastal fisheries and financial inclusion in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea: Project evaluation.
Starling, G., Johnson, J. and Welch, D.J.
2018
Report prepared for WWF Australia, MCC Environmental, Perth, Australia, 96p.
Climate change adaptation: Vulnerability and challenges facing small-scale fisheries in small islands
Johnson JE, Monnereau I, Welch DJ, McConney P, Szuster B, Gasalla MA
2018
FishAdapt Conference Proceedings, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings, Rome, FAO.
Effects of Climate Change on Fish and Shellfish Relevant to Pacific Islands, and the Coastal Fisheries they Support
Johnson, J., Bertram, I., Chin, A, Moore, B.R., Pratchett, M, Welch, D.J., Williams, A., Bell, J. and Govan, H.
2018
PACIFIC MARINE CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT CARD Science Review 2018: pp 74-98
Stock structure of Lethrinus laticaudis (Lethrinidae) across northern Australia determined using genetics, otolith microchemistry and parasite assemblage composition.
Barton Diane P., Taillebois Laura, Taylor Jonathan, Crook David A., Saunders Thor, Hearnden Mark, Greig Alan, Welch David J., Newman Stephen J., Travers Michael J., Saunders Richard J., Errity Chris, Maher Safia, Dudgeon Christine, Ovenden Jennifer
2018
Marine and Freshwater Research, 69(4) 487-501
Empowering communities to adapt to climate change: Monitoring marine ecosystems using a locally developed method to inform community-based management.
Hooper, E., Johnson, J.E., Welch, D., Edney, G., Waterhouse, J.
2018
Poster presented at the Pacific Oceans Pacific Climate conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Strong population structure deduced from genetics, otolith chemistry and parasite abundances explains vulnerability to localized fishery collapse in a large Sciaenid fish, Protonibea diacanthus
Taillebois, Laura, Barton, Diane P., Crook, David A., Saunders, Thor, Taylor, Jonathan, Hearnden, Mark, Saunders, Richard J., Newman, Stephen J., Travers, Michael J., Welch, David J., Greig, Alan, Dudgeon, Christine, Maher, Safia and Ovenden, Jennifer R.
2017
Evolutionary Applications, 10: 978-993
Effects of climate change on coral grouper (Plectropomus spp.) and possible adaptation options
Pratchett, M.S., Cameron, D.S., Donelson, J., Evans. L., Frisch, A., Hobday, A.J., Hoey, A.S., Marshall, N.A., Messmer, V., Munday, P.L., Pears, R., Pecl, G., Reynolds, A., Scott, M., Tobin, A., Tobin, R., Welch, D.J. and Williamson, D.H.
2017
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 27(2): 297-316.
Optimising the management of tropical reef fish through the development of Indigenous scientific capability.
Saunders, T., Barton, D., Crook, D., Ovenden, J., Newman, S.J., Saunders, R., Taillebois, L., Taylor, J., Travers, M.J., Dudgeon, C., Maher, S. and Welch, D.J.
2017
Darwin, Northern Territory, Fishery Report No. 117.
Characterization, development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers in three commercially exploited reef fish and their application for stock identification
Taillebois L, Dudgeon C, Maher S, Crook DA, Saunders TM, Barton DP, Taylor JA, Welch DJ, Newman Sj, Travers MJ, Saunders RJ and Ovenden J
2016
PeerJ 4 (2016): e2418
Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays: A 2015-2025 Strategy
Brautigam A, Callow M, Campbell IR, Camhi MD, Cornish AS, Dulvy NK, Fordham SV, Fowler SL, Hood AR, McClennen C, Reuter EL, Sant G, Simpfendorfer CA and Welch DJ
2015
Strategy document prepared for The Global Sharks and Rays Initiative (GSRI)
Integrating different approaches in the definition of biological stocks: a northern Australian multi-jurisdictional fisheries example using grey mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus
Welch DJ, Newman SJ, Buckworth RC, Ovenden JR, Broderick D, Lester RJG, Gribble NA, Ballagh AC, Charters RA, Stapley J, Street R, Garrett RN and Begg GA
2015
Marine Policy 55 (2015) 73-80
Implications of climate change impacts on fisheries resources of northern Australia / Part 1: Vulnerability assessment and adaptation options
Welch DJ, Saunders T, Robins J, Harry A, Johnson J, Maynard J, Saunders R, Pecl G, Sawynok B and Tobin A
2014
Report prepared for the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
Comparative biology of tropical Lethrinus species (Lethrinidae): challenges for multi-species management
Currey LM, Williams AJ, Mapstone BD, Davies CR, Carlos G, Welch DJ, Simpfendorfer CA, Ballagh AC, Penny AL, Grandcourt EM, Mapleston A, Wiebkin AS and Bean K
2013
Journal of Fish Biology 82 (2013) 764-788
Climate change and recreational fishing: implications of climate change for recreational fishers and the recreational fishing industry
Creighton C, Sawynok B, Sutton S, D'Silva D, Stagles I, Pam C, Saunders R, Welch D, Grixti D and Spooner D
2013
Report prepared for the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
Spatial variation in life history reveals insight into connectivity and geographic population structure of a tropical estuarine teleost: king threadfin, Polydactylus macrochir
Moore BR, Simpfendorfer CA, Newman SJ, Stapley JM, Allsop Q, Sellin MJ and Welch DJ
2012
Fisheries Research 125-126 (2012) 214-224
Comparison of the reproductive ecology of two sympatric blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus and Carcharhinus tilstoni ) off north-eastern Australia with species identification inferred from vertebral counts
Harry AV, Morgan JAT, Ovenden JR, Tobin AJ, Welch DJ and Simpfendorfer CA
2012
Journal of Fish Biology 81 (2012) 1225-1233
Negligible evidence for regional genetic population structure for two shark species Rhizoprionodon acutus (Ru¨ ppell, 1837) and Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) with contrasting biology
Ovenden RJ, Morgan JAT, Street R, Tobin A, Simpfendorfer C, Macbeth W and Welch D
2011
Marine Biology 158 (2011) 1497-1509
Detection of interspecies hybridisation in Chondrichthyes: hybrids and hybrid offspring between Australian (Carcharhinus tilstoni) and common (C. limbatus) blacktip shark found in an Australian fishery
Morgan JAT, Harry AV, Welch DJ, Street R, White J, Geraghty PT, Macbeth WG, Tobin A, Simpfendorfer CA and Ovenden JR
2011
Conservation Genetics 13 (2011) 455-463
A mitochondrial species identification assay for Australian blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus tilstoni, C. limbatus and C. amblyrhynchoides) using real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis
Morgan JAT, Welch DJ, Harry AV, Street R, Broderick D and Ovenden JR
2011
Molecular Ecology Resources 11 (2011) 813-819
Adapting to change: minimising uncertainty about the effects of rapidly changing environmental conditions on the Queensland Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery
Tobin A, Schlaff A, Tobin R, Penny A, Ayling T, Ayling A, Krause B, Welch D, Sutton S, Sawynok B, Marshall N, Marshall P and Maynard J
2010
Report prepared for the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
Assessing the effects of line capture and barotrauma relief procedures on post-release survival of key tropical reef fish species in Australia using recreational tagging clubs
Sumpton WD, Brown IW, Mayer DG, McLennan MF, Mapleston A, Butcher AR, Welch DJ, Kirkwood JM, Sawynok B and Begg GA
2010
Fisheries Management & Ecology 17 (2010) 77-88
Variation in stable isotope (δ18O and δ13C) signatures in the sagittal otolith carbonate of king threadfin, Polydactylus macrochir across northern Australia reveals multifaceted stock structure
Newman SJ, Allsop A, Ballagh AC, Garrett RN, Gribble N, Meeuwig JJ, Mitsopoulos GEA, Moore BR, Pember MB, Rome BM, Saunders T, Skepper CL, Stapley JM, van Herwerden L and Welch DJ
2010
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 396 (2010) 53-60
Stock structure of grey mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus (Pisces: Scombridae) across northern Australia, based on otolith stable isotope chemistry
Newman SJ, Wright IW, Rome BM, Mackie MC, Lewis PD, Buckworth RC, Ballagh AC, Garrett RN, Stapley J, Broderick D, Ovenden JR and Welch DJ
2010
Environmental Biology of Fishes 89 (2010) 357-367
