| The recent creation of the Réserve Naturelle Marine (Natural Marine Reserve) of La Réunion (RNMR) island in 2007 has provided a legal status to the traditional coastal fisheries and to the spear-fishing operating on the coral reef habitat. This legal frame implies fisheries surveillance and patrolling along with scientific surveys and monitoring, such as the "PechTrad" collaborative project, lead jointly by the RNMR and the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer). Four types of fisheries are allowed with specific regulation on the coral reef ecosystem and are analysed here after a 4-year survey (2008-2011): the beach seine targeting the yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus), the octopus shallow water collecting, the... |
