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Reef Resilience Summary Report Reef Resilience Summary Report Table of Contents Toolkit Review & Updates ............................................................................................................. 2 Case Studies .................................................................................................................................... 2 Article Summaries .......................................................................................................................... 3 Newsletter ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Webinars ....................................................................................................................................... 37 Network Forum ............................................................................................................................. 38 Online Course ............................................................................................................................... 39 Learning Exchanges & Workshops .............................................................................................. 40 This report was supported by The Nature Conservancy under cooperative agreement award #NA13NOS4820145 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA, the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, or the U.S. Department of Commerce. Introduction The Reef Resilience Network—bringing together managers from around the world to share ideas, experiences, and expertise—strengthens members’ ability to effectively manage coral reefs threatened by warming seas, bleaching, pollution, and overfishing. To achieve this, we: Synthesize and share the latest science and management strategies to keep busy managers inspired and in-the-know Connect managers and experts to share resources and lessons learned that inform and improve management decisions and inspire greater collaborations Provide training and seed funding to launch necessary education, monitoring, and threat abatement projects This report summarizes the activities of the Network during a 2-year partnership (2013-2015) between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. Toolkit Review & Updates To make sure busy resource managers have access to the latest coral reef and reef fishery science and management strategies—and are challenged and inspired by new ideas—the Reef Resilience Online Toolkit puts relevant, reliable information at their fingertips. Created and updated by global experts in coral reefs, fisheries, and climate change, the toolkit features: Synthesized information on science and management tools and techniques Easily searchable summaries of journal articles about reef resilience science Case studies highlighting successful management strategies After the successful launch of the revised toolkit in Dec. 2013, we worked to solicit feedback and modify the site as needed to better meet the needs of managers. We determined that there was a need to expand and update the Monitoring and Assessment section, with a focus on the pages on resilience assessments and analysis of resilience data; and adding pages on Selecting Indicators and Analyzing Relative Resilience. Jeff Maynard was contracted to further develop this section and the new content was added. In Year 2, we reviewed and updated the remaining Toolkit sections: Reefs & Resilience, Stressors, Management Strategies, Resilient MPA Design, and Communication. The Toolkit continues to receive a high number of hits with an average of 13,724 unique visitors per month. We also distributed the toolkit content through local partners and TNC field offices as requested. Case Studies The Reef Resilience Toolkit features case studies highlighting successful management strategies from 30 countries and territories around the world. Over the two years, 20 new case studies were added to the Toolkit. Each case study is tagged by key topic and location to make it easily searchable. These case studies were written using a new template to better highlight specific strategies for managers that can be replicated between sites. The new case studies are: Social Marketing Campaign Engages Madagascar Fishing Villages in Sustainable Fishing Practices, Andavadoaka Coast, Madagascar Protecting Reef Grazers to Enable Coral Reef Recovery: An Innovative Coral Reef Management Approach in Belize 1 Boosting Marine Conservation Efforts Through Family Planning, Andavadoaka, Madagascar Farmers of the Sea – Sea Cucumber Farming as an Alternative to Fishing in Madagascar Pro-active Approach by the Bonaire National Marine Park to Combat the Invasion of the Indo-Pacific Lionfish Partnering to Manage Lionfish in the Bay Islands, Honduras Assessing the Relative Resilience of the Coral Reefs of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Field-based Assessments of Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands The Establishment of Man of Shoals Marine Park in Sint Maarten, Caribbean Managing Communication to Mitigate Potential Damage of Coral Reef Bleaching in the Tioman Islands, Malaysia Monitoring Coral Reef Communities in Hawai‘i’s First Herbivore Protection Area Detection of a Coral Disease Outbreak in Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi and Lessons for the Future A Well-Developed Community-Based Marine Protected Area Proves Resilient to a Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Outbreak, Micronesia Patrolling Paradise: The Evolution of Enforcement in the Galapagos Reforming Palau’s Data-Poor Reef Fisheries through Community-Based Approaches Shared Benefits of Protecting Fish Spawning Aggregations Leads to Cooperative Management, Papua New Guinea Reef Responsible Sustainable Seafood Initiative – A Market-Driven Approach to a Sustainable Seafood Industry in the U.S. Virgin Islands The U.S. Virgin Islands BleachWatch Program US Virgin Islands Climate Change Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Guidance: Promoting Resilient Coastal and Marine Communities How do we use our Marine Space? Mapping Human Uses of the East End Marine Park Article Summaries The Reef Resilience Toolkit features article summaries and links to recent scientific publications to provide synthesized information on science and management tools and techniques for managers. Articles are easily searchable by key topic and location on the Toolkit. Over the past two years we completed summaries of 52 articles: Author Date Title Source Cinner J.E., C. Huchery, E.S. 2013 Evaluating Social and PLoS ONE 8(9): e74321. Darling, A.T. Humphries, N.A.J. Ecological Vulnerability of doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074321 Graham, C.C. Hicks, N. Marshall, Coral Reef Fisheries to and T.R. McClanahan Climate Change Mcleod, E. K.R.N. Anthony, A. 2013 Preparing to manage coral reefs Frontiers in Ecology and the Andersson, R. Beeden, Y. Golbuu, for ocean acidification: lessons Environment 11:20-27. J. Kleypas, K. Kroeker, D. from coral bleaching doi:10.1890/110240 Manzello, R.V. Salm, H. Schuttenberg, and J.E. Smith Rossiter, J.S. and A. Levine 2013 What makes a “successful” Marine Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10. marine protected area? The 1016/j.marpol.2013. 08.022 unique context of Hawaii′s fish replenishment areas 2 Author Date Title Source Weeks, R. and S.D. Jupiter 2013 Adaptive co-management of a Conservation Biology 00(0): 1–11. marine protected area network in doi: 10.1111/cobi.12153 Fiji Edwards C.B., A.M Friedlander, 2013 Global assessment of the status Proc R Soc B 280: 20131835. A.G. Green, M.J. Hardt, E. Sala, of coral reef herbivorous fishes: http://dx.doi.org/10. H.P. Sweatman, I.D. Williams, B. evidence for fishing effects 1098/rspb.2013.1835 Zgliczynski, S.A. Sandin, and J.E. Smith Graham, N.A.J., D.R. Bellwood, 2013 Managing resilience to reverse Front Ecol Environ. J.E. Cinner, T.P. Hughes, A.V. phase shifts in coral reefs doi:10.1890/120305 Norström, and M. Nyström Cohen, P.J. and T.J. Alexander 2013 Catch Rates, Composition and PLoS ONE 8(9): e73383. Fish Size from Reefs Managed doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073383 with Periodically- Harvested Closures Gurney, G.G., J. Melbourne- 2013 Modelling Coral Reef Futures to PLoS ONE 8(11): e80137. Thomas, R.C. Geronimo, P.M. Inform Management: Can doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080137 Alino, and C.R. Johnson Reducing Local-Scale Stressors Conserve Reefs under Climate Change? Van Hooidonk, R., J.A. Maynard, 2013 Opposite latitudinal gradients in Global Change Biology. doi: D. Manzello, and S. Planes projected ocean acidification 10.1111/gcb.12394 and bleaching impacts on coral reefs Alemu I, J. B. and Y. Clement 2014 Mass Coral Bleaching in 2010 in PLoS ONE 9(1): e83829. the Southern Caribbean doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083829 Ruppert, J.L.W., M.J. Travers, L.L. 2013 Caught in the Middle: PLoS ONE 8(9): e74648. Smith, M-J Fortin, and M.G. Combined Impacts of Shark doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074648. Meekan Removal and Coral Loss on the Fish Communities of Coral Reefs Heenan, A. and I.D. Williams 2013 Monitoring Herbivorous Fishes PLoS ONE 8(11): e79604. as Indicators of Coral Reef doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079604 Resilience in American Samoa 2014 Global Conservation Outcomes Edgar, G.J., R.D. Stuart-Smith, Nature 506: 216–220. T.J. Willis, S. Kininmonth, S.C. Depend on Marine Protected doi:10.1038/nature13022 Baker, S. Banks, N.S. Barrett, Areas
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