Open Collections

UBC Faculty Research and Publications

Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya. Wabnitz, Colette C. C.; Omukoto, Johnstone O.; Daw, Tim; Cheung, William W. L.

Abstract

This volume investigates the consequences from the effective ban of different fishing gears at Nyali-Mombasa, a site on the Kenyan coast. Using ecosystem modelling, it explores different scenarios for evaluating high-level impacts of various intervention or management decisions, as well as the resulting socio-economic consequences on relevant communities. The work has mapped various aspects of the Nyali-Mombasa ecosystem through the creation of a food web model, reproducing and quantifying main energy flows, and holistically investigating dominant food-web dynamics, and the role of fisheries on the system. With the exception of a simple Maputo Bay model (Silva et al. 1993), this research is the first to develop an Ecopath model for a coastal area in East Africa.

Item Metadata

Title
Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya.
Alternate Title
Fisheries Centre research reports, Vol. 28, no. 1
Creator
Wabnitz, Colette C. C.; Omukoto, Johnstone O.; Daw, Tim; Cheung, William W. L.
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Changing Ocean Research Unit
Date Issued
2020
Description
This volume investigates the consequences from the effective ban of different fishing gears at Nyali-Mombasa, a site on the Kenyan coast. Using ecosystem modelling, it explores different scenarios for evaluating high-level impacts of various intervention or management decisions, as well as the resulting socio-economic consequences on relevant communities. The work has mapped various aspects of the Nyali-Mombasa ecosystem through the creation of a food web model, reproducing and quantifying main energy flows, and holistically investigating dominant food-web dynamics, and the role of fisheries on the system. With the exception of a simple Maputo Bay model (Silva et al. 1993), this research is the first to develop an Ecopath model for a coastal area in East Africa.
Geographic Location
Mombasa (Kenya)
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2020-11-25
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0395032
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76579
Affiliation
Science, Faculty of; Non UBC; Oceans and Fisheries, Institute for the
Citation
Wabnitz, Colette C.C., Omukoto, Johnstone O., Daw, Tim, Cheung, William W. L. (2018) Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya. Fisheries Centre Research Report 28 (1): 76 pp
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository
DSpace

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International