Figure 1
Map of the study area.
Table 1
Current status of verified fish spawning aggregation sites in central and southern Quintana Roo.
| Fish Spawning Aggregation Site | Source of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) | Characterization Team and Process | Species documented (reference for visual verification) | Conservation Outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial field investigation | Site Map | UVC | Documented Spawning | Included within Federal MPA (date) | FSA protected within NTZ (date) | |||
| San Juan | Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002 | CS | CS | CS | CS | Epinephelus striatus Mycteroperca bonaci (Franquesa-Rinos and Loreto-Viruel 2006, Fulton et al. 2016) | Y (1986) | Y (2016) |
| Punta Allen | Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002 | CS | CS | CS | CS | Epinephelus striatus (Franquesa-Rinos and Loreto-Viruel 2006, Fulton et al. 2016) | Y (1986) | Y (2016) |
| Punta Herrero | Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002 | CS | CS | CS | CS | Epinephelus striatus Mycteroperca venenosa Lutjanus analis Lutjanus jocu (Fulton et al. 2016) | Y (1986) | Y (2013) |
| Mahahual | Aguilar-Perera 1994, Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002 | WS | WS | WS | WS | Epinephelus striatus (Aguilar-Perera 1994) | N | N |
| Maya Ha | Aguilar-Perera 1994, Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002 | WS* | WS* | WS* | WS* | Mycteroperca bonaci Lutjanus cyanopterus (ASK and COBI 2010, Fulton et al. 2016) | N | N |
| Xcalak | Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002, Medina-Quej et al. 2004 | WS | WS | WS | WS | Epinephelus striatus Mycteroperca tigris Mycteroperca bonaci (Medina-Quej et al. 2004) | Y (2000) | N |
| Banco Chinchorro | Aguilar-Perera 1994, Sosa-Cordero et al. 2002, Castro-Pérez et al. 2011 | WS | CS | CS | CS | Lutjanus analis (Heyman et al. 2014) | Y (1996) | N |
[i] CS: Citizen Science (participatory science involving local fishers, NGOs, and academics). WS: Academics using western science without fisher involvement. WS*: NGO using western science without local fishers.
Figure 2
Location of documented FSA in the Mexican MAR.