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Sintura Arango, Juliana and Ferrero Ronquillo, Alex and Soltau Ospina, Juan Manuel and León Rincón, Hermann and Chadid, Alexandra and Bolaños, Nacor and Rojas, Anthony. (2020). The Seaflower Scientific Expeditions as a strategy for the monitoring and appropriate management of fishing resources. Integrated Optic-Acoustic Studies of Reef Fish: Report of the 2018 GCFI Field Study and Workshop. p. 48.

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Abstract

The Seaflower Scientific Expedition is the most ambitious program of the Colombian Government to increase research and improve the concept of ecosystem integrity in the largest marine Biosphere Reserve in the Colombian Caribbean, Seaflower. These expeditions, planned annually until 2023, are a product of multiple stakeholders’ collaborative work to generate systematic investigation in the 180000 km2 of the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Department Archipelago. Using the best technology available in the country and involving scientists from different marine science branches, the Seaflower Scientific Expedition has been carried out since 2014, in which more than 20 scientists are working on projects related to fish ecology, diversity and management. Additionally, other fishing resources such as the queen conch (Lobatus gigas) and the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), characterized for being among the most important resources in the Archipelago, have been monitored in the Island Cays of Roncador, Quitasueño, Serrana, Serranilla, Providencia and San Andrés. All these efforts are focused on contributing to the management and sustainable development that promotes the UNESCO “Man and Biosphere” program, which recognized Seaflower as a Biosphere Reserve in 2000. The Seaflower Expeditions are the best example of science cooperation, because it brings together different kind of institutions and organizations with one purpose: understand the Colombian sea and its insular systems with a holistic view, for its appropriate management to successfully meet the World Sustainable Development Goals.

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-209. November 2020
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Expedición científica. Biosfera. Programa de investigación. Recursos pesqueros
Geographical coverage :	Colombia. San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina
Depositing User:	Dirección General Marítima
Official URL:	https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/content/tech-memo/integr...

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