The National Park Veracruz Reef System was declared a marine protected area by the Mexican government in 1992. It contains 23 reefs presenting different degrees of environmental deterioration mainly due to the influence from nearby rivers, its proximity to the port city of Veracruz-Boca del Río and the currents patterns....
It is generally assumed that multi-species fleets operate in a generalist
fashion, given diversity of gears employed. An analysis of gears, species
and spatial fishing effort allocation can give an indication if those patters
are indeed common in these types of fleets. In this paper we examine the
fishing operations...