Location and species
Method(s) for
collecting LEK
Assumption(s) of LEK
tested using validation
Method(s) for
validating LEK
Outcome
Source
Seychelles
Semi- and
unstructured
interviews. 39
semi-structured
over 10 months,
catch, sizes,
species, habitat,
location,
timing.
Patriarch fi shers
targeted
Eight spawning sites for
several species of
grouper and a rabbitfi sh
Combinations of fi sh
sampling for sizes
and gonad
condition, including
GSI and histology,
and dives at
reported sites at
indicated times and
places
Validation of six out of eight reported sites
and for all species reported except for
E. multinotatus
which may be
overfi shed. Confi rmed P. punctatus,
E. fuscoguttatus, E. polyphekadion
and
Siganus sutor.
Project raised awareness
leading to further work and some
protection
Robinson et al. ( 2004,
2007 )
Puerto Rico,
Caribbean
Interviews locally
and questionnaires circulated
regionally on
status of past
and present
Nassau grouper
aggregations
and populations
That many of the Nassau
grouper aggregations
known historically have
declined
Literature review,
discussions with
local biologists,
visiting reported
sites
Declines confi rmed in many places
quantitatively and qualitatively.
Diffi cult logistically to reach many of
the sites said to be existent. Still
seeking funds to do so, e.g. Bahamas
Sadovy and Eklund
( 1999 )
Table 10.1
(continued)