<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Marine Protected Areas and other managed marine sites are designated to improve the status of coastal fish assemblages and protect valuable habitats. The implementation of management practices relies on data collected through monitoring activities. The monitoring of fish assemblages using the standard non-destructive methods requires significant financial resources and time. A new approach to monitoring fish assemblages in the coastal waters was recently implemented in the Mediterranean – Fish Assemblage Survey Technique (FAST). It is based on Citizen Science where trained volunteer divers collect the data following a pre-established protocol. Considering the differences in species presence/absence and their sizes between the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, a modification of the method was necessary. This study presents 23 main fish species and four ‘<italic>joker</italic>’ species selected for the Croatian FAST list and their respective sizes that will be considered Large (>2/3 of the total size) for implementing the method in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea.</p></abstract>

Marine Protected Areas and other managed marine sites are designated to improve the status of coastal fish assemblages and protect valuable habitats. The implementation of management practices relies on data collected through monitoring activities. The monitoring of fish assemblages using the standard non-destructive methods requires significant financial resources and time. A new approach to monitoring fish assemblages in the coastal waters was recently implemented in the Mediterranean – Fish Assemblage Survey Technique (FAST). It is based on Citizen Science where trained volunteer divers collect the data following a pre-established protocol. Considering the differences in species presence/absence and their sizes between the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, a modification of the method was necessary. This study presents 23 main fish species and four ‘joker’ species selected for the Croatian FAST list and their respective sizes that will be considered Large (>2/3 of the total size) for implementing the method in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea.

Fast, Not Furious - Adaptation of the Species List and Fish Size Classes for Fish Assemblage Survey Technique (FAST) for the Adriatic Sea

Department of Ecology, Agronomy and Aquaculture

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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Marine Protected Areas and other managed marine sites are designated to improve the status of coastal fish assemblages and protect valuable habitats. The...

Fast, Not Furious - Adaptation of the Species List and Fish Size Classes for Fish Assemblage Survey Technique (FAST) for the Adriatic Sea

Published Online: Dec 12, 2020

Page range: 195 - 202

Received: Sep 28, 2020

Accepted: Oct 17, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2020-0019

Keywords
Adriatic Sea, Citizen Science, FAST - Fish Assemblage Survey Technique, Monitoring, Underwater Visual Census

© 2020 Ivana Zubak Čižmek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fast, Not Furious - Adaptation of the Species List and Fish Size Classes for Fish Assemblage Survey Technique (FAST) for the Adriatic Sea

Published Online: Dec 12, 2020

Page range: 195 - 202

Received: Sep 28, 2020

Accepted: Oct 17, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2020-0019

KeywordsAdriatic Sea, Citizen Science, FAST - Fish Assemblage Survey Technique, Monitoring, Underwater Visual Census

© 2020 Ivana Zubak Čižmek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Adriatic Sea, Citizen Science, FAST - Fish Assemblage Survey Technique, Monitoring, Underwater Visual Census