Tamara Figueredo Martín

• Master of Science
• Consultant at Avalon/Marlin

Navigating Our Way reflects the broader insights and diverse voices revolutionizing marine conservation. This volume brings together an array of scholars, practitioners, and experts from multiple fields, creating a network of trans-disciplinary and multi-cultural perspectives to address the complex problems in marine conservation. Larry B. Crowder,...

Resumen Los peces loro (Teleostei: Scaridae) como Scarus guacamaia, S. coelestinus y S. coeruleus, se encuentran en peligro de extinción debido a la sobrepesca. Estos peces herbívoros son controladores de las macroalgas y claves para la resiliencia arrecifal. El objetivo de esta investigación fue describir la conducta alimentaria de S. coelestinus...

The smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata is listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. A greater focus on the status of sawfish globally, including Cuba, is yielding much needed information on the status of this species. Interviews were conducted in 2011, 2019, and 2022 (n = 473) with coastal community me...

Marine protected areas (MPAs) can allow some fish populations to rebuild within their borders in areas impacted by overfishing, but the effectiveness of reserves is highly dependent on how effectively fishing mortality is controlled, which in turn depends on the level of fishery management implementation. In Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen MPA, the lar...

Coral reefs are extremely important for nature and humans. However, public and decision makers are often unaware of their importance, in part because their true value is hard to assess and seldom presented in an easily understood way. Jardines de la Reina and Punta Francés are among the most iconic coral reefs and national parks in Cuba. Their cora...

Many species of sharks and their relatives show a strong affinity to coral reefs and add high value to reef fisheries and tourism. Despite the economic and ecological importance of these elasmobranchs to reef systems, a recent study found no sharks on almost 20% of surveyed coral reefs around the world. In this chapter, we review relevant informati...

Iconic species related to coral reefs like sharks, large fishes and marine turtles are increasingly valuable for dive-based tourism. This also applies to recreational fisheries of tarpon, bonefish and permit. Jardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP) in South Central Cuba is well known worldwide because of its high-quality diving and fly fishing ex...

Herbivory is an essential ecological process on coral reefs because it balances competition among benthic organisms such as corals and macroalgae. The geomorphological diversity of Cuban coral reefs and their distinctive protection levels present a unique opportunity to showcase the impacts of herbivory on reef dynamics. In this chapter we compiled...

Coral reefs worldwide suffer from a combination of anthropogenic factors such as overfishing, habitat degradation, and pollution and environmental factors such as increase of sea temperature and wave impact. However, there is a gap in quantitative assessments on Cuban coral reef system benthos and fish trends and status related to environmental and...

Through effective management, recreational fisheries can engender economic development, while maintaining stock productivity and ecosystem health. Despite good potential for developing a strong recreational fishery in Cuba, we found poor performance in this sector, resulting from gaps in governance (i.e., regulating laws and institutions), lack of...

Information on fish movements is essential for effective spatial management, including marine-protected areas. Unfortunately, this information is missing for many species of management interest. This lack of information is true for fish species that support the economically important, catch and release, recreational flats fishery in Cuba. Here, we...

The Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinate), a critically endangered species of ray, is in urgent need of strong legal protection and conservation action in the Wider Caribbean Region, particularly in Cuba. Cuba has a long history of conservation initiatives for other marine species and is a signatory to multiple multinational agreements that direct...

It is widely recognized the importance of scientific information to advance social and economic development. Although Jardines de la Reina (JR) archipelago and its surroundings are among the most critical regions for Cuba's fisheries and marine biodiversity, comprehensive information has been collected almost only within the last 20 years. This pap...

El Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina es considerado la reserva marina más grande del Caribe. Para conocer si el gradiente de protección, que existe desde la reserva centro hacia los extremos, influye sobre el estado de las comunidades de corales y de las algas coralinas costrosas, se estudiaron 12 sitios en crestas de arrecife y 24 en escarpes,...

The reef crests of the Jardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP) are largely formed by Acropora palmata , but colonies of A. cervicornis and the hybrid A. prolifera are also present. This study shows spatial distribution of colonies, thickets and live fragments of these species in the fore reefs. Snorkeling was used to perform the direct observatio...

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The reef crests of the Jardines de la Reina National Park are largely formed by Acropora palmata , but colonies of Acropora cervicornis and the hybrid Acropora prolifera are also present. This study shows spatial distribution of colonies, thickets and live fragments of these species in the fore reefs. Snorkeling was used to perform the direct obser...

The reef crests of the Jardines de la Reina National Park are largely formed by Acropora palmata , but colonies of Acropora cervicornis and the hybrid Acropora prolifera are also present. This study shows spatial distribution of colonies, thickets and live fragments of these species in the fore reefs. Snorkeling was used to perform the direct obser...

Los ecosistemas marino-costeros y la biodiversidad en Cuba sustentan la actividad de alrededor de 10,000 embarcaciones y 50,000 personas relacionadas con la pesca repartidas en cuatro zonas pesqueras . Se pescan invertebrados de alto valor comercial como la langosta y el camarón rosado, junto con más de 50 especies de peces y condrictios de importa...

Scuba diving is one of the main activities in the Jardines de la Reina National Park (PNJR), located off the southern coast of Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Avila and Camagüey provinces. This study was conducted to determine the effect of this activity on the coral reefs of the area, particularly on stony corals. A total of 28 sites were surveyed durin...

RESUMEN Datos de investigaciones científicas sobre arrecifes coralinos realizadas entre 2001 y 2016 en los cuatro archipiélagos de Cuba fueron analizados para evaluar la influencia de tensores globales y los locales. Los grupos biológicos utilizados fueron peces, corales pétreos, macroalgas, algas costrosas y Diadema antillarum; los tensores global...

RESUMEN La pesca recreativa es una variedad turística practicada alrededor del mundo, siendo cada vez más preferida la captura y liberación. Pocos estudios han sido realizados sobre las pesquerías recreativas en Cuba y ninguno enfocado a las características socio-económicas de la misma. Los objetivos del presente trabajo son (1) caracterizar socioe...

RESUMEN En los últimos años se han incrementado las investigaciones relacionadas con el buceo contemplativo, sobre todo aquellas relacionadas con su impacto sobre los arrecifes coralinos. Sin embargo, pocos estudios se han publicado sobre las características socioeconómicas de esta actividad. Es por ello que el presente trabajo se propone caracteri...

tamara@ciec.fica.inf.cu), Fabián Pina Amargós 1 (fabian@ciec.fica.inf.cu), Jorge Angulo Valdés 2 (jorge@cim.uh.cu) Abstract In the last 10 years, a lot of scientific information from Jardines de la Reina has been gathered, but this information mainly focuses on ecological issues. There is no research on the environmental benefits of ecosystems. Thi...