Francesc Maynou
Born 4 June 1967
Institut de Ciències del Mar (Marine Science Institute)
Consell Superior d'Investigacions Científiques (Spanish National Research Council)
Psg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49 08003-Barcelona (Spain)
Tel. +34 932309500 -- Fax + 34 932309555
email: maynouf_at_icm.csic.es maynouf_at_icm.cat maynouf_at_cmima.csic.es
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Me (center, brown jacket) with friends and colleagues at the entrance of the Marine Science Institute, May 2007, during a break of a Poorfish meeting |
| CV |
This is just a summary of my CV, including my research lines and publications. Over time I may enlarge this section.
 | Ph.D. "Marine Science" Polytechnical University of Catalonia 1995 |
| M.Sc. "Applied Oceanology" University of Perpignan 1990 |
| M.Sc. "Biology" University of Barcelona 1990 |
My research lines:
Over the years, I have worked in different aspects of Biological Oceanography, which is what I like. For different reasons, my research lines and my publications show an "applied" flavour, i.e. something like Fisheries Ecology, but it's OK.
| Structure and dynamics of marine (exploited) ecosystems, particularly on the benthos side |
| Deep-sea ecology |
| Bioeconomic modelling of fisheries |
| Biology and ecology of decapod crustaceans. |
This is the list of my publications in "indexed" journals (i.e. SCI). I have other publications somewhere else. There's a couple of books also, below. I don't provide downloadable pdf's of these documents, because I think Editors of Scientific Journals don't like it. Anyway, you can find most of them through http://www.sciencedirect.com. If you don't have access to this, or similar source of electronic publications, please send me an email.
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(42) Merino, G., F. Maynou and A. García-Olivares. 2007. Effort dynamics in a fisheries bioeconomic model: A vessel level approach through Game Theory. Scientia Marina, 71(3): 537-550. |
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(41) Merino, G., C. Karlou-Riga, I. Anastopoulou, F. Maynou and J. Lleonart. 2007. Bioeconomic simulation analysis of hake and red mullet fisheries in the Gulf of Saronikos (Greece). Scientia Marina, 71(3): 525-535. |
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(40) Solé, M., A. Buet, L. Ortiz, F. Maynou, J. M. Bayona and J. Albaigés. 2007. Bioaccumulation and biochemical responses in mussels exposed to the water-accommodated fraction of the Prestige fuel oil. Scientia Marina, 71(2): 373-382. |
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(39) Stelzenmüller, V., F. Maynou and P. Martín. 2007. Spatial assessment of benefits of a coastal Mediterranean marine protected area. Biological Conservation, 136: 571-583. |
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(38) Rufino, M.M., V. Stelzenmüller, F. Maynou and G.-P. Zauke. 2006. Assessing the performance of linear geostatistical tools applied to artificial fisheries data. Fisheries Research, 82: 263-279 |
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(37) Maynou, F., F. Sardà, S. Tudela and M. Demestre. 2006. Management strategies for red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) fisheries in the Catalan sea (NW) Mediterranean based on bioeconomic simulation analysis. Aquatic Living Resources, 19(2): 161-171. |
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(36) Mattos, S. M. G., F. Maynou and R. Franquesa. 2006. A bio-economic analysis of the hand-line and gillnet coastal fisheries of Pernambuco State, north-eastern Brazil. Scientia Marina, 70(2): 335-346. |
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(35) Rufino, M. M., F. Maynou, P. Abelló, A. B. Yule and L. Gil de Sola. 2006. Geostatistical analysis of densities of Liocarcinus depurator (Brachyura: Portunidae) on the western Mediterranean from 1994 to 2003. Marine Biology, 149: 855-864. |
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(34) Maynou, F., P. Olivar and M. Emelyanov. 2006. Patchiness of eggs, larvae and juveniles of European hake Merluccius merluccius from the NW Mediterranean. Fisheries Oceanography, 15(5): 390-401. |
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(33) Rufino, M. M., F. Maynou, P. Abelló and F. Sardá. 2006. Spatial and environmental factors affecting the distribution of the main decapod crustacean prey species in the NW Mediterranean. Hydrobiologia, 555(1): 129-141 |
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(32) Rufino, M. M., F. Maynou, P. Abelló, L. Gil de Sola and A. B. Yule. 2005. The effect of methodological options on geostatistical modelling of animal distributions: A case study with Liocarcinus depurator (Crustacea: Brachyura) trawl survey data. Fisheries Research, 76: 252-265 |
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(31) Maynou, F., P. Abelló and P. Sartor. 2005. A review of the fisheries biology of the mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (L.) (Stomatopoda, Squillidae) in the Mediterranean. Crustaceana, 77(9): 1081-1099. |
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(30) Tudela, S., A. Kai Kai, F. Maynou, M. El Andalossi and P. Guglielmi. 2005. Driftnet fishing and biodiversity conservation: the case study of the large-scale Moroccan driftnet fleet operating in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean). Biological Conservation. 121(1): 65-78. |
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(29) Huguet C., F. Maynou, P. Abelló. 2005. Small-scale distribution characteristics of Munida spp. populations (Decapoda: Anomura) off the Ebro Delta region (western Mediterranean). Journal of Sea Research, 53: 283-296. |
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(28) Goñi, R., S. Adlerstein, F. Alvarez, M. García, P. Sánchez, M. Sbrana, F. Maynou and C. Viva. 2004. Recruitment indices of European hake, Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758), in the Northwestern Mediterranean based on landings from bottom-trawl multispecies fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61(4): 760-773. |
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(27) Sánchez, P., F. Maynou and M. Demestre. 2004. Modelling catch, effort and price in a juvenile Eledone cirrhosa fishery over a 10-year period. Fisheries Research, 68(1-3): 319-327. |
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(26) Rufino M. M., F. Maynou, P. Abelló and A. Yule. 2004. Small-scale non-linear geostatistical analysis of Liocarcinus depurator (Crustacea: Brachyura) abundance and size structure in a western Mediterranean populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 276: 223-235. |
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(25) Stelzenmüller V., F. Maynou, S. Ehrich and G.-P. Zauke. 2004. Spatial analysis of twaite shad, Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803), in the southern North Sea: Application of non-linear geostatistics as a tool to search for Special Areas of Conservation. International Review of Hydrobiology 89(4): 337-351. |
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(24) Cartes, J. E., F. Maynou, J. Moranta, E. Massutí, D. Lloris and B. Morales-Nin..2004. Patterns of bathymetric distribution among deep-sea fauna at local spatial scale: comparison of mainland vs. insular areas. Progress in Oceanography 60: 29-45. |
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(23) Maynou, F., M. Demestre and P. Sánchez. 2003. Analysis of deep water crustacean fisheries in the NW Mediterranean by Generalised Linear Models. Fisheries Research 65(1-3): 257-269. |
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(22) Tudela, S., F. Sardà, F. Maynou and M. Demestre. 2003. Influence of submarine canyons on the distribution of the deep-water shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) in the NW Mediterranean. Crustaceana 76(2): 217-226. |
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(21) Lleonart, J., F. Maynou, L. Recasens and R. Franquesa. 2003. A bioeconomic model for Mediterranean Fisheries, the hake off Catalonia (Western Mediterranean) as a case study. Scientia Marina 67 (suppl. 1): 337-351. In: Fisheries stock assessments and predictions: Integrating relevant knowledge, Ø. Ulltang, G. Blom [eds.] |
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(20) Lleonart, J. and F. Maynou. 2003. Fish stock assessments in the Mediterranean: state of the art. Scientia Marina 67 (suppl. 1): 37-49. In: Fisheries stock assessments and predictions: Integrating relevant knowledge, Ø. Ulltang, G. Blom [eds.] |
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(19) Maynou, F., J. Lleonart and J.E. Cartes. 2003. Seasonal and spatial variability of hake (Merluccius merluccius, L.) recruitment in the NW Mediterranean. Fisheries Research 60(1): 65-78. |
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(18) Cartes, J.E., T. Brey, J.C. Sorbe and F. Maynou. 2002. Comparing production-biomass ratios of benthos and suprabenthos in macrofaunal marine crustaceans. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59(10): 1616-1625. |
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(17) Cartes, J.E., A. Grémare, F. Maynou, S. Villora-Moreno and A. Dinet. 2002. Bathymetric changes in the distribution of particulate organic matter and associated fauna along a deep-sea transect down the catalan sea slope (Northwestern Mediterranean). Progress in Oceanography 53(1): 29-56. |
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(16) Cartes, J.E., P. Abelló, D. Lloris, A. Carbonell, P. Torres, F. Maynou and L. Gil de Sola. 2002. Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based on a spring survey. Scientia Marina 66 (suppl. 2): 209-220. In: Mediterranean Marine Demersal Resources: The MEDITS International Trawl Survey (1994-1999), P. Abelló, J.A. Bertrand, L. Gil de Sola, C. Papaconstantinou, G. Relini, A. Souplet [eds.] |
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(15) Maynou, F. and F. Sardà. 2001. Influence of environmental factors on commercial trawl catches of Nephrops norvegicus (L.). ICES Journal of marine Science 58(6): 1318-1325. |
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(14) Cartes, J.E., F. Maynou, B. Morales-Nin, E. Massutí and J. Moranta. 2001. Trophic structure of a bathyal-Benthopelagic Boundary Layer community south of the Balearic Islands (Southwestern Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 215: 23-35. |
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(13) J.E. Cartes and F. Maynou. 2001. Trophodynamics of the deep-water suprabenthic mysid Boreomysis arctica in the Catalan Sea (western Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 211: 225-234. |
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(12) Maynou, F. and J.E. Cartes. 2000. Community structure of bathyal decapod crustaceans off south-west Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean): seasonality and regional patterns in zonation. Journal of the Marine Biological Association. 80(5): 789-798. |
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(11) Cartes, J.E. and F. Maynou. 1998. Food consumption by bathyal decapod crustacean assemblages in the western Mediterranean: An approach to predatory impact by megafauna and to a food consumption-food supply balance in a deep-water food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series 171: 233-246. |
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(10) Maynou, F. and J.E. Cartes. 1998. Daily ration estimates and comparative study of food consumption in deep-water decapod crustaceans of the NW Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 171: 221-231. |
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(9) F. Maynou. 1998. The application of geostatistics in mapping and assessment of demersal resources. Nephrops norvegicus in the northwestern Mediterranean: a case study. Scientia Marina 62(suppl. 1): 117-133. |
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(8) Sardà, F. and F. Maynou. 1998. Assessing perceptions: Do Catalan fishermen catch more shrimp on Fridays? Fisheries Research 36(2-3): 149-157. |
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(7) Comeau, M., G.Y. Conan, F. Maynou, G. Robichaud, J.-C. Theriault and M. Starr. 1998. Growth, spatial distribution and abundance of benthic stages of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55(1): 262-279. |
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(6) Maynou, F., F. Sardà and G.Y. Conan. 1998. Assessment of the spatial structure and biomass evaluation of Nephrops norvegicus (L.) populations in the Northwestern Mediterranean by geostatistics. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55(1): 102-120. |
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(5) Sardà, F., F. Maynou and L. Talló. 1997. Seasonal and spatial mobility patterns of rose shrimp Aristeus antennatus in the Western Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 159: 133-141. |
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(4) Maynou, F. and J. E. Cartes. 1997. Field estimation of daily ration in deep-sea shrimp Aristeus antennatus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the western Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 153: 191-196. |
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(3) Maynou, F. and F. Sardà. 1997. Nephrops norvegicus population and morphometrical characteristics in relation to substrate heterogeneity. Fisheries Research 30(1-2): 139-149. |
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(2) Maynou, F., G. Conan, J.E. Cartes, J.B. Company and F. Sardà. 1996. Spatial structure and seasonality of crustacean decapod populations in Northwestern Mediterranean slope. Limnology and Oceanography 41(1): 113-125. |
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(1) Cartes, J.E., J.B. Company and F. Maynou. 1994. Deep-water decapod crustacean communities in the Northwestern Mediterranean. Influence of submarine canyons and seasonal aspects. Marine Biology 120(2): 221-229. |
A couple of publications of book format in which I have participated. The second one is in Catalan.
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Cartes, J. E., F. Maynou, F. Sardà, J. B. Company and D. Lloris (2004). The Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems: an overview of their diversity, structure, functioning and anthropogenic impacts. In: The Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems, Part I. ed. by WWF and IUCN, pp. 9-38. ISBN: 2-8317-0846-X. Downloadable here. |
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Bas, C., F. Maynou, F. Sardà and J. Lleonart. 2003. Variacions demogràfiques en les poblacions d'espècies marines de fons explotades en els darrers quaranta anys a la costa catalana (Blanes i Barcelona). Institut d’Estudis Catalans. ISBN: 84-7283-704-1. El podeu obtenir a http://www.iec.cat. |
I have supervised two Ph.D. thesis:
| Sérgio M. G. de Mattos, A bio-economic analysis of the coastal fishery of Pernambuco State, Northeastern Brazil. 2004, Polytechnical University of Catalonia. |
| Gorka Merino, Simulation techniques for the bioeconomic analysis of Mediterranean fisheries: Game Theory and effort dynamics. 2006, Polytechnical University of Catalonia. |
I am currently supervising 2 Ph. D. students more:
| Nicolas Pascal (started 2005) |
| Ben Tomlinson (started 2007) |
I have supervised also some Master's thesis:
| Abdelkabir Kamili, Modelización bioeconómica de los pequeños pelágicos del Atlántico centro marroquí. 2006, CIHEAM-UB |
| Essaid Zeghdoudi, Modèle de gestion bioéconomique appliqué aux petits pélagiques dans la baie de Bou-Ismaïl. 2006, CIHEAM-UB |
I participate(d) as professor and coordinator in the 1st (2004-6) and 2nd (2006-8) editions of the International Master in Fisheries Economics and Management, a joint programme of the Faculty of Economics of the U B and CIHEAM.
| PROJECTS |
A selection of recent research projects in which I participate(d):
| SPICOSA general
coordinator: Dennis Bailly (IFREMER) ICM coordinator: Dolors Blasco |
http://www.spicosa.eu
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BIOMARE "Identificación de biomarcadores de impacto antropogénico en comunidades marinas: Una aproximación ecosistémica." Proyectos I+D Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica 2004-2007 Oct. 2006 - Sept. 2009 Proyecto coordinado: Maite Carrasón (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona); sub-proyecto ICM: Joan Cartes |
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MAS "Análisis de la estructura espacial de los primeros estadios de desarrollo de merluza, anchoa y sardina en el Mediterráneo noroccidental. Interacción con la hidrografía y la disponibilidad trófica" Proyectos I+D Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica 2004-2007 Dec. 2004 - Dec. 2007 Inv. Ppal.: Pilar Olivar (ICM) |
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"Probabilistic assessment, management and advice model (P.A.M.A.M.) for fishery management in the case of poor data availability" EC 6 Framework Programme, STREP - 22745 Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2008 Dr. Pierre Failler (CEMARE: Centre for Marine Research, University of Portsmouth, UK) Responsible ICM-CSIC: Dr. F. Maynou, coordinator of WP 3 “Application of PAMAM to case studies”. |
http://www.poorfish.eu
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"European Marine Protected Areas as tools for fisheries management and conservation" EC 6 Framework Programme, GLOBAL 02/0312 March 2005 - February 2008 Dr. Ángel Pérez Ruzafa (Universidad de Murcia) Responsible ICM-CSIC: Dr. F. Maynou, coordinator of WP 5 “Bio-economic modelling of MPA effects”. |
http://www.um.es/empafish
see also information on the European Symposium of Marine Protected Areas: http://www.mpasymposium2007.eu |
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Bio-economic modelling of Mediterranean fisheries. EC 5 Framework Programme, Q5 RS-2001-01533 Nov. 2001 - Oct. 2004 Dr. F. Maynou (ICM-CSIC), project coordinator |
I coordinated this European project from 2002 to 2004. The original website was hosted by IREPA and has since been lost. Anyway, in http://www.mefisto.info you will find the main results of this project. The Final Report of the project is available here.
The latest version of MEFISTO is here. |
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Concerted Action "European Decapod Crustacean Fisheries: Assessment and Management" EC 5 Framework Programme, QL K5- CT 1999-01272 Feb. 2000 - June 2003 Dr. Oliver Tully (Trinity College, Dublin; now at BIM Galway), Responsible ICM-CSIC: Dr. F. Maynou |
This was a bold attempt to put decapod crustacean fisheries in Europe at the same level of information than finfish fisheries. The results of the project were enhanced by a Symposium in A Coruña "Life histories, management and assessment of Crustacean Fisheries". Some of the contributions have been published in Fisheries Research. |
| SOFTWARE |
Over the years I have developed software that can be useful for Fisheries Science. Although the software can be downloaded from other sources (http://www.ebmtools.org, http://www.mefisto.info), you can always find the latest versions in this page.
A first exercise at a bioeconomic model with effort dynamics and catchability dynamics is MECON.
A second software piece that I programmed is VIT for Windows. This is a faithful port of the original VIT for DOS programme, developed by Jordi Lleonart and Jordi Salat (ICM-CSIC), first in a Spanish version (1992) and then as an English version published and distributed by the FAO (1997). The VIT program is a VPA model based on pseudo-cohorts and has been widely applied in Mediterranean stock assessments since the end of the 1980's. The number of applications of VIT is very large, some day I will provide references. You can also check the SubCommittee of Stock Assessment (SCSA) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) for regular assessments of some Mediterranean fish stocks.
MEFISTO is a bioeconomic fisheries simulation model, especially designed with Mediterranean fisheries in mind, but can be applied to other fisheries. The main features of the model are: an age-structured population dynamics model for the main fish stock(s), and a detailed model of fleets (with individual vessel dynamics) competing for fish stocks. Altough effort (activity) is the main driver of the simulation tool, there are several other "controls" that can be used as management tools. The number of publications based on MEFISTO is modest, but growing:
Maynou, F., F. Sardà, S. Tudela and M. Demestre. 2006. Management strategies for red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) fisheries in the Catalan sea (NW) Mediterranean based on bioeconomic simulation analysis. Aquatic Living Resources, 19(2): 161-171.
Mattos, S. M. G., F. Maynou and R. Franquesa. 2006. A bio-economic analysis of the hand-line and gillnet coastal fisheries of Pernambuco State, north-eastern Brazil. Scientia Marina, 70(2): 335-346.
Lleonart, J., F. Maynou, L. Recasens and R. Franquesa. 2003. A bioeconomic model for Mediterranean Fisheries, the hake off Catalonia (Western Mediterranean) as a case study. Scientia Marina 67 (suppl. 1): 337-351. In: Fisheries stock assessments and predictions: Integrating relevant knowledge, Ø. Ulltang, G. Blom [eds.]
Other contributions can be found in http://www.gemub.com
| Download MECON |
| Download VIT4WIN |
| Download MEFISTO |
Note: the three programs come with a complete set of help and demo files, so try to become familiar with these before coming to me with questions.
| OTHER |
| THOUGHTS |
I like this quote from La punyalada, by Marià Vayreda (1902, 1903 or 1904, posthumous. The foreword says 1902, but probably it was published later). The novel is a story set on the 2nd half of the 19 c., in the context of "Carlist" wars in north Catalonia. In those times people of conservative, rural background fought the people of the lowlands, who represented liberalism and modernization ("progress").
This quote is found in the Foreword and makes the reader ponder on biodiversity conservation, the Tragedy of the Commons, etc. I like to note how, at the end of the 19 c., we destroyed biodiversity in Catalonia, and how we missmanaged natural (land) resources. The rationale is perfectly applicable to 20 and 21 c. destruction of the natural world. It is interesting to note how the actors are conscious of their doings. People with day-to-day connection with natural resources are perfectly aware of Man's impact on the natural world; this has been formalized by 20 c. arm-chair scientists more or less removed from the real world. I am looking for an English translation of this text, for the moment I give it in the original (Catalan):
“... Me semblà talment que aquella terra patia del meu propi mal, i que, igual que mon cos, s’arrossegava pel camí del cementiri. Ja no és aquella terra jovençana i rumbosa com una núvia bosquerola que jo havia coneguda. Ses luxurioses arbredes van desapareixent destralejades per l’artigaire estúpid i pel carboner explotador de la ignorància i la misèria del propietari i, espantada per la batuda, ha fugit també la fauna que abans li donava vida.
“Al Santuari de la Mare de Déu del Mont me mostraren dins d’un exvoto els ullals del darrer senglar d’aquelles boscúries, que morí lluitant amb en Mancanut, en quals carns s’hi ferratjà com per a venjar-se de la destrucció de la seva nissaga. La darrera daina, després de vagar alguns anys, viuda i fonedissa, per clotades i torrenteres, un dia de neu s’arraulí, ronyosa i pelada pels anys i la misèria, sota les tàpies del Mas del Puy, com demanant al masover la caritat de deslliurar-la d’una vida tan emmigranyada i xorca. Les àligues imperials, superba parella que no tenia rival ni pariona en tots els monts d’Europa, cansades de pagar l’escot de llurs ous al savi col·leccionista que havia ensenyat als bosquerols de jugar-se la vida per a robâ’ls-hi, ja ha pres comiat dels cingles de Talaixà. Els isards ja fa temps que guarden sos alts cuartels d’hivern des de les congestes del Puigmal i el Canigó, i els lloparrons que no es rendiren als mastins ni a llurs collars reblats de pues de ferro, no poguent resistir la llum del sol que desentenebrava ses lloperes, se feren enllà, i els que no, acovardits i fugitius, moriren menjant la bola com miserables gossos captaires.”
The author puts these words in the mouth of an old hermit monk who gives the papers, which will make the basis of the novel, to the main character (the writer). The Foreword continues saying that, despite the disappearance of fauna and flora, the landscape (mountains and cliffs) will continue to exist. A hundred years after these words were written we can attest to the disappearance of most large fauna in Catalonia and in Europe. Only a few large mammals remain in Catalonia, subject to game management programmes. The last wolf was shot in the 1930's (although I've read reports of a comeback of the wolf in the Natural Park of Cadí-Moixeró, Pyrenees, in recent years, from populations in Italy, crossing through France). No more brown bears either, although a much disputed Life programme is attempting to reintroduce the bear in the Pyrenees. Vultures and eagles have fragmented and vulnerable populations, except perhaps the griffon vulture, locally abundant.
The following quote from “Le Horla” by Guy de Maupassant (1887) doesn't have much to do with the subject of the novel, but I like it:
“J'aime ce pays, et j'aime y vivre parce que j'y ai mes racines, ces profondes et délicates racines, qui attachent un homme à la terre où sont nés et morts ses aïeux, qui l'attachent à ce qu'on pense et à ce qu'on mange, aux usages comme aux nourritures, aux locutions locales, aux intonations des paysans, aux odeurs du sol, des villages et de l'air lui-même.”
