A policy-based framework for the determination of management options to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems under the EU deep-sea access regulations [PDF]
Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are particularly susceptible to bottom-fishing activity as they are easily disturbed and slow to recover. A data-driven approach was developed to provide management options for the protection of VMEs under the European
Van denderen, P Daniël +24 more
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The historical reconstruction of distribution of the genus Halecium (Hydrozoa: Haleciidae): a biological signal of ocean warming? [PDF]
The distribution of 130 nominal species of the genus Halecium, based on published records, has been mapped for the first time in a comprehensive set of marine ecoregions, to analyse their distribution.
Boero, Ferdinando +2 more
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Working group on ecosystem assessment of Western European shelf seas (WGEAWESS) [PDF]
The ICES Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas (WGEA-WESS) aims to provide high quality science in support to holistic, adaptive, evidence-based man-agement in the Celtic seas, Bay of Biscay and Iberian coast regions.
Abrantes, Fatima +46 more
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Multidimensional indicators to assess the sustainability of demersal small-scale fishery in the Azores [PDF]
The Azorean demersal fishery sector is one of the most important in the archipelago. As a small-scale fishery, it plays an important role in the livelihood of the community, being a source of employment and income, and contributing to poverty alleviation.
Pereira, Inês Sofia Teixeira
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Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (STECF-Adhoc-21-01) [PDF]
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10.
GRAS Michael +5 more
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Working group on bycatch of protected species (WGBYC 2022) [PDF]
The Working Group on Bycatch of Protected Species (WGBYC) was established in 2007 and collates and analyses information from across the Northeast Atlantic and adjacent sea areas (Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Seas) related to the bycatch in commercial ...
Arrondo, Nair Vilas +34 more
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ICES Report on Ocean Climate 2016 [PDF]
Long time-series of ocean properties are rare in the surface ocean and even rarer in the deep ocean. The North Atlantic region is unusual in having a relatively large number of locations at which oceanographic data have been collected repeatedly for many
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Estimates of biomass and potential yield for the deep-water red crab, Chaceon affinis and the toothed rock crab, Cancer bellianus (Decapoda: Brachyura) off the Azores (Mid-North Atlantic) [PDF]
Available information on the deep-water red crab, Chaceon affinis and the toothed rock crab, Cancer bellianus, resulting from exploratory research surveys and commercial fishing experiments carried out in the Azorean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), were ...
Gonçalves, João M. +6 more
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of the common skate species complex: Evidence of increasing abundance [PDF]
Aim: The critically endangered common skate species complex is a large‐bodied and long‐lived batoid, which has experienced local extirpations and population declines over the past century mainly due to overfishing.
Loca, Sophie +2 more
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Working group on bycatch of protected species (WGBYC 2021) [PDF]
The Working Group on Bycatch of Protected Species (WGBYC) was established in 2007 and collates and analyses information from across the Northeast Atlantic and adjacent sea areas (Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Seas) related to the bycatch of marine ...
Basterretxea, Mikel +29 more
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