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Bottom trawlers: Engines of marine destruction [PDF]

, 2022
Bottom trawling is often singled out by scientists and activists as one of the world's most destructive fishing techniques. It's prevalent in European waters.
Puig, Pere
core  

Offshore wind farm avoidance by a discard‐feeding seabird is independent of local fishing activity

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Fishing is not allowed within wind farms; therefore, discard‐feeding seabirds may appear to avoid wind farm areas. We found that most Lesser Black‐backed Gulls avoided the wind farm area, but not each individual in each period. Avoidance of the wind farm was not driven by fishing exclusion within its perimeter.
Rosemarie Kentie, Rob S. A. van Bemmelen, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Eric W. M. Stienen, Ruben C. Fijn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconsidering the role of introduced species in the climate‐affected and highly invaded eastern Mediterranean

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Bioinvasions are considered mostly as a biodiversity and conservation hazard, but in specific situations, introduced species can bring ecological or socioeconomic benefits. We assessed the social–ecological role of marine introduced species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea—a global hotspot of bioinvasions and extirpations—and their potential ...
Stelios Katsanevakis, Jonathan Belmaker, Gil Rilov, Erez Yeruham, Andreas Konstantinidis, Maria Papazekou, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Antonios D. Mazaris   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating benthic ecological status and spatial planning to guide sustainable bottom-contacting fisheries in the Eastern Mediterranean

Frontiers in Marine Science
To inform ecosystem-based fisheries management in line with the EU legislation objectives for marine fisheries, we evaluated the ecological outcomes of alternative spatial management scenarios to fisheries that consider the ecological impact of bottom ...
Irini Tsikopoulou, Irida Maina, Nadia Papadopoulou, François Bastardie, Chris J. Smith   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative review of entanglement risk assessments for cetacean conservation and management

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cetacean entanglement in fishing gear remains a major global threat that exposes persistent gaps in how fisheries management frameworks manage risk to nontarget species. Ecological risk assessment (ERA) offers a structured way to link exposure and consequences to an explicit statement of risk, but entanglement risk assessments vary widely in ...
Laura Joan Feyrer, Clair Evers, Hilary Moors‐Murphy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of bottom trawling on the Ebro continental shelf sedimentary system (NW Mediterranean) [PDF]

, 2014
16 pages, 14 figures, 1 tableA monitoring effort to address the physical effects of bottom trawling was conducted on the Ebro prodeltaic mud belt during the RESPONSE project.
Palanques, Albert, Guillén, Jorge, Demestre, Montserrat, Puig, Pere, Martín, Jacobo   +4 more
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Tracking the impact of bottom trawling on benthic habitat status

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Bottom trawling is the most widespread physical disturbance to marine benthic habitats, yet broadscale assessments of its impact remain limited. We developed a quantitative framework to evaluate trawling effects on benthic habitats at broad spatial scales based on the sentinels of seabed (SoS) indicator.
Maider Plaza‐Morlote, Ana García‐Alegre, Alberto Serrano, Ulla Fernández‐Arcaya, Antonio Punzón, Ana Rodríguez‐Rúa, Sara Roman, Ana Magro, Marina Delgado, Juan Gil, José Manuel González‐Irusta   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Bottom Trawl Survey Working Group (IBTSWG) [PDF]

, 2019
This report summarises the national contributions in 2018–2019 and the planning for the 2019–2020 surveys coordinated by the International Bottom Trawl Survey Working Group (IBTSWG). In the North Sea, the surveys are performed in quarters (Q) Q1 and Q3 while in the Northeast Atlantic the surveys are conducted in Q1, Q3, and Q4 with a suite of 14 ...
Alvested, Anja Helene, Auber, Arnaud, Baldó, Francisco, Batsleer, Jurgen, Baudron, Alan, Bland, Barbara, Börjesson, Patrik, Burns, Finlay, Chaves, Corina, Chun, Chen, Cresson, Pierre, Croll, Jasper, Ellis, Jim, Giraldo, Carolina, Giradin, Raphaël, Hatton, Benjamin, Haslob, Holger, Kelly, Ruth, Kloppmann, Matthias, Kvaavik, Cecilia, Kynoch, Rob, Laffargue, Pascal, Miethe, Tanja, Mudde, Quiten, Neumann, Hermann, Needle, Coby, Rodriguez, Alfonso Perez, Pettit Rosen, Shale, Reecht, Yves, Rodriguez Buelna, Alondra Sofia, Schuchert, Pia, Sell, Anne, Sinclair, Louisa, Soni, Vaishav, Stokes, David, Underwood, Melanie, Hal, Ralf Van, Velaso, Francisco, Walker, Nicola, Wieland, Kai; id_orcid 0000-0003-1481-7743   +39 more
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Climate Attribution in Fishery Stock Assessment: Case Studies From the Northeast U.S. Groundfish Stocks

Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses an unprecedented risk to fisheries ecosystems and economies globally. Ocean warming has led to observed geographic shifts and changes in the productivity of fish stocks. Due to the rapid pace of change in many of the world's oceans, there is a critical need to develop and apply scientific knowledge and tools that can help ...
Lisa A. Kerr, Jamie T. Behan, Steven X. Cadrin, Alexander C. Hansell, Amanda R. Hart, Jessica A. Kittel, Scott I. Large, Timothy J. Miller, Abigail S. Tyrell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Trawl Geometry and Vertical Distribution of Fish on Sampling with Bottom Trawl

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 1986
Studies were initiated at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, in 1984 with the aim of improving the reliability of bottom trawl and acoustic survey results for cod and haddock in the Barents Sea. Spread of the wings and doors and height of the trawl were measured during fishing operations, and acoustic recordings of fish densities were obtained ...
A Engås, O R Godø
openaire   +1 more source