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Characterizing fishing effort and spatial extent of coastal fisheries. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Biodiverse coastal zones are often areas of intense fishing pressure due to the high relative density of fishing capacity in these nearshore regions.
Kelly R Stewart +6 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Bivalve molluscs fishery is of great importance along the Italian coasts, both in economic and landing terms, and different edible bivalve species are harvested both in Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas. A medium-term assessment of the impact of the hydraulic
Claudio Vasapollo +8 more
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Optimal fishing effort benefits fisheries and conservation
Scientific Reports, 2021 The ecosystem effects of all commercial fishing methods need to be fully understood in order to manage our marine environments more effectively. The impacts associated with the most damaging mobile fishing methods are well documented leading to such ...
Adam Rees +2 more
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Effects of fishing and regional species pool on the functional diversity of fish communities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The potential population and community level impacts of fishing have received considerable attention, but little is known about how fishing influences communities' functional diversity at regional scales. We examined how estimates of functional diversity
Gustavo M Martins +3 more
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Potential microplastics impacts on African fishing resources
Science of The Total Environment, 2022 Microplastic (MP) pollution is increasing worldwide and affecting aquatic fauna in different ways, which endangers current aquatic resources in a still unknown extent. MP-induced threats to marine fauna are critical for developing countries, where waste treatment may be not optimal and coastal communities rely heavily on marine resources for dietary ...
Masiá, Paula +12 more
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The origins of intensive marine fishing in medieval Europe: the English evidence [PDF]
, 2004 The catastrophic impact of fishing pressure on species such as cod and herring is well documented. However, the antiquity of their intensive exploitation has not been established. Systematic catch statistics are only available for ca.
Barrett, J H, Locker, A M, Roberts, C M
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 When making science matter for conservation, marine conservation practitioners, and managers must be prepared to make the appropriate decision based on the results of the best available science used to inform it.
Steve A. MacLean +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The small-scale fisheries play a critical role in food security and income of coastal fishing communities. However, climate variability and its impacts are affecting fishers, their communities, and fishing grounds.
Edison D. Macusi +5 more
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Fisheries Production: Management Institutions, Spatial Choice, and the Quest for Policy Invariance [PDF]
, 2017 The fishery-dependent data used to estimate fishing production technologies are shaped by the incentive structures that influence fishermen’s purposeful choices across their multiple margins of production.
Abbott, Joshua +2 more
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COVID-19 experiences of small-scale fishing households: The case of Lake Victoria, Kenya
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 IntroductionThe impact of COVID-19 on small-scale fishing communities is of great concern given the importance of aquatic foods in trade, nutrition and livelihoods.
Harriet Okronipa +6 more
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