Greater North Sea ecoregion - Ecosystem Overview
Key SignalsHuman activities and their pressures· Fishing continues to be the main threat to ecosystem health. This is despite a decrease in fishing pressure in recent decades as can be observed from two of its main pressures, i.e.
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Report of the Working Group on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing Activities (WGECO) [PDF]
It has been several years since ICES has completed a comprehensive review of the effects of fishing on the North Sea ecosystem, and this year our ToR (Section 3) has allowed us to revisit this important topic.
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Acoustic survey on blue whiting in the Norwegian Sea, August / September 1985 [PDF]
Seven research vessels from USSR, Norway, GDR, Iceland and the Faroes participated in the fourth ICES-coordinated acoustic survey on blue whiting in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters.
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Working Group for the Celtic Seas Ecoregion (WGCSE).
The Working Group for the Celtic Seas Ecoregion (WGCSE) performs stock assessments on de-mersal stocks in Rockall, West of Scotland, Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Western English Channel, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea and Southwest of Ireland.
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Report of the Study Group on Recruitment Variability in North Sea Planktivorous Fish (SGRECVAP) [PDF]
The poor recruitment in recent years (2001–2004) in planktivorous fish in the North Sea has become cause for concern for fishers, managers, and scientists alike. It has lead to fishery closures and cuts in total allowable catches in sandeel, Norway pout,
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A non-native fish species reaches the south-western European waters: the Atlantic croaker, Micropogoniasundulatus (Acanthuriformes, Sciaenidae) and its invasion history in Europe. [PDF]
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Climate change opens new frontiers for marine species in the Arctic: Current trends and future invasion risks. [PDF]
Chan FT +9 more
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Genetic Stock Identification Reveals Mismatches Between Management Areas and Population Genetic Structure in a Migratory Pelagic Fish. [PDF]
Seljestad GW +13 more
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Local adaptation and oceanographic connectivity patterns explain genetic differentiation of a marine diatom across the North Sea-Baltic Sea salinity gradient. [PDF]
Sjöqvist C +4 more
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Testimonial of ecological and biogeographic patterns: parasite assemblages of deep water catsharks (Pentanchidae) in Icelandic waters. [PDF]
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