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The Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries at Risk from Overexploitation [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The status of the Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries was evaluated for the period 1970-2010 on a subarea basis, using various indicators including the temporal variability of total landings, the number of recorded stocks, the mean trophic level of the
Athanassios C Tsikliras
exaly   +2 more sources

Understanding the Interactions between Small-Scale Fisheries and the Mediterranean Monk Seal Using Fishermen’s Ecological Knowledge

Animals, 2023
Interactions between fisheries and marine mammals have been well documented in almost all existing fishing gears around the world, often associated with detrimental consequences.
Louis Hadjioannou, Marios Papageorgiou
exaly   +3 more sources

Methodologies for Data-Poor Fisheries Assessment in the Mediterranean Basin: Status, Challenges, and Future Directions

Fishes
Fisheries management in the Mediterranean Sea faces persistent challenges due to the prevalence of data-poor and data-limited stocks, small-scale multi-species fisheries, and limited long-term monitoring programs.
Dimitris Klaoudatos, Alexandros Theocharis   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The Seascape of Demersal Fish Nursery Areas in the North Mediterranean Sea, a First Step Towards the Implementation of Spatial Planning for Trawl Fisheries

PLoS ONE, 2015
The identification of nursery grounds and other essential fish habitats of exploited stocks is a key requirement for the development of spatial conservation planning aimed at reducing the adverse impact of fishing on the exploited populations and ...
Vasilis Valavanis, Giuseppe Scarcella, Paolo Sartor   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Diet and prey selection of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca Linnaeus, 1758) population in Lake Eğirdir (Turkey) [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2014
The diet and prey selection of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca L., 1758) were assessed by determining the frequency of occurrence, numeric and weight percentages, and the index of relative importance (IRI%) between January 2010 and December 2010 in
Yağci M.A., Alp A., Yağci A., Uysal R.
doaj   +1 more source

“The Elephant in the Room”: Exploring Natural Mortality Uncertainty in Statistical Catch at Age Models

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
The natural mortality rate (M) of a fish stock is typically highly influential on the outcome of age-structured stock assessment models, but at the same time extremely difficult to estimate.
Alessandro Mannini, Cecilia Pinto, Christoph Konrad, Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos, Henning Winker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Untying the Mediterranean Gordian Knot: A Twenty First Century Challenge for Fisheries Management

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
Management of fisheries in the Mediterranean basin has often been described as a unique and complex challenge, due to their multi-specificity, the diversity of gear-types, and the number of nations involved.
Ilaria Vielmini, Allison L. Perry, María José Cornax   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Saga of the Management of Fisheries in the Adriatic Sea: History, Flaws, Difficulties, and Successes toward the Application of the Common Fisheries Policy in the Mediterranean

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
In the past 40 years, the fishery in the Mediterranean Sea has seen numerous changes in technology, fleet composition, effort allocation, and management strategies.
Piera Carpi, Giuseppe Scarcella, Massimiliano Cardinale   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grouping groupers in the Mediterranean: Ecological baselines revealed by ancient proteins

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Marine historical ecology provides a means to establish baselines to inform current fisheries management. Groupers (Epinephelidae) are key species for fisheries in the Mediterranean, which have been heavily overfished.
Rachel M. Winter, Willemien deKock, Meaghan Mackie, Max Ramsøe, Elena Desiderà, Matthew Collins, Paolo Guidetti, Samantha Presslee, Marta Munoz Alegre, Tarek Oueslati, Arturo Morales Muniz, Dimitris Michailidis, Youri van denHurk, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Canan Çakirlar   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Trends and Impacts of Fisheries Exploitation on Mediterranean Stocks and Ecosystems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
This review focuses on the recent data on Mediterranean fishing fleets and landings, results from stock assessments and ecosystem models to provide an overview of the multiple impacts of fishing exploitation in the different Mediterranean geographical ...
Francesco Colloca, Francesco Colloca, Giuseppe Scarcella, Simone Libralato   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source