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ABSTRACT The large estimates of mesopelagic fish biomass have long fuelled harvesting interests in the relatively untouched twilight zone of the ocean. The silvery lightfish—one of the most abundant species inhabiting the North Atlantic mesopelagic layer—is a candidate for such a fishery despite its enormous ecological importance and the insufficient ...
María Quintela +17 more
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Associations of Commercial Fisheries and Cold‐Water Corals and Sponges
Three metrics for determining whether the marine life that are landed by commercial fisheries are associated with cold‐water corals and sponges: (a) Adjacent; (b) General Proximity; and (c) Habitat. The relationship between these structure forming invertebrates (SFI) and fisheries is robust across analytical approaches.
Jennifer Coyle Selgrath +2 more
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Die deutsche Fischerei auf den "ozeanischen" Rotbarsch (Sebastes mentella) von 1995 bis 1998 [PDF]
Recently, the German redfish fishery displayed a pronounced seasonal pattern in geographic effort distribution and depth. The second and third quarters were the main season when 80 % of the effort was exerted.
Rätz, Hans-Joachim, Stransky, Christoph
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Decarbonizing Fisheries Through Ensuring Healthy Stock Status
ABSTRACT Industrial capture fisheries depend on fossil fuels, which tend to dominate both greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs of this form of seafood production. Improving energy efficiency is, in addition to shifting to alternative fuels, a crucial path towards decarbonizing fisheries.
Ray Hilborn +8 more
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Abstract The continental shelf off the northwest coast of North America experiences seasonal upwelling driven by summertime southward winds. Nutrient‐rich, low‐oxygen water is upwelled onto the shelf from a depth of about 150 m seaward of the continental shelfbreak.
J. A. Barth, S. W. Coleman
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A histopathologic evaluation of gross lesions excised from commercially important North Altantic marine fishes [PDF]
Histopathologic studies of lesions found in commercially important North Atlantic marine fishes are uncommon. As part of a comprehensive Northeast Fisheries Center program ("Ocean Pulse") to evaluate environmental and resource health on the U.S ...
Despres-Patanjo, Linda +2 more
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Abstract Following a request of the European Commission, EFSA assessed fish and other seafood consumption patterns and consumer awareness of related health risks and benefits across the 27 Member States, Iceland and Norway. Awareness of existence of consumption national advice and to which extent this advice influence consumers consumption behaviour ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +13 more
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The Nearshore Fish Fauna of Bonne Bay, a Fjord within Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland [PDF]
A standardized survey of the nearshore fish fauna of Bonne Bay, a fjord within Gros Morne National Park in western Newfoundland, was conducted using beach seines, gill-nets and bottom trawls during the month of June over a seven year period (2002 ...
Currie, Jens J. +3 more
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Voting Systems Influence Conservation Outcomes for International Fisheries
ABSTRACT Fishery stocks that range partly or entirely beyond national jurisdictions pose substantial coordination challenges. Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) were created to coordinate the sustainable management of these resources. Although RFMOs aim to make decisions by consensus, formal votes can be held when that proves impossible.
Irina Lerner +3 more
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Codend selection of winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus [PDF]
Codend selection of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in 76-127 mm mesh codends was examined from experiments conducted in Long Island Sound during the spring of 1986-87.
Simpson, David G.
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