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View article: Reconciling the impact of mobile bottom-contact fishing on marine organic carbon sequestration
Reconciling the impact of mobile bottom-contact fishing on marine organic carbon sequestration Open
Anthropogenic activities that disturb the seafloor inadvertently affect the organic carbon cycle. Mobile bottom-contacting fishing (MBCF) is a widespread fishing technique that involves the dragging of fishing gear across the seafloor and …
View article: Anticipating how spatial fishing restrictions in EU waters perform to protect marine species, habitats, and dependent fisheries
Anticipating how spatial fishing restrictions in EU waters perform to protect marine species, habitats, and dependent fisheries Open
This study investigates the implications of spatial management strategies on fish populations and fisheries across EU waters, particularly focusing on establishing potential areas for fishing closures to protect nurseries, benthic communit…
View article: SEAwise report on effects of spatial management measures suggested in SEAwise to safeguard species, habitats and choke species on fisheries selectivity and fuel cost
SEAwise report on effects of spatial management measures suggested in SEAwise to safeguard species, habitats and choke species on fisheries selectivity and fuel cost Open
The SEAwise project works to deliver a fully operational tool that will allow fishers, managers, and policy makers to easily apply Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management. This SEAwise report investigated the available tools for predicting th…
View article: Working Group on Mixed Fisheries Methodology (WGMIXFISH-METHODS)
Working Group on Mixed Fisheries Methodology (WGMIXFISH-METHODS) Open
31/08/2022: minor edits - Figure 4.9 21/11/2022: Annex 5 removed The ICES Working Group on Mixed Fisheries Methodology (WGMIXFISH-METHODS) met to progress work on the improvement and development of the mixed fisheries advice. In this repo…
View article: Workshop 2 on Fish Distribution (WKFISHDISH2; outputs from 2022 meeting)
Workshop 2 on Fish Distribution (WKFISHDISH2; outputs from 2022 meeting) Open
The objective of WKFISHDISH2 was to develop a standardized and open-source way of routinely using trawl survey data to produce distribution maps which can be easily updated. To do so, workshop participants (i) reviewed models that can prod…
View article: SEAwise report on improved predictive models of recruitment under different environmental scenarios
SEAwise report on improved predictive models of recruitment under different environmental scenarios Open
The SEAwise project works to deliver a fully operational tool that will allow fishers, managers, and policy makers to easily apply Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in their fisheries. This SEAwise investigates how key environmen…
View article: SEAwise Report on consistency of existing targets and limits for indicators in an ecosystem context
SEAwise Report on consistency of existing targets and limits for indicators in an ecosystem context Open
The SEAwise project works to deliver a fully operational tool that will allow fishers, managers, and policy makers to easily apply Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in their fisheries. This SEAwise report investigates the consist…
View article: Data underlying the publication: Mitigating ecosystem impacts of bottom trawl fisheries for North Sea sole Solea solea by replacing mechanical with electrical stimulation
Data underlying the publication: Mitigating ecosystem impacts of bottom trawl fisheries for North Sea sole Solea solea by replacing mechanical with electrical stimulation Open
The csv data file “SAR_TBB.csv” contains data on habitat characteristics and fishing effort of the Dutch beam trawl fleet by grid cells of 1 minute longitude * 1 minute latitude in the North Sea used to study the changes in trawling impact…
View article: Can regime shifts in reproduction be explained by changing climate and food availability?
Can regime shifts in reproduction be explained by changing climate and food availability? Open
Marine populations often show considerable variation in their productivity, including regime shifts. Of special interest are prolonged shifts to low recruitment and low abundance which occur in many fish populations despite reductions in f…
View article: Corrigendum: Ten lessons on the resilience of the EU common fisheries policy towards climate change and fuel efficiency - A call for adaptive, flexible and well-informed fisheries management
Corrigendum: Ten lessons on the resilience of the EU common fisheries policy towards climate change and fuel efficiency - A call for adaptive, flexible and well-informed fisheries management Open
Incorrect Affiliation In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliation for Jasper Van Vlasselaer. Instead of: 13 Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) (Palma), Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma de Mal…
View article: SEAwise report on predicting effect of changes in ‘fishable’ areas on fish and fisheries
SEAwise report on predicting effect of changes in ‘fishable’ areas on fish and fisheries Open
The SEAwise project works to deliver a fully operational tool that will allow fishers, managers, and policy makers to easily apply Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in their fisheries. This SEAwise report aims to investigate the …
View article: SEAwise Report on key drivers and impacts of changes in spatial distribution of fisheries and fished stocks
SEAwise Report on key drivers and impacts of changes in spatial distribution of fisheries and fished stocks Open
An ecosystem approach to fisheries management requires the consideration of spatially explicit management measures and other impacts on species and the links between the distribution of fished species, their surrounding environment and pro…
View article: Priority research areas for evaluating ecosystemconsequences of a discard ban
Priority research areas for evaluating ecosystemconsequences of a discard ban Open
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Elucidating ecosystem effects of discarding will require that data are collected in such a way that enables detection of ecological changes occurring prior to and after th…
View article: SEAwise Report on fisher behaviour submodels
SEAwise Report on fisher behaviour submodels Open
The SEAwise project works to deliver a fully operational tool that will allow fishers, managers, and policy makers to easily apply Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in their own fisheries. One of the key uncertainties in fisherie…
View article: Ten lessons on the resilience of the EU common fisheries policy towards climate change and fuel efficiency - A call for adaptive, flexible and well-informed fisheries management
Ten lessons on the resilience of the EU common fisheries policy towards climate change and fuel efficiency - A call for adaptive, flexible and well-informed fisheries management Open
To effectively future-proof the management of the European Union fishing fleets we have explored a suite of case studies encompassing the northeast and tropical Atlantic, the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas. This study shows that Euro…
View article: Trawling effects on biogeochemical processes are mediated by fauna in high-energy biogenic-reef-inhabited coastal sediments
Trawling effects on biogeochemical processes are mediated by fauna in high-energy biogenic-reef-inhabited coastal sediments Open
Dynamic, sandy environments are generally less vulnerable to mechanical stress compared to silty, low-energy habitats. Biogenic reef communities, however, may provide an exception to this. This study explores the physical, biological, and …
View article: Comment on bg-2022-23
Comment on bg-2022-23 Open
Abstract. Dynamic, sandy environments are generally less vulnerable to mechanical stress compared to silty, low-energy habitats. Biogenic reef communities, however, may provide an exception to this. This study explores the physical, biolog…
View article: Trawling effects on biogeochemical processes are mediated by fauna in high energy biogenic reef–inhabited coastal sediments
Trawling effects on biogeochemical processes are mediated by fauna in high energy biogenic reef–inhabited coastal sediments Open
Dynamic, sandy environments are generally less vulnerable to mechanical stress compared to silty, low energy habitats. Biogenic reef communities, however, may provide an exception to this. This study explores the physical, biological and b…
View article: SEAwise Report on the key drivers of stock productivity and future environmental scenarios
SEAwise Report on the key drivers of stock productivity and future environmental scenarios Open
An ecosystem approach to fisheries management requires the consideration of commercial species as components of an ecosystem and the acknowledgement of the links between their productivity and the surrounding environment. To provide a know…
View article: SEAwise Report on the key species and habitats impacted by fishing
SEAwise Report on the key species and habitats impacted by fishing Open
The implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management requires knowledge on the ecological impact of fishing activities on species and their habitats – those both targeted and not targeted by fisheries. To identify which ecological im…
View article: Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT)
Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT) Open
The Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT) develops methods and performs assessments to evaluate benthic impact from fisheries at regional scale, while con-sidering fisheries and seabed impact trade-offs. In this…
View article: SEAwise Report on the key social and economic aspects of regional fisheries
SEAwise Report on the key social and economic aspects of regional fisheries Open
Fishing is a human activity with various social and economic implications. In most countries, those implications are key factors to consider when deciding on specific management strategies. In this report, the fisheries management strategi…
View article: SEAwise Report on scoping workshops
SEAwise Report on scoping workshops Open
The SEAwise stakeholder integration aims to ensure that the key issues of relevance, current ecosystem status, potential management measures are identified and prioritised for further evaluation in the project and hence that the end result…
View article: Sediment mobilization by bottom trawls: a model approach applied to the Dutch North Sea beam trawl fishery
Sediment mobilization by bottom trawls: a model approach applied to the Dutch North Sea beam trawl fishery Open
Bottom trawls impact the seafloor and benthic ecosystem. One of the direct physical impacts is the mobilization of sediment in the wake of trawl gear components that are in contact with or are close to the seabed. The quantity of sediment …
View article: A Review Characterizing 25 Ecosystem Challenges to Be Addressed by an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in Europe
A Review Characterizing 25 Ecosystem Challenges to Be Addressed by an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in Europe Open
The impacts of fisheries on ocean resources are no longer considered in isolation but should account for broader ecosystem effects. However, ongoing ecosystem-wide changes added to the inherent dynamics of marine ecosystems, create challen…