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View article: Putting Regional Fisheries Management Organisations' Climate Change House in Order
Putting Regional Fisheries Management Organisations' Climate Change House in Order Open
Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on the biology, abundance and distribution of transboundary fish stocks, not only among neighbouring countries within the jurisdictions of regional fisheries management organisations (…
View article: A Critical Checklist of the Marine Fishes of Malta and Surrounding Waters
A Critical Checklist of the Marine Fishes of Malta and Surrounding Waters Open
A critical review of marine fishes from Malta (Central Mediterranean) recorded up to December 2022 in the technical and semi-popular literature, during the Mediterranean International Trawl Survey (MEDITS), and in commercial fisheries land…
View article: New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean)
New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean) Open
The occurrence of three bony ray-finned fishes, Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839), Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810, and Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810) is reported for the first time in the scientific literature from Maltese coastal wate…
View article: Evaluation of the 2020 Annual Reports for data collection and Data Transmission issues (STECF-21-09)
Evaluation of the 2020 Annual Reports for data collection and Data Transmission issues (STECF-21-09) Open
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries…
View article: 66th Plenary Report (PLEN-21-01)
66th Plenary Report (PLEN-21-01) Open
View article: Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 64th Plenary Report (PLEN-20-02)
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 64th Plenary Report (PLEN-20-02) Open
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) held its 64th plenary as a virtual meeting from 6-10 July 2020.-- 128 pages
View article: Towards a marine strategy for the deep Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of current ecological status
Towards a marine strategy for the deep Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of current ecological status Open
View article: Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 60th Plenary Meeting Report (PLEN-19-01)
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 60th Plenary Meeting Report (PLEN-19-01) Open
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries…
View article: 61st Plenary meeting report (PLEN-19-02)
61st Plenary meeting report (PLEN-19-02) Open
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) hold its 61st plenary on 1-5 July 2019 at the Centre Borschette, Brussels.-- 139 pages
View article: Do giant barnacles contribute to deep-water biogenic reef formation in Maltese waters?
Do giant barnacles contribute to deep-water biogenic reef formation in Maltese waters? Open
Deep-sea ROV surveys in the west Malta Graben allowed re-evaluation of previous work on the association of the giant barnacle, Pachylasma giganteum, with cold-water corals and other habitat-forming species, and this species’ contribution t…
View article: Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 57th Plenary Meeting Report (PLEN-18-01)
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – 57th Plenary Meeting Report (PLEN-18-01) Open
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries…
View article: Review of literature on the implementation of the MSFD to the deep Mediterranean Sea
Review of literature on the implementation of the MSFD to the deep Mediterranean Sea Open
Summary based on the state-of-the-art for the deep Mediterranean Sea with the final aim of identifying knowledge and gaps, descriptor by descriptor (such as lack of data, indicators, thresholds). This document is an analysis of all scienti…
View article: Stakeholder involvement in Marine Spatial Planning
Stakeholder involvement in Marine Spatial Planning Open
The importance of stakeholder involvement in marine spatial planning was assessed in a Maltese Marine Protected Area (MPA) through a questionnaire survey of six main stakeholder groups, namely governmental authorities, non-governmental org…
View article: On the occurrence of Coronaster briareus (Echinodermata, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae) in the Mediterranean Sea
On the occurrence of Coronaster briareus (Echinodermata, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae) in the Mediterranean Sea Open
View article: Governing bottom trawling in the Mediterranean Sea - a Maltese case study
Governing bottom trawling in the Mediterranean Sea - a Maltese case study Open
A case study approach was used to investigate the effectiveness of the current legislative framework, and the implementation of management measures which govern bottom trawling in the central Mediterranean Sea. The general perception among…
View article: New depth record of the precious red coral Corallium rubrum for the Mediterranean
New depth record of the precious red coral Corallium rubrum for the Mediterranean Open
Live colonies of the precious red coral Corallium rubrum have previously been recorded at depths of 600 -800 m in the Sicily Channel, but deep -water populations of this species remain poorly known. During a recent research expedition with…
View article: Time-series analysis of abundance indices of deep sea resources in the Strait of Sicily
Time-series analysis of abundance indices of deep sea resources in the Strait of Sicily Open
Time-series of abundance indices of deep sea demersal resources (501-800m) derived by the MEDITS trawl survey in the Strait of Sicily (GSA 16) were analysed by aggregated taxa (bony fish, cartilaginous fish, cephalopods and crustaceans) an…
View article: Recent evidence that the deep sea around Malta is a biodiversity hotspot
Recent evidence that the deep sea around Malta is a biodiversity hotspot Open
Recent ROV surveys of deep-sea areas around the Maltese Islands resulted in the discovery of highly diverse habitats, including extensive rocky areas dominated by living cold water corals and gorgonians at depths of 300–1000 m, a sub-fossi…
View article: Seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica) distribution and trajectories of change
Seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica) distribution and trajectories of change Open
View article: Maximising MEDITS: Using data collected from trawl surveys to characterise the benthic and demersal assemblages of the circalittoral and deeper waters around the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)
Maximising MEDITS: Using data collected from trawl surveys to characterise the benthic and demersal assemblages of the circalittoral and deeper waters around the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) Open
View article: The Seascape of Demersal Fish Nursery Areas in the North Mediterranean Sea, a First Step Towards the Implementation of Spatial Planning for Trawl Fisheries
The Seascape of Demersal Fish Nursery Areas in the North Mediterranean Sea, a First Step Towards the Implementation of Spatial Planning for Trawl Fisheries Open
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 populati…
View article: Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on member states efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities (STECF-15-02)
Assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on member states efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities (STECF-15-02) Open
Expert working groups EWG-14-12 / 14-21 were convened under STECF to assess balance indicators for key fleet segments, review national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities, an…
View article: A preliminary survey of marine cave habitats in the Maltese Islands
A preliminary survey of marine cave habitats in the Maltese Islands Open
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