The need for fine-scale assessment of trawl fishing effort to inform on an ecosystem approach to fisheries: Exploring three data sources in Mediterranean trawling grounds

被引：14

作者：

Demestre, Montserrat ^{[1
]}

Muntadas, Alba ^{[1
]}

de Juan, Silvia ^{[2
]}

Mitilineou, Chryssi ^{[3
]}

Sartor, Paolo ^{[4
]}

Mas, Julio ^{[5
]}

Kavadas, Stefanos ^{[3
]}

Martin, Javier ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] CSIC, ICM, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain

[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Ctr Marine Conservat, Las Cruces, Chile

[3] HCMR, IMBR, Athens 16777, Greece

[4] Consorzio Ctr Interuniv Biol Marina & Ecol Applic, I-57128 Livorno, Italy

[5] Ctr Oceanog Murcia, Inst Espanol Oceanog, San Pedro Del Pinatar 30740, Spain

[6] Mediterraneo Serv Marinos SL, Alicante 03008, Spain

来源：

MARINE POLICY | 2015年 / 62卷

关键词：

Small-scale effort estimation; Trawling impact; Sustainable resources; Good environmental status; Mediterranean; SIDESCAN-SONAR; BENTHIC HABITAT; NORTH-SEA; VMS DATA; DISTURBANCE; IMPACT; PATTERNS; SHELF; INDICATORS; GEAR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.012

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Aiming to estimate fishing effort at a small-scale that can be linked to benthic ecosystem disturbance (including target and non-target communities and habitats), three approaches were compared in 4 Mediterranean areas subjected to different trawl effort: (i) information from the fishery (fishermen interviews and daily sales' records), (ii) Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data and (iii) Side-Scan Sonar (SSS) records. Fishery data proved a useful baseline to characterise effort in the fishing grounds, VMS described in detail the dynamics of the fleet and SSS provided evidence of small-scale trawl activity. This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of these 3 methods regarding their feasibility to assess the effort distribution at the smallest possible scale, but with a broad application. The findings highlight the need for accurate fishing effort estimations to evaluate trawling disturbance on ecosystems to ensure both healthy benthic ecosystems and sustainable exploitation of target species populations. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：134 / 143

页数：10