Mangroves are highly productive habitats offering many elasmobranch species abundant
food resources and physical refuge from predators, which can be important for survival of …

Baited cameras have offered much insight into the ecology of scavenging animals in several
parts of the worlds' oceans, revealing patterns of vertical zonation, trends in size and …

Discarding practices from 110 fishing operations in a Mediterranean small‐scale fishing fleet
(Patraikos Gulf, western Greece) from August 2004 to July 2005 were analysed. On average …

Fear is a short-term response arisen from the way an animal perceives its environment when
some threat makes it insecure. Thus, the risk perception of predation shapes the cost-benefit …

Recreational fishing is a ubiquitous activity throughout most of the developed world and is
generally “open access”(ie there is no restriction on the number of anglers participating) …

Methods. A local commercial seine crew was chartered to do a series of paired seines, one
to shore and another to midstream, at several locations normally used by commercial prawn …

Worldwide declines in populations of large elasmobranchs and the potential cascading
effects on marine ecosystems have garnered considerable attention. Far less appreciated …

Understanding the impact of bottom-fishing gears at various scales and intensities on
habitats and species is necessary to inform management. In Poole Harbour, UK, a multiple …

A scavenger is an animal that feeds on dead animals (carrion) that it has not killed itself.
Fisheries discards are often seen as an important food source for marine scavengers so the …

Ghost fishing, the continued catch of fishes and invertebrates by lost fishing gear, represents
an animal welfare issue as well as a waste of both potential food and ecosystem resources …