[HTML][HTML] Recent trends and impacts of fisheries exploitation on Mediterranean stocks and ecosystems

F Colloca, G Scarcella, S Libralato - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
This review focuses on the recent data on Mediterranean fishing fleets and landings, results
from stock assessments and ecosystem models to provide an overview of the multiple …

Mediterranean fishery discards: review of the existing knowledge

K Tsagarakis, A Palialexis… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A considerable amount of the existing knowledge of discards in the Mediterranean Sea is
presented. Discarding highly varies along the basin both geographically and among the …

[HTML][HTML] Status and rebuilding of European fisheries

R Froese, H Winker, G Coro, N Demirel, AC Tsikliras… - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Since January 2014, the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) of the European
Union is legally binding for all Member States. It prescribes the end of overfishing and the …

[HTML][HTML] The alarming decline of Mediterranean fish stocks

P Vasilakopoulos, CD Maravelias, G Tserpes - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
In recent years, fisheries management has succeeded in stabilizing and even improving the
state of many global fisheries resources [1–5]. This is particularly evident in areas where …

[HTML][HTML] Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time

C Piroddi, M Coll, C Liquete, D Macias, K Greer… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been defined “under siege” because of intense
pressures from multiple human activities; yet there is still insufficient information on the …

[HTML][HTML] First large-scale eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea stock assessment reveals a dramatic decline

N Demirel, M Zengin, A Ulman - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean Sea is classified as a “data-poor” region in fisheries due to its low
number of assessed stocks given its biodiversity and number of exploited species. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological and economic effects of COVID-19 in marine fisheries from the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

M Coll, M Ortega-Cerdà, Y Mascarell-Rocher - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic starting at the end of 2019 impacted many human
activities. We analysed the abrupt reduction in fishing pressure of the mixed small-scale and …

Trophic level-based indicators to track fishing impacts across marine ecosystems

L Shannon, M Coll, A Bundy, D Gascuel… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
Trophic level (TL)-based indicators have been widely used to examine fishing impacts in
aquatic ecosystems and the induced biodiversity changes. However, much debate has …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking the rising extinction risk of sharks and rays in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

RHL Walls, NK Dulvy - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The loss of biodiversity is increasingly well understood on land, but trajectories of extinction
risk remain largely unknown in the ocean. We present regional Red List Indices (RLIs) to …

[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean Sea: a failure of the European fisheries management system

M Cardinale, GC Osio, G Scarcella - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
North East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea fisheries are governed by the European
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Despite the fact that both areas are managed under the …