There is a need to better understand the survivorship of discarded fishes, both for
commercial stocks and species of conservation concern. Within European waters, the …

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 …

Adequate conservation and management of shark populations is becoming increasingly
important on a global scale, especially because many species are exceptionally vulnerable …

Evidence for severe declines in large predatory fishes is increasing around the world.
Because of its long history of intense fishing, the Mediterranean Sea offers a unique …

Small-scale fisheries in Peru constitute an important source of food and employment for
coastal communities where fish is the single most important natural resource. Utilizing …

Substantial ecological, economic and social problems result from shark interactions in
pelagic longline fisheries. Improved understanding of industry attitudes and practices …

1.1 The Mediterranean Sea...................................................................................................................
1.2 The fish fauna of the Mediterranean Sea …

Over the last few decades, much effort has been devoted towards quantifying and reducing
bycatch in marine fisheries. Of late, there has been a particular focus on sharks given that …

Few studies have focused so far on plastic ingestion by sharks in the Mediterranean Sea.
The aim of this paper was to determine, for the first time, the plastic litter ingested by blue …

How can species be exploited economically to extinction? Past single-species hypotheses
examining the economic plausibility of exploiting rare species have argued that the …