As oil transportation worldwide continues to increase, many communities are at risk of oil
spill disasters and must anticipate and prepare for them. Factors that influence oil spill …

Unlike the major anthropogenic changes that terrestrial and coastal habitats underwent
during the last centuries such as deforestation, river engineering, agricultural practices or …

Mariculture plays an important role in providing humans with a stable source of aquatic
products, but oil spills have both real and perceived effects on mariculture facilities and …

Cluster analyses of catch profiles by fishing day and trip (1986–2007) are used to identify
métiers in the Northern Spanish coastal bottom pair trawl fleet (PTB) operating in ICES …

Ecosystem-based fishery management (EBFM) is based on a holistic approach, recognising
all the interactions within an ecosystem rather than considering single species or issues in …

Punzón, A., Hernández, C., Abad, E., Castro, J., Pérez, N., and Trujillo, V. 2010. Spanish
otter trawl fisheries in the Cantabrian Sea.–ICES Journal of Marine Science 67: 1604–1616 …

This paper shows how post-oil spill management measures can affect the general pattern of
fishing effort exerted on two particular species of great commercial value in northern …

The oceans and the marine environment, covering about 70% of the earth, are critically
important to humans. Marine biology provides an understanding of the various organisms …

The world's most significant energy resources, petroleum and petroleum hydrocarbons,
have also emerged as the major pollutants of the marine environment. Polycyclic aromatic …

Oil Spill catastrophes have been one of the largest concerns worldwide especially in the
marine sector as they bring with them commercial and environmental problems. Also, such …