An overview of bottom trawl selectivity in the Mediterranean Sea

A Lucchetti, M Virgili, C Vasapollo… - Mediterranean …, 2021 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, where bottom trawling for demersal species is the most
important fishery in terms of landings, around 75% of the assessed fish stocks are …

Ready for co-management? Portuguese artisanal octopus fishers' preferences for management and knowledge about the resource

P Silva, H Cabral, M Rangel, J Pereira, C Pita - Marine Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
In Portugal, the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) dominates the total catches and
landings from small scale fisheries. The small-scale fisheries have been targeting the …

Improving or overturning the ITQ system? Views of stakeholders in Icelandic fisheries

M Kokorsch, A Karlsdóttir, K Benediktsson - Maritime Studies, 2015 - Springer
Icelandic fisheries have gone through tremendous changes since the 1980s and the gradual
implementation of individual transferable quotas. The paper investigates to what extent the …

Marine spatial closures as a supplementary tool to reduce discards in bottom trawl fisheries: examples from southern European waters

S Despoti, G Milisenda, A Ligas, L Bentes, F Maynou… - Fisheries …, 2020 - Elsevier
Discards is an important issue in fisheries around the world. The spatial management of
discards has attracted interest as a potential tool for minimizing the unwanted catch. The aim …

Is Europe ready for a results-based approach to fisheries management? The voice of stakeholders

JL Santiago, MA Ballesteros, R Chapela, C Silva… - Marine Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), adopted by the European Union in
2013, aims to achieve sustainable exploitation of marine resources. Beyond the mainstream …

Boats don't fish, people do′-how fishers′ agency can inform fisheries-management on bycatch mitigation of marine mammals and sea birds

F Barz, J Eckardt, S Meyer, SBM Kraak, HV Strehlow - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Bycatch of seabirds and marine mammals in gillnet fisheries is a major hazard for
conservation globally. Measures for bycatch mitigation in fisheries management mostly base …

Being able is not necessarily being willing: governance implications of social, policy, and science-related factors influencing uptake of selective gear

NA Steins, AL Mattens, M Kraan - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Improving the selectivity of fishing gear and practices has been a challenge for fishers,
scientists, and policy-makers for decades. In Europe, urgency increased with the …

Lessons learned for collaborative approaches to management when faced with diverse stakeholder groups in a rebuilding fishery

MCM Deith, DJ Skerritt, R Licandeo, DE Duplisea… - Marine Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
There is increasing demand within fisheries management for the adoption of management
approaches that incorporate in-depth stakeholder participation, scientific uncertainty …

Stakeholder participation and satisfaction in the process of developing management plans: The case of Scottish Inshore Fisheries Groups

MR Msomphora - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in engaging stakeholders in the management of fisheries. In
Scotland, the form of stakeholder involvement ranges from consultation, with an advisory …

[HTML][HTML] Engaging fishers in sea turtle conservation in the Mediterranean Sea

M Virgili, A Petetta, G Barone, DL Veli, G Bargione… - Marine Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, more than 121,000 sea turtles are incidentally caught
each year by a variety of fishing gears, with more than 33,000 deaths and a mortality rate …