Rapa whelk has become significant commercially, as there is a market that makes it export-
oriented species. It has also gained special importance because of catching this species in …

The metal (loid) s are mainly transported to the Black Sea via rivers and affect the coastal
area where fisheries are intensive. Chamelea gallina (striped venus clam) is the most …

The North-Western Black Sea shelf is extremely vulnerable to disturbances of its habitats
and ecosystems. In the past 10 years, this area has become targeted by beam trawl fisheries …

This study aimed to characterize the catches, quantify fishing yield, bycatch and discards,
and also estimate damage and mortality rates using hand dredges with two different mesh …

Spatial and temporal changes in some ecological characteristics (ie biomass, abundance,
morphometrics, sex-composition, growth parameters and population dynamics) of the …

The species composition and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates in the Eastern Black
Sea were determined seasonally, between May 2013 and February 2014. Sediment was …

Catches of the commercial beam trawl fishery for Rapana venosa in Bulgarian waters were
assessed during summer–autumn 2017. The fish bycatch was analysed, with a particular …

Despite the importance of Rapana fisheries in the Black Sea region, few studies have
focused on the non-target species, and determined discard rates from hauls on the deck …

In this study, a grid-net design (GND) with three different bar spacings was compared with
the commercial beam trawl used in the veined rapa whelk fishery to minimize the discarded …

Background. The beam trawl fisheries of veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa (Valenciennes,
1846), cause small benthic organisms to be captured and also damage the other species …