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 …

Trends in shark bycatch research: current status and research needs

JM Molina, SJ Cooke - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2012 - Springer
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 …

Microplastic ingestion by Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 fish and its potential for causing oxidative stress

C Alomar, A Sureda, X Capó, B Guijarro, S Tejada… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
A total of 417 striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, were analyzed to study microplastic
ingestion and livers of fish were assessed to study effects of microplastics. Nearly one third …

Global patterns in the bycatch of sharks and rays

S Oliver, M Braccini, SJ Newman, ES Harvey - Marine Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
This study comprised a meta-analysis of elasmobranch bycatch in commercial longline,
trawl, purse-seine and gillnet fisheries in order to obtain a general perspective of bycatch …

Complexities of coastal shark movements and their implications for management

CW Speed, IC Field, MG Meekan… - Marine ecology progress …, 2010 - int-res.com
Global declines of shark populations are of concern because of their largely assumed role
as moderators of ecosystem function. Without long-term data on movement patterns for …

Spatial variability of Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean

MC Follesa, MF Marongiu, W Zupa, A Bellodi, A Cau… - Scientia Marina, 2019 - iris.unica.it
Thanks to the availability of the MEDITS survey data, a standardized picture of the
occurrence and abundance of demersal Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean has …

DNA metabarcoding of trawling bycatch reveals diversity and distribution patterns of sharks and rays in the central Tyrrhenian Sea

L Albonetti, G Maiello, A Cariani… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Conservation and management of chondrichthyans are becoming increasingly important, as
many species are particularly vulnerable to fishing activities, primarily as bycatch, which …

Demersal resource assemblages in the trawl fishing grounds off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

E Massutí, O Reñones - Scientia Marina, 2005 - scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es
The demersal resources distributed in the trawl fishing grounds off the Balearic Islands
(western Mediterranean) were studied from two bottom trawl surveys carried out in spring …

A century of fishery data documenting the collapse of smooth‐hounds (Mustelus spp.) in the Mediterranean Sea

F Colloca, M Enea, S Ragonese… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation and management of shark populations is increasingly becoming important in
many marine regions, since there is a growing body of evidence showing that several …

Overview on Mediterranean shark's fisheries: Impact on the biodiversity

MN Bradai, B Saidi, S Enajjar - Marine ecology-biotic and abiotic …, 2018 - books.google.com
Bibliographic analysis shows that the Mediterranean Sea is a hot spot for cartilaginous
species biodiversity, including sharks, rays, and chimaeras; 49 sharks and 36 rays were …