Addressing challenges and opportunities of the European seafood sector under a circular economy framework

I Ruiz-Salmón, M Margallo, J Laso… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The European seafood and aquaculture sectors are facing important challenges in terms of
environmental threats (climate change, marine debris, resources depletion), social …

A review of the European Union landing obligation focusing on its implications for fisheries and the environment

J Guillen, SJ Holmes, N Carvalho, J Casey, H Dörner… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Discarding is a common practice in fisheries. Total discards are estimated to be about 30
million tons, representing around 23% of worldwide catches. Discarding is an undesirable …

The EU landing obligation and European small-scale fisheries: what are the odds for success?

P Veiga, C Pita, M Rangel, JMS Gonçalves, A Campos… - Marine Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
A landing obligation was formally implemented in the European Union (EU) for the first time,
as part of the recent reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Given the reasonable …

Fishing for Litter in the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion (Mediterranean Sea): Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

F Ronchi, F Galgani, F Binda, M Mandić, M Peterlin… - Marine policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Marine litter represents a transboundary challenge since it originates from manifold sources
and travels long distances. Reducing marine litter can involve measures to prevent, mitigate …

A synthesis to understand responses to capture stressors among fish discarded from commercial fisheries and options for mitigating their severity

KV Cook, AJ Reid, DA Patterson… - Fish and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Discarding non‐target fish from commercial fisheries is controversial and has been a
persistent concern for fisheries managers globally. Discard management strategies typically …

Fishers' perceptions about the EU discards policy and its economic impact on small-scale fisheries in Galicia (North West Spain)

S Villasante, GJ Pierce, C Pita, CP Guimeráns… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of the European Union landing obligation in the Galician
(North West of Spain) multispecies small-scale gillnet fishery. By combining results from …

Old info for a new fisheries policy: Discard ratios and lengths at discarding in EU Mediterranean bottom trawl fisheries

K Tsagarakis, A Carbonell, J Brčić… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Discarding is considered globally among the most important issues for fisheries
management. The recent reform of the Common Fisheries Policy establishes a landing …

Achieving sustainability of the seafood sector in the European Atlantic area by addressing eco-social challenges: the NEPTUNUS project

J Laso, I Ruiz-Salmón, M Margallo, P Villanueva-Rey… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fisheries and aquaculture are becoming a focus of societal concern driven by globalization
and increasing environmental degradation, mainly caused by climate change and marine …

Identifying the best fishing-suitable areas under the new European discard ban

I Paradinas, M Marin, M Grazia Pennino… - ICES Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The spatial management of fisheries has been repeatedly proposed as a discard mitigation
measure. A number of studies have assessed the fishing suitability of an area based on …

Achieving maximum sustainable yield in mixed fisheries: a management approach for the North Sea demersal fisheries

C Ulrich, Y Vermard, PJ Dolder, T Brunel… - ICES Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Achieving single species maximum sustainable yield (MSY) in complex and dynamic
fisheries targeting multiple species (mixed fisheries) is challenging because achieving the …