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 …

Contributions of food web modelling to the ecosystem approach to marine resource management in the Mediterranean Sea

M Coll, S Libralato - Fish and fisheries, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological modelling tools are applied worldwide to support the ecosystem‐based approach
of marine resources (EAM). In the last decades, numerous applications were attempted in …

Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time

C Piroddi, M Coll, C Liquete, D Macias, K Greer… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been defined “under siege” because of intense
pressures from multiple human activities; yet there is still insufficient information on the …

Historical changes in marine resources, food-web structure and ecosystem functioning in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

HK Lotze, M Coll, JA Dunne - Ecosystems, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been strongly influenced by human activities for
millennia. Although the environmental history of its surrounding terrestrial ecosystems has …

An ecological model of the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea: analysis of ecosystem structure and fishing impacts

M Coll, A Santojanni, I Palomera, S Tudela… - Journal of Marine …, 2007 - Elsevier
A trophic mass-balance model was developed to characterise the food web structure and
functioning of the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea and to quantify the ecosystem impacts …

Ecosystem services sustainability in the Mediterranean Sea: assessment of status and trends using multiple modelling approaches

C Liquete, C Piroddi, D Macías, JN Druon, G Zulian - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Mediterranean ecosystems support important processes and functions that bring direct
benefits to human society. Yet, marine ecosystem services are usually overlooked due to the …

Food-web changes in the Adriatic Sea over the last three decades

M Coll, A Santojanni, I Palomera, E Arneri - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2009 - int-res.com
We used a process-oriented model (Ecosim) to characterize changes in marine resources in
the north-central (NC) Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) from 1975 to 2002, and to explore the …

High-grading and over-quota discarding in mixed fisheries

J Batsleer, KG Hamon, HMJ van Overzee… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2015 - Springer
High-grading is the decision by fishers to discard fish of low value that allows them to land
more valuable fish. A literature review showed high-grading is reported in commercial and …

Bayesian spatio-temporal discard model in a demersal trawl fishery

MG Pennino, F Munoz, D Conesa, A López-Quílez… - Journal of sea …, 2014 - Elsevier
Spatial management of discards has recently been proposed as a useful tool for the
protection of juveniles, by reducing discard rates and can be used as a buffer against …

Current trends in the assessment and management of stocks

M Barange, M Bernal, MC Cergole… - Climate change and …, 2009 - hero.epa.gov
The assessment and management of small pelagic fish (SPF) stocks is particularly difficult
and uncertain because their short life expectancy, characteristic aggregative behavior, rapid …