Bycatch in fisheries can have profound effects on the abundance of species with relatively
low resilience to increased mortality, can alter the evolutionary characteristics and …

Tuna fisheries have been identified as one of the major threats to populations of other
marine vertebrates, including sea turtles, sharks, seabirds and marine mammals. The …

The blue shark (Prionace glauca), a highly migratory and wide-ranging shark, has been
classified as Critically Endangered in the Mediterranean Sea by the International Union for …

Abstract The western Mediterranean Sea is an important fishing ground for the Spanish
surface longline fleet targeting swordfish, bluefin tuna, and albacore. Spanish …

The ocean sunfishes have a long and confusing taxonomic legacy, clouding the global
zoogeography of each species and hindering fisheries bycatch assessments. The traditional …

The environmental targets of the recently agreed Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) targets are
likely associated with a considerable cost, which motivates a search for low-cost policies …

World food production has increased substantially in the past century, thanks mostly to the
increase in the use of oil as input in the production processes. This growing use of fossil …

This study explores the status of exploited shark populations in the Gulf of Gabes in relation
to fishing pressure, based on data pertaining to shark longline fishery, collected during two …

The study of ocean sunfishes has for decades been practically synonymous with the study of
Mola mola, recently listed as 'vulnerable'on a global scale by the International Union for …

This study presents the results based on catch per unit effort (CPUE) and incidental catch
ratios of surveys on the Turkish swordfish longliners during the fishing seasons between …