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 …

Electronic monitoring in fisheries: lessons from global experiences and future opportunities

ATM van Helmond, LO Mortensen… - Fish and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Since the beginning of the 21st century, electronic monitoring (EM) has emerged as a cost‐
efficient supplement to existing catch monitoring programmes in fisheries. An EM system …

Stakeholder perspectives on opportunities and challenges in achieving sustainable growth of the blue economy in a changing climate

C Hoerterer, MF Schupp, A Benkens… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coastal marine environments provide livelihoods as billions of people around the world
depend greatly on sustainability efforts in the Blue Economy. In this study, we investigated …

Changing fish distributions challenge the effective management of European fisheries

AR Baudron, T Brunel, MA Blanchet, M Hidalgo… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in fish distribution are being observed across the globe. In Europe's Common
Fisheries Policy, the share of the catch of each fish stock is split among management areas …

Impact of ocean warming on sustainable fisheries management informs the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

N Serpetti, AR Baudron, MT Burrows, BL Payne… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
An integrated ecosystem model including fishing and the impact of rising temperatures,
relative to species' thermal ranges, was used to assess the cumulative effect of future climate …

Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss

PG Fernandes, GM Ralph, A Nieto… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Europe has a long tradition of exploiting marine fishes and is promoting marine economic
activity through its Blue Growth strategy. This increase in anthropogenic pressure, along with …

Species acclimatization pathways: latitudinal shifts and timing adjustments to track ocean warming

G Chust, FG Taboada, P Alvarez, L Ibaibarriaga - Ecological indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Poleward distributional shifts and phenological adjustments are universal ecological
responses to ocean warming. Though they are commonly addressed as independent …

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 …

Management of transboundary and straddling fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic in view of climate‐induced shifts in spatial distribution

P Gullestad, S Sundby, OS Kjesbu - Fish and Fisheries, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of 200 nm exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the late 1970s required
increased collaboration among neighbouring coastal states to manage transboundary and …

Regime shift dynamics, tipping points and the success of fisheries management

AM Blöcker, HM Gutte, RL Bender, SA Otto… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Recovery of depleted fish stocks is an important goal for fisheries management and crucial
to sustain important ecosystem functions as well as global food security. Successful recovery …