As area-based marine conservation coverage expands to meet global targets, tension with
fishing activities increases. While fully protected areas (FPAs) provide the largest range of …

Abstract The Northeast Atlantic, a highly productive maritime area, has been exposed to a
wide range of direct human pressures, such as fishing, shipping, coastal development …

We reflect on the innovation process that led to the development of the pulse trawl that was
successfully trialed at a commercial scale, but eventually ended with the European …

Mobile bottom contact gear such as trawls is widely considered to have the highest
environmental impact of commonly used fishing gears, with concern about impact on benthic …

Preserving adaptive capacities of coastal ecosystems, which are currently facing the
ongoing climate warming and a multitude of other anthropogenic impacts, requires an …

Ocean observatories collect large volumes of video data, with some data archives now
spanning well over a few decades, and bringing the challenges of analytical capacity …

The EMOD-PACE project, funded by the European Commission, aimed to promote
international ocean governance between EU and China. One of the objectives of EMOD …

The effective implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and
formulation of spatial management policies rely heavily on a good understanding of the …

The ecosystem approach to fisheries management needs information of not just where
bottom trawlers operate but also on their impact on the seabed, which is also highly relevant …

Marine bivalves provide an important seafood resource, but conflicts between bivalve
fisheries and conservation goals may arise. 2. A scientific debate about cockle dredging in …