Small pelagic fish contribute up to 50% of the total landing of marine species. They are most
abundant in upwelling areas and contribute to food security. Exploited stocks of these …

Indicators are needed to support the implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries
(EAF), by providing information on the state of the ecosystem, the extent and intensity of …

Large-scale transitions between alternative states in ecosystems are known as regime shifts.
Once described as healthy and dominated by various marine predators, the Black Sea …

Bottom trawling causes widespread physical disturbance of sediments in seas and oceans
and affects benthic communities by removing target and non-target species and altering …

Le chalutage de fond cause une perturbation générale des sédiments sur les plates-formes
marines et peut avoir un impact négatif sur la faune benthique. Nous avons évalué sur une …

Abstract Kell, LT, Mosqueira, I., Grosjean, P., Fromentin, JM., Garcia, D., Hillary, R., Jardim,
E., Mardle, S., Pastoors, MA, Poos, JJ, Scott, F., and Scott, RD 2007. FLR: an open-source …

The perception that ecosystem-based fishery management is too complex and poorly
defined remains a primary impediment to its broadscale adoption and implementation. Here …

A regime shift is considered to be a sudden shift in structure and functioning of a marine
ecosystem, affecting several living components and resulting in an alternate state. According …

Fisheries management benefits from the contribution of several academic disciplines, each
with their own perspectives, concerns and solutions. In this essay we argue that the …

Fisheries sustainability is recognized to have four pillars: ecological, economic, social
(including cultural) and institutional (or governance). Although international agreements …