Corrado Piccinetti

TL;DR: With the exception of the flatfish, the effect of a change of mesh configuration from diamond- to square-mesh on size selectivity positively affected the retention length at 50% ( L 50 ), however, square-meshes were found to be unsuitable for flat and/or deep-bodied fish as these escape more readily from diamonds.

TL;DR: Trawl surveys carried out in the Adriatic Sea in 1948 and 1998 provided information on the changes that occurred in the composition and distribution of demersal fish resources over the 50 years period.

TL;DR: It is shown that thousands of recreational divers can be enrolled in marine biodiversity monitoring for increasing the environmental education of the public and collecting data on the status of marine biodiversity, and there was a significant negative correlation with latitude, suggesting improved quality in the southernmost areas.

TL;DR: In the Mediterranean Hippocampus mission, 2536 divers spent 6077 hours gathering data and completing 8827 questionnaires as discussed by the authors, for a total of 3061 sighted specimens.

TL;DR: In this article, the distribution of Mediterranean hake populations was described in coastal areas corresponding to about three quarters of both the latitudinal and longitudinal extensions of the Mediterranean Sea, and in the 0-800 m range.