Tommaso Russo

TL;DR: In this article, the extent and intensity of bottom trawling on the European continental shelf (0-1000 m) was analyzed from logbook statistics and VMS data for 2010, 2011 and 2012 at a resolution of 1×1 minutes longitude and latitude.

TL;DR: A systematic, high-resolution analysis of bottom trawl fishing footprints for 24 regions on continental shelves and slopes of five continents and New Zealand, finding footprints were generally smaller in regions where fisheries met targets for exploitation rates, implying collateral environmental benefits of effective fisheries management.

TL;DR: Results indicate that VMSbase can represent a step forward in extracting and enhancing information from VMS/logbook data for fisheries studies, as well as some performance tests on two large datasets.

TL;DR: It is shown that the growth profile of early stages is mainly determined by organogenesis of important apparati, whereas that of later stages seems optimized to improve feeding on hard prey in complex microhabitat and swimming abilities, and to reduce predation risk.

TL;DR: Overall, these findings suggest that this is a promising approach to assign fishing effort, resolved at single trip scale, to specific metiers, even giving independent assessment of fishing activity with respect to those provided by logbook and capture data.