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Fishing
About: Fishing is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26543 publications have been published within this topic receiving 455552 citations. The topic is also known as: angling.
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TL;DR: There is a gulf between theory and application or does the high variability inherent in fish populations and complexity of multispecies fisheries demand a different approach to management?
Abstract: Fisheries science was the precursor of population ecology and continues to contribute important theoretical advances. Despite this, fishery scientists have a poor record for applying their insights to real-world fisheries management. Is there a gulf between theory and application or does the high variability inherent in fish populations and complexity of multispecies fisheries demand a different approach to management? Perhaps the solution to the world fisheries crisis is obvious after all?
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01 Jan 1977
TL;DR: Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico as discussed by the authors is based on two decades' research and greater attention to deepwater habitats, and includes new photos and information obtained from dives around reefs and new offshore oil structures.
Abstract: Revised in both format and content, this new edition of the standard Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico is based on two decades' research and greater attention to deepwater habitats. The authors have revamped the taxonomic nomenclature for more than forty species and included new photos and information obtained from dives around reefs and new offshore oil structures. Other habitat conditions have changed because of severe freezes, hurricanes, intensive fishing, and government regulations on fishing. The continued accumulation of data from sport anglers and commercial fisheries is also reflected in this new volume.
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TL;DR: The results demonstrate that crucial ecosystem functions can be maintained through a range of fisheries restrictions, allowing coral reef managers to develop recovery plans that meet conservation and livelihood objectives in areas where marine reserves are not socially or politically feasible solutions.
Abstract: Continuing degradation of coral reef ecosystems has generated substantial interest in how management can support reef resilience(1,2). Fishing is the primary source of diminished reef function globally(3-5), leading to widespread calls for additional marine reserves to recover fish biomass and restore key ecosystem functions(6). Yet there are no established baselines for determining when these conservation objectives have been met or whether alternative management strategies provide similar ecosystem benefits. Here we establish empirical conservation benchmarks and fish biomass recovery timelines against which coral reefs can be assessed and managed by studying the recovery potential of more than 800 coral reefs along an exploitation gradient. We show that resident reef fish biomass in the absence of fishing (B-0) averages similar to 1,000 kg ha(-1), and that the vast majority (83%) of fished reefs are missing more than half their expected biomass, with severe consequences for key ecosystem functions such as predation. Given protection from fishing, reef fish biomass has the potential to recover within 35 years on average and less than 60 years when heavily depleted. Notably, alternative fisheries restrictions are largely (64%) successful at maintaining biomass above 50% of B-0, sustaining key functions such as herbivory. Our results demonstrate that crucial ecosystem functions can be maintained through a range of fisheries restrictions, allowing coral reef managers to develop recovery plans that meet conservation and livelihood objectives in areas where marine reserves are not socially or politically feasible solutions.
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TL;DR: This article analyzed data from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the EUROPA fishing fleet registry, and peer-reviewed and other publications to determine the global trends in fishing effort from 1950 to 2006.
266 citations
01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of trawling on benthic habitats and fishes in the North Sea and found that trawlers were responsible for the regression of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Mediterranean Sea (G.C. Ardizzone, P.T. Tucci, A.S. van Santbrink).
Abstract: Introduction. Acknowledgements. Contributors. PART 1: Distribution of Fishing Effort and Physical Interaction with the Seabed. 1. Spatial and temporal patterns in North Sea fishing effort (S. Jennings, K.J. Warr, S.P.R. Greenstreet and A.J. R. Cotter). 2. Physical impact of beam trawls on seabed sediments (R. Fonteyne). 3. Is bottom traw3ling partly responsible for the regression of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Mediterranean Sea (G.D. Ardizzone, P. Tucci, A. Somaschini and A. Belluscio). PART 2: Effects of Fishing on Benthic Fauna and Habitats. 4. Fishing mortality of populations of megafauna in sandy sediments (M.J.N. Bergman and J.W. van Santbrink). 5. Effects of otter trawling on the benthos and environment in muddy sediments (B.Ball, B. Munday and I. Tuck). 6. The effects of scallop dredging on gravelly seabed communities (C. Bradsaw, L.O. Veale, A.S. Hill and A.R. Brand). 7. Impact of scallop dredging on maerl grounds (J.M. Hall--Spencer and P.G. Moore). PART 3: Fishing As A Source of Energy Subsidies. 8. The behavioural response of benthic scavengers to otter--trawling disturbance in the Mediterranean (M. Demestre, P. Sanchez and M.J. Kaiser). 9. Food subsidies generated by the beam--trawl fisher in the southern North Sea (M. Fonds and S. Groenewold). 10. Impact of trawling on populations of the invertebrate scavenger Asterias rubens (K. Ramsay, M.J. Kaiser, A.D. Rijnsdorp, J.A. Craeymeersch and J. Ellis). 11. Seabirds and commercial fisheries: population trends of piscivorous seabirds explained (C.J. Camphysen and S. Garthe). PART 4: Long--Term Changes Associated with Fishing. 12. Distribution of macrofauna in relation to the micro--distribution of trawling effort (J.A. Craeymeersch, G.J. Piet, A.D. Rijnsdorp and J. Buijs). 13. Long--term changes in North Sea Benthos: Discerning the role of fisheries (C.L. J. Frid and R.A. Clark). 14. Effects of fishing on non--target fish species (S.P.R. Greenstreet and S.I. Rogers). 15. Impacts of fishing on diversity: from pattern to process (S. Jennings and J.D. Reynolds). PART 5: Conservation Methods, Issues and Implications for Biodiversity. 16. Technical modifications to reduce the by--catches and impacts of bottom--fishing gears (B.van Marlen). 17. Fishing and cetacean by--catches (N.J.C. Tregenza). 18. Effects of fishing on non--targeted species and habitats: identifying key nature conservation issues (M.L. Tasker, P.A. Knapman and D. Laffoley). 19. The need for closed areas as conservation tools (H.J. Lindeboom). 20. No--take zones: a management context (J.W. Horwood). PART 6: Socio--Economic Implications and Mechanisms for Reducing the Impacts of Fisheries. 21. Economic incentives to discard by--catch in unregulated and individual transferable quotas fisheries (S. Pascoe). 22. Options for the reduction of by--catches of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the North Sea (J.M. McGlade and K.I. Metuzals). 23. Economic and sociocultural priorities for marine conservation (P.J. S. Jones). 24. Integrated management: the implications of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (D. Dymes). PART 7: Workshop Conclusions. 25. The implications of the effects of fishing on non--targeted species and habitats (M.J. Kaiser). Glossary. Index.
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