Exporting the problem: Issues with fishing closures in seabird conservation

• Published in: Marine Policy
• Main Authors: Copello, Sofía, Blanco, Gabriela Silvina, Seco Pon, Juan Pablo, Quintana, Flavio Roberto, Favero, Marco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: BOUNDARY EFFECT; BYCATCH; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; SATELLITE TRACKING; THALASSARCHE MELANOPHRIS; VMS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentine; Giganteus; Blanco; Hake; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/37152

Fisheries management may impact on a range of seabirds’ traits such as foraging behavior. There is an extensive hake fishing closure in Argentine waters (HFC) where trawling is banned. The concentration of fishing effort in the boundary of this area triggered the question of a potential negative eff...