Fishing impact and environmental status in European seas: a diagnosis from stock assessments and ecosystem indicators
ISI Document Delivery No.: DF3JU Times Cited: 6 Cited Reference Count: 70 Gascuel, Didier Coll, Marta Fox, Clive Guenette, Sylvie Guitton, Jerome Kenny, Andrew Knittweis, Leyla Nielsen, J. Rasmus Piet, Gerjan Raid, Tiit Travers-Trolet, Morgane Shephard, Samuel European Commission; European Commissio...
Published in: | Fish and Fisheries |
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Online Access: | https://institut-agro-rennes-angers.hal.science/hal-01523694 https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12090 |
Summary: | ISI Document Delivery No.: DF3JU Times Cited: 6 Cited Reference Count: 70 Gascuel, Didier Coll, Marta Fox, Clive Guenette, Sylvie Guitton, Jerome Kenny, Andrew Knittweis, Leyla Nielsen, J. Rasmus Piet, Gerjan Raid, Tiit Travers-Trolet, Morgane Shephard, Samuel European Commission; European Commission through the Marie Curie CIG grant; Spanish Research Program Ramon y Cajal This study was initially conducted during the 2012 meeting of the Experts working group on the 'Development of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in European Seas' set up by the Scientific Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), and funded by the European Commission. MC was funded by the European Commission through the Marie Curie CIG grant and the Spanish Research Program Ramon y Cajal. We sincerely thank Trevor Branch and anonymous referees for their useful comments and suggestions on an earlier version of the manuscript. Wiley-blackwell Hoboken International audience Stock-based and ecosystem-based indicators are used to provide a new diagnosis of the fishing impact and environmental status of European seas. In the seven European marine ecosystems covering the Baltic and the North-east Atlantic, (i) trends in landings since 1950 were examined; (ii) syntheses of the status and trends in fish stocks were consolidated at the ecosystem level; and (iii) trends in ecosystem indicators based on landings and surveys were analysed. We show that yields began to decrease everywhere (except in the Baltic) from the mid-1970s, as a result of the over-exploitation of some major stocks. Fishermen adapted by increasing fishing effort and exploiting a wider part of the ecosystems. This was insufficient to compensate for the decrease in abundance of many stocks, and total landings have halved over the last 30years. The highest fishing impact took place in the late 1990s, with a clear decrease in stock-based and ecosystem indicators. In particular, trophic-based indicators exhibited a continuous decreasing trend in almost all ... |
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