Conflicts in the coastal zone: human impacts on commercially important fish species utilizing coastal habitat

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Brown, Elliot, Vasconcelos, Rita, Wennhage, Håkan, Bergström, Ulf, Støttrup, Josianne, van de Wolfshaar, Karen, Millisenda, Giacomo, Colloca, Francesco, Le Pape, Olivier
• Other Authors: DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre Portugal (MARE), Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida = University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences (ISPA), Instituto Português de Investigação do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Wageningen Marine Research The Netherlands, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Écologie et santé des écosystèmes (ESE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Mapping fish habitats
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: anthropogenic pressure; coastal; ecosystem-based management; fisheries; habitat degradation; habitat loss; human activity; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; [SDV.SA.STP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Sciences and technics of fishery; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://institut-agro-rennes-angers.hal.science/hal-01891271; https://institut-agro-rennes-angers.hal.science/hal-01891271/document; https://institut-agro-rennes-angers.hal.science/hal-01891271/file/Le%20pape%20-Ices_2018_fsx237.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx237

Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [IF/00058/2013, PTDC/AAG-GLO/5849/2014, UID/MAR/04292/]; European Commission via National Programme for Biological Sampling (PNAB) integrated in the Data Collection Framework; Wageningen Marine Research This work was developed within the context of the ICES Working Group on the Value of Coastal Habitats for Exploited Species (WGVHES). We thank both ICES and all participants of the Working Group during 2014-2017. Contributors to this research were independently funded and supported: EJB was funded by the Danish Recreational Fishers Fund - Marine Fiskepleje and the Otto Monsted Fund; RPV was financed through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) via Investigador FCT Programme 2013 (IF/00058/2013), project PTDC/AAG-GLO/5849/2014 and project UID/MAR/04292/, and through European Commission via National Programme for Biological Sampling (PNAB) integrated in the Data Collection Framework, and KvdW was supported by Wageningen Marine Research. International audience Coastal ecosystems are ecologically, culturally, and economically important, and hence are under pressure from diverse human activities. We reviewed the literature for existing evidence of effects of human-induced habitat changes on exploited fish utilizing coastal habitats. We focused on fish species of the Northeast Atlantic for which fisheries advice is provided by International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and which utilize coastal habitats for at least one life-history stage (LHS). We found that 92% of these species are impacted by human activity in at least one LHS while utilizing coastal habitat and 38% in multiple stages. Anthropogenic pressures most commonly shown to impact these fish species were toxicants and pollutants (75% of species). Eutrophication and anoxia, invasive species, and physical coastal development affected about half of the species (58, 54, and 42% of species, respectively), while indirect fishing impacts affected a minority (17% of species). Moreover, 71% of ...