Natura 2000 sites and fisheries in German offshore waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-169

  Pedersen, Søren Anker ^a   Fock, Heino ^b   Krause, Jochen ^c   Pusch, Christian ^c   Sell, Anne L ^b   Böttcher, Uwe ^d   Rogers, Stuart I ^e   Sköld, Mattias ^f   Skov, Henrik ^g   Podolska, Magdalena ^h   Piet, Gerjan J ⁱ   Rice, Jake C ^j  

^a International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ^*  (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

^d THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^e CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^g DHI   (Denmark)

^h NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Baltic sea; Fishing effort; Impact; Management; Marine protected area; Natura 2000; North sea

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; SEABIRD; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58549092257     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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