Linking marine fisheries to environmental objectives: A case study on seafloor integrity under European maritime policies

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Fock, Heino O ^a   Kloppmann, Matthias ^a   Stelzenmüller, Vanessa ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Natura 2000; North Sea; Pressure state response models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 79952698635     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Apitz S.E., Elliott M., Fountain M., Galloway T.S. European environmental management: moving to an ecosystem approach. Integr. Environ. Assess. Manage. 2006, 2:80-85.
2. Aubry A., Elliott M. The use of environmental integrative indicators to assess seabed disturbance in estuaries and coasts: Application to the Humber Estuary, UK. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2006, 53:175-186.
3. Ban N.C., Alidina H., Adron J.A. Cumulative impact mapping: advances, relevance and limitations to marine management and conservation, using Canada's Pacific waters as a case study. Mar. Policy 2010, 34:876-886.
4. Beare, D., Rijnsdorp, A., Kooten, T.V., Fock, H.O., Schröder, A., Kloppmann, M., Witbaard, R., Meesters, E., Schulze, T., Blaesbjerg, M., Damm, U., Quirijns, F., 2010. Study for the Revision of the Plaice Box - Draft Final Report, C002/10. IMARES.
5. Berghahn R., Vorberg R. Shrimp Fisheries and Nature Conservation in the National Park Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein 82-97 1998, Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin.
6. Berkenhagen J., Döring R., Fock H.O., Kloppmann M.H.F., Pedersen S.A., Schulze T. Decision bias in marine spatial planning of offshore wind farms: problems of singular versus cumulative assessments of economic impacts on fisheries. Mar. Policy 2010, 34:733-736.
7. Borja A., Elliott M., Carstensen J., Heiskanen A.-S., van de Bund W. Marine management - towards an integrated implementation of the European Marine Strategy and the Water Framework Directives. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2010, 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.026.
8. Borja A., Muxika I., Rodriguez J.G. Paradigmatic responses of marine benthic communities to different anthropogenic pressures, using M-AMBI, within the European Water Framework Directive. Mar. Ecol. 2009, 30:214-227.
9. Borja A., Ranasinghe A., Weisberg S.B. Assessing ecological integrity in marine waters, using multiple indices and ecosystem components: challenges for the future. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2009, 59:1-4.
10. Cardoso, A.C., Cochrane, S., Doerner, H., Ferreira, J.G., Galgani, F., Hagebro, C., Hanke, G., Hoeppffner, N., Keizer, P.D., Law, R., Olenin, S., Piet, G.J., Rice, J., Rogers, S.I., Swartenbroux, F., Tasker, M.L., van de Bund, W., 2010. Scientific Support to the European Commission on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive - Management Group Report, draft. JRC-ICES.
11. Chapman C. Project risk analysis and management - PRAM the generic process. Int. J. Proj. Manage. 1997, 15:273-281.
12. EEA, 2009. EEA Strategy 2009-2013 European Environment Agency, Copenhagen.
13. Fock H.O. Fisheries in the context of marine spatial planning: defining principal areas for fisheries in the German EEZ. Mar. Policy 2008, 32:728-739.
14. Fock H.O. Integrating multiple pressures at different spatial and temporal scales: A concept for relative ecological risk assessment in the European marine environment. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 2011, 17. 10.1080/10807039.2011.538634.
15. Fox D.R. Statistical issues in ecological risk assessment. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 2006, 12:120-129.
16. Frank K.T., Petrie B., Shackell N.L. The ups and downs of trophic control in continental shelf ecosystems. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2007, 22:236-242.
17. Frid C.L.J., Paramor O.A.L., Scott C. Ecosystem-based management of fisheries: is science limiting?. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2006, 63:1567-1572.
18. Gabrielson P., Bosch P. Environmental Indicators: Typology and Use in Reporting 2003, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen.
19. Gosselin L.A., Qian P.-Y. Juvenile mortality in benthic marine invertebrates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 1997, 146:265-282.
20. Graham R.L., Hunsaker C.T., O'Neill R.V., Jackson B.L. Ecological Risk Assessment at the Regional Scale. Ecol. Appl. 1992, 1:196-206.
21. Greenstreet S.P.R., Holland G.J., Fraser T.W.K., Allen V.J. Modelling demersal fishing effort based on landings and days absence from port, to generate indicators of "activity" ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2009, 66:886-901.
22. Halpern B.S., Walbridge S., Selkoe K.A., Kappel C.V., Micheli F., D'Agrosa C., Bruno J.F., Casey K.S., Ebert C., Fox H.E., Fujita R., Heinemann D., Lenihan H.S., Madin E.M.P., Perry M.T., Selig E.R., Spalding M., Steneck R., Watson R. A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems. Science 2008, 319:948-952.
23. Harwell M.A., Cooper W., Flaak R. Prioritizing ecological and human welfare risks from environmental stresses. Environ. Manage. 1992, 16:451-464.
24. Hayes E.H., Landis W.G. Regional ecological risk assessment of a near shore marine environment: Cherry Point, WA. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 2004, 10:299-325.
25. HELCOM, 2010. Ecosystem Health of the Baltic Sea 2003-2007: HELCOM Initial Holistic Assessment, 122. HELCOM, Helsinki.
26. Hiddink J.G., Jennings S., Kaiser M.J. Indicators of the ecological impact of bottom-trawl disturbance on seabed communities. Ecosystems 2006, 9:1190-1199.
27. Hiddink J.G., Jennings S., Kaiser M.J. Assessing and predicting the relative ecological impacts of disturbance on habitats with different sensitivities. J. Appl. Ecol. 2007, 44:405-413.
28. ICES, 2008. Report of the Workshop on dealing with Natura 2000 and Related Requests (WKN2K), ICES CM 2008/ACOM:46. ICES, Copenhagen.
29. Kaiser M.J., Clarke K.R., Hinz H., Austen M.C.V., Somerfield P.J., Karakassis I. Global analysis of response and recovery of benthic biota to fishing. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2006, 311:1-14.
30. Kaiser M.J., Collie J.S., Hall S.J., Jennings S., Poiner I.R. Modification of marine habitats by trawling activities: prognosis and solutions. Fish Fisheries 2002, 3:114-136.
31. Lackey R.T. Fisheries management: integrating societal preference, decision analysis, and ecological risk assessment. Environ. Sci. Policy 1998, 1:329-335.
32. Landis W.G. Uncertainty in the extrapolation from individual effects to impacts upon landscapes. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 2002, 8:193-204.
33. Landis W.G., Wiegers J.A. Design considerations and a suggested approach for regional and comparative ecological risk assessment. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 1997, 3:287-297.
34. Lindeboom, H.J., Groot, S.J.d. (Eds.) (1998) Impact II - The Effects of Different Types of Fisheries on the North Sea and Irish Sea Benthic Ecosystems. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, AB Den Burg, The Netherlands, p. 404.
35. Link J.S. What does ecosystem-based fisheries management mean?. Fish Manage. 2002, 27:18-21.
36. Link J.S., Yemans D., Shannon L.J., Coll M., Shin Y.-J., Hill L., Borges M.D.F. Relating marine ecosystem indicators to fishing and environmental drivers: an elucidation of contrasting responses. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2010, 67:787-795.
37. Lotze H.K. Repetitive history of resource depletion and mismanagement: the need for a shift in perspective. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2004, 274:282-285.
38. Magni P., Hyland J., Manzella G., Rumohr H., Viaroli P., Zenetos A. Proceedings of the Workshop "Indicators of Stress in the Marine Benthos" , 195 2005, UNESCO, Paris.
39. Mangel M. Commentary: accounting for uncertainty in marine reserve design. Ecol. Lett. 2006, 9:11-12.
40. OECD, 1993. OECD Core Set of Indicators for Environmental Performance reviews, OCDE/GD(93)179. OECD, Paris.
41. OECD, 2003. OECD Environmental Indicators - Development, Measurement. OECD, Paris.
42. Pedersen S.A., Fock H.O., Krause J., Pusch C., Sell A., Böttcher U., Rogers S., Sköld M., Skov H., Podolska M., Piet G., Rice J. Natura 2000 sites and Fisheries in German Offshore Waters. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2009, 66:155-169.
43. Pedersen S.A., Fock H.O., Sell A. Mapping fisheries in the German exclusive economic zone with special reference to offshore Natura 2000 sites. Mar. Policy 2009, 33:571-590.
44. Piet G.J., Quirijns F.J., Robinson L., Greenstreet S.P.R. Potential pressure indicators for fishing, and their data requirements. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2007, 64:110-121.
45. Piet G.J., Rijnsdorp A.D., Bergman M.L.N., van Santbrink J.W., Craeymeersch J., Buijs J. A quantitative evaluation of the impact of beam trawling on benthic fauna in the southern North Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2000, 57:1332-1339.
46. Rees H.L. Role of benthic indicators in regulating human activities at sea. Environ. Sci. Policy 2009, 9:496-508.
47. Reiss H., Degraer S., Duineveld G.C.A., Kröncke I., Aldridge J., Craeymeersch J.A., Eggleton J.D., Hillewaert H., Lavaleye M.S.S., Moll A., Pohlmann T., Rachor E., Robertson M., Berghe E.V., Hoey G., Rees V.H.L. Spatial patterns of infauna, epifauna, and demersal fish communities in the North Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2010, 67:278-323.
48. Robinson, L.A., Rogers, S., Frid, C.L.J., 2008. A marine assessment and monitoring framework for application by UKMMAS and OSPAR-Assessment of Pressures, F90-01-1075. Univ. of Liverpool/CEFAS.
49. Rochet M.-J., Rice J.C. Do explicit criteria help in selecting indicators for ecosystem-based fisheries management?. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2005, 62:528-539.
50. Salomon M. Recent European initiatives in marine protection policy: towards lasting protection for Europe's seas?. Environ. Sci. Policy 2009, 12:359-366.
51. Shopley J., Sowman M., Fuggle R. Extending the capability of the component interaction matrix as a technique for addressing secondary impacts in environmental assessment. J. Environ. Manage 1990, 31:197-213.
52. Stelzenmüller V., Lee J., Garnacho E., Rogers S.I. Assessment of a Bayesian Belief Network-GIS framework as a practical tool to support marine spatial planning. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2010, 60:1743-1754.
53. Stelzenmüller V., Lee J., South A., Rogers S.I. Quantifying cumulative impacts of human pressures on the marine environment: a geostatistical framework. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2010, 398:19-32.
54. Tillin H.M., Hiddink J.G., Jennings S., Kaiser M.J. Chronic bottom trawling alters the functional composition of benthic invertebrate communities on a sea-basin scale. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2006, 318:31-45.
55. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1998. Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment, EPA/630/R-95/002F. Risk Assessment Forum, Washington, DC.
56. Wiegers J.K., Feder H.M., Mortensen L.S., Shaw D.G., Wilson V.J., Landis W.G. A regional multiple-stressor rank-based ecological risk assessment for the Fjord of Valdez, Alaska. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 1998, 4:1125-1173.