Assessing fishery footprints and the trade-offs between landings value, habitat sensitivity, and fishing impacts to inform marine spatial planning and an ecosystem approach

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1063

  Jennings, S ^a,b   Lee, J ^a   Hiddink, J G ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; fishery management; fishing effects; Marine Protected Areas; resilience; vessel monitoring systems (VMSs)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND MARKET; MARINE PARK; SPATIAL PLANNING; TRADE-OFF; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863588146     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss050     Document Type: Article

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