Estimating seabed pressure from demersal trawls, seines, and dredges based on gear design and dimensions

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages i27-i43

  Eigaard, Ole R ^a   Bastardie, Francois ^a   Breen, Mike ^b   Dinesen, Grete E ^a   Hintzen, Niels T ^c   Laffargue, Pascal ^d   Mortensen, Lars O ^a   Nielsen, J Rasmus ^a   Nilsson, Hans C ^e   O'Neill, Finbarr G ^f   Polet, Hans ^g   Reid, David G ^h   Sala, Antonello ⁱ   Sköld, Mattias ^e   Smith, Chris ^j   Sørensen, Thomas K ^a   Tully, Oliver ^h   Zengin, Mustafa ^k   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^h MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^k CENTRAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

benthic impact; fishing pressure; gear footprint; indicators; logbooks; seabed integrity; swept area; towed gears; vessel size

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; FLATFISH; PURSE SEINING; SEAFLOOR; TOWING; TRAWLING;

PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 84960332046     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv099     Document Type: Article

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