Seasonal closures as a measure of trawling effort control in two Mediterranean trawling grounds: Effects on epibenthic communities
9 pages, 5 figures, 1 table.-- Printed version published Oct 2008.
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dig-icm-es-10261-174832020-11-19T07:41:43Z Seasonal closures as a measure of trawling effort control in two Mediterranean trawling grounds: Effects on epibenthic communities Demestre, Montserrat de Juan, Silvia Sartor, Paolo Ligas, Alessandro Trawling disturbance Benthic communities Ecosystem-based management Effort reduction North-Western and Central Mediterranean Sea 9 pages, 5 figures, 1 table.-- Printed version published Oct 2008. Within the framework of ecosystem-based management, we focused on the use of seasonal closures as effective measures to minimise the degradation of benthic communities by trawling. These closures imply the complete cessation of trawling fleet activity and are commonly used in the Mediterranean to reduce the annual fishing effort, with the ultimate goal of effective resource management. In this study, we aimed to investigate how epibenthic communities respond to seasonal closures. The potential benefits of short-term annual closures in two Mediterranean fishing grounds were evaluated by analysing changes in community structure and composition that were linked to the closure. A decrease of faunal abundance was observed with the resumption of fishing activity after the closure at both fishing grounds. Remarkably, results indicated that some large and mobile fauna were able to respond to these closures. We concluded that the currently planned closures are too short to benefit benthic communities. This study is within the RESPONSE project (Q5RS- 2002-00787) funded by the EC. S. de Juan was funded by a Grant from the Catalan Government (Departament d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca). Peer reviewed 2009-10-06T11:36:57Z 2009-10-06T11:36:57Z 2008-07-22 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(10): 1765–1773 (2008) 0025-326X http://hdl.handle.net/10261/17483 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.004 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.004 none 733397 bytes application/pdf Elsevier |
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9 pages, 5 figures, 1 table.-- Printed version published Oct 2008. |
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Trawling disturbance Benthic communities Ecosystem-based management Effort reduction North-Western and Central Mediterranean Sea |
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Demestre, Montserrat de Juan, Silvia Sartor, Paolo Ligas, Alessandro |
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Demestre, Montserrat de Juan, Silvia Sartor, Paolo Ligas, Alessandro |
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Seasonal closures as a measure of trawling effort control in two Mediterranean trawling grounds: Effects on epibenthic communities |
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Seasonal closures as a measure of trawling effort control in two Mediterranean trawling grounds: Effects on epibenthic communities |
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Seasonal closures as a measure of trawling effort control in two Mediterranean trawling grounds: Effects on epibenthic communities |
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Seasonal closures as a measure of trawling effort control in two Mediterranean trawling grounds: Effects on epibenthic communities |
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