Bottom trawl‐fishing footprints on the world's continental shelves
Abstract
Bottom trawl fisheries are an important source of seafood and employment, but the disturbance on seabed habitats and benthic communities occasioned by the gear is a major environmental concern. An ecosystem-based fisheries... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Ricardo Amoroso (University of Washington)
- C.Roland Pitcher (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- Adriaan Rijnsdorp (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies)
- Bob McConnaughey (NOAA)
- Ana Parma (Cenpat)
- Petri Suuronen (LUKE)
- Ole Eigaard (National Institute of Aquatic Resources)
- Francois Bastardie (National Institute of Aquatic Resources)
- Niels Hintzen (Wageningen IMARES)
- Franziska Althaus (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere)
- Susan Baird (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)
- Jenny Black (GNS Science)
- Lene Buhl-Mortensen (Institute of marine research)
- Alexander Campbell (Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
- Rui Catarino (Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory)
- Jeremy Collie (Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island)
- James Cowan (College of the Coast and Environment)
- Deon Durholtz (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Republic of South Africa)
- Nadia Engstrom (Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
- Tracey Fairweather (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Republic of South Africa)
- Heino Fock (Thünen Institute)
- Richard Ford (Ministry for Primary Industries)
- Patricio Galvez (Instituto de Fomento Pesquero)
- Hanz Gerritsen (Marine Institute)
- Jessica Gonzalez (Instituto de Fomento Pesquero)
- Jan Geert Hiddink (Bangor University)
- Hughes Kathryn (School of Ocean Sciences)
- Intelmann Steve (National Marine Fisheries Service)
- Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)
- Patrik Jonsson (Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
- Paulus Kainge (Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources)
- Mervi Kangas (Western Australia Fisheries Department)
- Kathena John (Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources)
- Kavadas Stefanos (Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters)
Topic Area
Topics: Fisheries, aquaculture, and the oceans
Session
S-47 » Synthesizing the extent and impacts of trawl fishing across the globe (10:00 - Monday, 25th June, Kerangas)
