Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box

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Marieke, Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box, Journal of Sea Research (2013Research ( ), doi: 10.1016Research ( /j.seares.2013 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

Estimating historical trawling effort in the German Bight from 1924 to 1938

“…plaice and sole with haddock as bycatch, a coastal shrimp fishery and a fishery for industrial purposes (junk fishery), here referred to as 'Gammelfischerei' (German) or 'pufvisscherij' (Dutch). Plaice and sole also were bycatch in the 'Gammel' an 'puf' fishery, and juvenile plaice is currently a bycatch in the shrimp fisheries (Beare et al, 2013). Danish vessels applied Danish seines in the directed plaice fisheries (Jensen, 1932), whereas otter board trawling was carried out for haddock where plaice was bycatch.…”

“…Resource distribution is obtained from the spatial distributions of plaice, sole and haddock as main target species from a total of 468 survey hauls between 1902 and 1932 (for detailed survey information see Fock et al, 2014). The inclusion of shrimp trawling is needed to compensate for management provisions of the Plaice Box regulation (EU Council Resolution 4193/88) excluding the major flatfish fisheries from the inshore fishing area since 1994 (Beare et al, 2013), encompassing A3 (see Fig. 1 …”

“…The seaward border of PA TBB (the principal fishing areas for small beam trawlers in /2006(after Fock, 2008) is associated with the 15-m depth contour ('15', red bold line). PBox -delineations of the Plaice Box management zone (see Beare et al, 2013). Harbors mentioned in the text: A -Hamburg/Altona, BBüsum, C -Cuxhaven, E-Esbjerg, H -Husum, T -Tönning, U -Urk.…”

Benthic development around a gas platform in the North Sea -: a small scale closure for fisheries : a trait based approach

“…wind farms and oil and gas platforms. Some of these data have been analysed in relation to their status as MPAs (Bergman et al, 2015, Lindeboom et al, 2011, Beare et al, 2013. However, not all datasets have been analysed and reported upon, nor has the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs seen a consistent overview of the results of these and other international studies.…”

Fleet dynamics in a changing policy environment

“…Under current fisheries policy, managers need to ensure management measures contribute to the sustainable use of natural resources, while minimizing the ecosystem impact of fishing activities and maintaining economic resilient fisheries. However, management measures may not always result in expected outcomes, as demonstrated for TAC management in mixed fisheries (Daan, 1997) or when spatial measures implemented to protect spawning or nursery areas fail because of changes in the spatial and temporal fish distributions (Rijnsdorp et al, 2001, Beare et al, 2013. Also, management measures aimed at improving the sustainability of one component on the ecosystem can have negative ecosystem impacts elsewhere, such as when area closures lead to effort displacement to previously unfished areas (Dinmore et al 2003).…”