Evolution of fishing capacity in a Mediterranean fishery in the first two decades of the 21st c.

Maynou, Francesc

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105190

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“…The worst situation is occurring in the WM and in small pelagics. Although resources are still far from MSY, the patterns of both F and biomass show that demersal resources seem to react slowly, but positively, to the reduction of fishing effort implemented by the EU countries in the last decade (Maynou, 2020).…”

Section: The Status Of the Main Demersal And Small Pelagic Stocksmentioning

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“…To balance the fishing fleet to the productivity of stocks, the number of EU fishing units active in the Mediterranean has declined by 30% in the period 1995-2016 (Maynou, 2020). However, it is worth remembering that, while the EU countries' fleet capacity is decreasing, an increase in fishing capacity cannot be excluded in other Mediterranean countries (Colloca et al, 2017).…”

Section: The Objectives For Managing the Mediterranean Fisheriesmentioning

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How Can We Reduce the Overexploitation of the Mediterranean Resources?

Fiorentino

Vitale

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Based on the characteristics of the fishing sector (multispecies and multi-gears) and the stock status of main resources (overfishing and overexploitation), some suggestions to improve the sustainability of demersal and small pelagic fisheries in the Mediterranean are proposed. In fisheries exploiting single or few species, such as small pelagics and deep-water red shrimps, the adoption of a management system based on catch quota approaches is suggested. In the case of mixed fisheries exploiting species with very different biological traits, it is proposed to reduce the fishing effort to a level corresponding to the lower range of the “pretty good yield” of the main target species while improving the status of the most sensitive associated species, adopting technical measures to mitigate fishing mortality. The feasibility of the proposed approaches is briefly discussed, taking into account the different levels of development of the Mediterranean countries.

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Section: The Status Of the Main Demersal And Small Pelagic Stocksmentioning

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Section: The Objectives For Managing the Mediterranean Fisheriesmentioning

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How Can We Reduce the Overexploitation of the Mediterranean Resources?

Fiorentino

Vitale

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…It is well documented that coastal ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic actions [63,64], reducing marine biodiversity and contributing to overfishing [65,66], and the Mediterranean is no exception [67]. Unless we immediately implement corrective measures, it is most possible that many stocks of fish species of commercial interest will be virtually extinct by 2050, causing major disruptions in the global ecosystem.…”

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Nutritional Quality of the European Spiny Lobster Palinurus elephas (J.C. Fabricius, 1787) (Achelata, Palinuridae) and the Non-Indigenous Northern Brown Shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Dendrobranchiata, Penaeidae)

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The European spiny lobster is a species of great commercial value, yet a limited scientific knowledge exists on its biology, ecology, and physiology, especially for the stocks from east Mediterranean waters. The northern brown shrimp, a non-indigenous established species, is commercially exploited in regions of the Mediterranean Sea. Both species’ proximate composition and fatty acid profile were assessed for the first time in the Mediterranean region, exhibiting an overall significant statistical difference. Protein, fat, and energy contents were significantly higher in the northern brown shrimp, whereas moisture and ash contents were significantly higher in the European spiny lobster. The proximate composition for both species was well within the reported range for other lobster and prawn species in the Mediterranean Sea.

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“…In an open access fishery, a large decrease in the fleet size fishing in the same area may further influence the quantity of fish caught by each trawler in case of congestion. 1 The number of fishing units active in Mediterranean fisheries has decreased by 30% over the 1995-2016 period, corresponding to a decrease of about 1.5% per year (Maynou, 2020). 2 See Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea, https://eurlex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2019:172:FULL&from=EN.…”

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