Simulating trophic impacts of fishing scenarios on two oceanic islands using Ecopath with Ecosim

Mapping Marine Ecosystem Services Potential Across an Oceanic Archipelago: Applicability and Limitations for Decision-Making

“…In the Canaries, for instance, local studies modelling species of commercial interest could be incorporated in future ES supply studies, e.g. using spatial units through different depth ranges including both benthic and pelagic habitats (Couce- Montero et al, 2015;Couce Montero et al, 2021). We acknowledge the need to incorporate more holistic approaches to marine ES supply studies, e.g.…”

The combined effects of predation, fishing, and ocean productivity on salmon species targeted by marine mammals in the northeast Pacific

“…The ecosystem modelling platform Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) was ranked the most applied tool for modelling marine and aquatic ecosystems worldwide [46,47]. The software has been used to address a variety of questions, including fisheries impacts [44,48,49], efficiency of marine protected areas [46,50,51], habitat loss [52,53], interactions between marine species [54][55][56][57][58], environmental impact assessments [59][60][61][62], pollution [63] as well as climate change and associated environmental variations [64][65][66]. This modelling approach has been widely applied in the northeast Pacific, with about 37 EwE models created to date for different areas extending from the Aleutian Islands to Mexico [67].…”

Length-weight relationships of 15 mesopelagic shrimp species caught during exploratory surveys off the Canary Islands (central eastern Atlantic)

“…However, such data are only useful for a general approach, not for establishing any particular characteristic of the species at a more local or regional level. Unfortunately, in the particular case of mesopelagic shrimps, the biological information available is almost nil in the specialized literature, particularly for the central eastern Atlantic, with the exception of a few taxonomic monographies (Zariquiey-Alvarez 1968, De Grave and Fransen 2011), first records, faunal lists and latitudinal/vertical distributions of species (Quiles et al 2001, Muñoz et al 2012, Vereshchaka et al 2019 Species life-cycle parameters are required for the proper management of fishing resources, but also for estimating biomass fluxes between trophic levels and assessing the role of each group within the marine ecosystem (Couce-Montero et al 2021). Knowledge on the length-weight relationships (LWR) can be used to gather information of species growth patterns, estimate condition index and analyse growth variations on temporal or spatial scales between populations/stocks (González- Acosta et al 2004, Gerritsen and McGrath 2007, Froese and Pauly 2015.…”