How do demersal fishing fleets interact with aggregate extraction in a congested sea?
| Type | Article | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 2014-08 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Marchal Paul 1, Desprez Michel2, Vermard Youen1, Tidd Alex3 |
||||||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : IFREMER, Channel & North Sea Fisheries Dept, F-62321 Boulogne S Mer, France. 2 : Univ Rouen, UMR Morphodynam Continentale & Cotiere 6143, F-76821 Mont St Aignan, France. 3 : CEFAS, Lowestoft NR33 OHT, Suffolk, England. |
||||||||||||
| Source | Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science (0272-7714) (Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd), 2014-08 , Vol. 149 , P. 168-177 | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.08.005 | ||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | spatial management, spatial planning, demersal fisheries, aggregate extraction, Eastern English Channel | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | The effects of the aggregate extraction intensity and the distance to extraction sites on the distribution of fishing effort were investigated for a broad selection of French and English demersal fleets operating in the Eastern English Channel. The most prominent result was that most fleets fishing near to aggregate extraction sites were not deterred by extraction activities. The fishing effort of dredgers and potters could be greater adjacent to marine aggregates sites than elsewhere, and also positively correlated to extraction intensity with a lag of 0–9 months. The distribution of fishing effort of French netters remained consistent over the study period. However, it is of note that the fishing effort of netters has increased substantially in the impacted area of the Dieppe site (where it is correlated to extraction intensity with a lag of 6 months), while slightly deceasing in the intermediate and reference areas. The attraction of fishing fleets is likely due to a local temporary concentration of their main target species. However, knowledge of their life-history characteristics and habitat preferences suggests that some of these species could be particularly vulnerable to aggregate extractions in the longer term. | ||||||||||||
| Full Text |
|