FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) when trawl surveys provide the main source of information BT AF COTTER, John PETITGAS, Pierre ABELLA, Alvaro APOSTOLAKI, Panayiota MESNIL, Benoit POLITOU, Chrissi-Yianna RIVOIRARD, Jacques ROCHET, Marie-Joelle SPEDICATO, Maria Teresa TRENKEL, Verena WOILLEZ, Mathieu AS 1:2;2:6;3:3;4:2;5:6;6:4;7:1;8:6;9:5;10:6;11:1; FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;3:;4:;5:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;6:;7:;8:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;9:;10:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;11:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH; C1 Ctr Geosci Geostat, F-77300 Fontainebleau, France. CEFAS, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, Suffolk, England. ARPAT, I-57100 Livorno, Italy. Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Inst Marine Biol Resources, Athens 16604, Greece. COISPA Tecnol & Ric, I-70045 Bari, Italy. IFREMER, Dept EMH, F-44311 Nantes, France. C2 CTR GEOSCI GEOSTAT, FRANCE CEFAS, UK ARPAT, ITALY HELLEN CTR MARINE RES, GREECE COISPA TECNOL & RIC, ITALY IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe IF 1.227 TC 34 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6691.pdf LA English DT Article CR MEDITS / FR MEDITS 2004 MEDITS 2005 MEDITS 2006 MEDITS 2007 MEDITS 2008 MEDITS FR MEDITS FR MEDITS-FR2000 MEDITS-FR2001 MEDITS-FR2002 MEDITS-FR2003 MEDITS-FR97 MEDITS-FR98 MEDITS-FR99 BO L'Europe DE ;Fishing effort indicator;Fisheries independent assessment;Survey based stock assessment;Spatial indicator;State indicator;Trawl survey;Fisheries management AB Ideas and considerations are put forward for managing fisheries and marine populations using primarily trawl surveys to supply biological and spatial indicators of the state of stocks, and to permit catch per unit effort (CPUE)-based assessments. Trawl surveys seldom allow absolute estimates of fish population sizes but, if appropriately located, timed, and designed, can provide a broad range of information about catchable fish species and the ecosystem that supports them. This information may be more conducive to sustainable management of fisheries than the traditional focus on the abundances of selected stocks. The paper first briefly proposes how survey-based methods might supplement existing fishery-dependent stock assessments, as would be necessary during a transition phase to a more ecosystem-orientated system of management. Full survey-based management is then considered in relation to management objectives, the selection of indicators, survey design, reference periods, levels and directions, statistical aspects, CPUE-based assessments, and management responses to good and bad signals from the ecosystem. We argue that existing fishery-dependent stock assessments cannot be claimed to produce absolute estimates of stock abundance and fishing mortality because natural mortality (M) is seldom known accurately and, therefore, that they should not be presumed superior to the relative information from surveys, and an agreeable form of adaptive management. PY 2009 PD APR SO Aquatic Living Resources SN 0990-7440 PU EDP Sciences VL 22 IS 2 UT 000267128000015 BP 243 EP 254 DI 10.1051/alr/2009025 ID 6691 ER EF