FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI How do demersal fishing fleets interact with aggregate extraction in a congested sea? BT AF MARCHAL, Paul DESPREZ, Michel VERMARD, Youen TIDD, Alex AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3; FF 1:PDG-RBE-HMMN-RHBL;2:;3:PDG-RBE-EMH;4:; C1 IFREMER, Channel & North Sea Fisheries Dept, F-62321 Boulogne S Mer, France. Univ Rouen, UMR Morphodynam Continentale & Cotiere 6143, F-76821 Mont St Aignan, France. CEFAS, Lowestoft NR33 OHT, Suffolk, England. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV ROUEN, FRANCE CEFAS, UK SI BOULOGNE NANTES SE PDG-RBE-HMMN-RHBL PDG-RBE-EMH IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france IF 2.057 TC 8 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00206/31763/30651.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;spatial management;spatial planning;demersal fisheries;aggregate extraction;Eastern English Channel AB 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. PY 2014 PD AUG SO Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science SN 0272-7714 PU Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd VL 149 UT 000346220800017 BP 168 EP 177 DI 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.08.005 ID 31763 ER EF