FN Archimer Export Format PT CHAP TI The Impact of Fisheries Discards on Scavengers in the Sea BT The European Landing Obligation, S. S. Uhlmann et al. (eds.), 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-03307-1 ISBN 978-3-030-03308-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8.Chap.7, pp.129-162 AF Depestele, Jochen Feekings, Jordan Reid, David G Cook, Robin Gascuel, Didier GIRARDIN, Raphael Heath, Michael HERNVANN, Pierre-Yves Morato, Telmo Soszynski, Ambre SAVINA-ROLLAND, Marie AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:4;8:5;9:7;10:7;11:8; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH; C1 Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Oostende, Belgium National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Hirtshals, Denmark Marine Institute, Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Université Bretagne Loire, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 985 Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Rennes, France Ifremer, Channel and North Sea Fisheries Research Unit, Boulogne sur Mer, France Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) and OKEANOS Research Unit, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal Ifremer, Fishery Technology and Biology Laboratory, Lorient, France C2 ILVO, BELGIUM UNIV TECH DENMARK (DTU AQUA), DENMARK MARINE INST, IRELAND UNIV STRATHCLYDE, UK AGROCAMPUS OUEST, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IMAR, PORTUGAL IFREMER, FRANCE SI BOULOGNE LORIENT SE PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00473/58436/61011.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00473/58436/61012.pdf LA English DT Book section DE ;Carrion;Discard consumption;Food subsidies;Food web models;Scavengers AB A scavenger is an animal that feeds on dead animals (carrion) that it has not killed itself. Fisheries discards are often seen as an important food source for marine scavengers so the reduction of discards due to the Landing Obligation may affect their populations. The literature on scavenging in marine ecosystems is considerable, due to its importance in the trophic ecology of many species. Although discards undoubtedly contribute to these species’ food sources, few can be seen to be solely dependent on carrion (including discards). Ecosystem models predicted that discards contributed very little to the diet of scavengers at a regional scale. A reduction in discards through the Landing Obligation may therefore affect populations for a few species in some areas, but generally this is unlikely to be the case. But it is challenging to identify how important discards might be to scavengers, as they are taxonomically diverse and vary in the role they play in scavenging interactions. PY 2018 DI 10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8_7 ID 58436 ER EF