A policy-based framework for the determination of management options to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems under the EU deep-sea access regulations
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Date | 2022-01 | ||||||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
Author(s) | Van denderen P Daniël1, Holah Helen2, Robson Laura M3, Hiddink Jan Geert4, Menot Lenaick5, Pedreschi Debbi6, Kazanidis Georgios7, Llope Marcos8, Turner Phillip J9, Stirling David2, Murillo F Javier10, Kenny Andrew11, Campbell Neil2, Allcock A Louise12, Braga-Henriques Andreia13, 14, González-Irusta Jose M15, Johnston Graham6, Orejas Covadonga16, Serrano Alberto15, Xavier Joana R17, 18, Hopkins Peter19, Kenchington Ellen10, Nixon Eugene1, Valanko Sebastian1, Hoel Alf Hakon | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, H. C. Andersens Boulevard, DK 1553, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 : Marine Scotland Science, Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB, UK 3 : Joint Nature Conservation Committee, City Road, Peterborough, PE1 1JY, UK 4 : School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Askew St, Menai Bridge, LL59 5AB, UK 5 : Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, Rte de Sainte-Anne, 29280 Plouzané, France 6 : Marine Institute, Galway, H91 R673, Ireland 7 : School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, Kings Buildings, James Hutton Road, EH9 3FE, Edinburg, UK 8 : Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz, 11006 Cadiz, Spain 9 : Seascape Consultants Ltd, Jermyns House, Jermyns Lane, Romsey, SO51 0QA, UK 10 : Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Darmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada 11 : Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT, UK 12 : Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland 13 : Regional Directorate for Fisheries, Regional Secretariat for the Sea and Fisheries, Government of the Azores, Rua Cônsul Dabney - Colónia Alemã, 9900-014 Horta, Azores, Portugal 14 : MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), Caminho da Penteada, Funchal, Madeira 9020-105 , Portugal 15 : Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, 39004 Santander, Spain 16 : Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, CSIC), Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, 33212 Gijón, Spain 17 : CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal 18 : Department of Biological Sciences and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep-Sea Research, University of Bergen, NO-5020, Bergen, Norway 19 : Independent, Brussels, Belgium |
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Source | Ices Journal Of Marine Science (1054-3139) (Oxford University Press (OUP)), 2022-01 , Vol. 79 , N. 1 , P. 34-49 | ||||||||||||||||
DOI | 10.1093/icesjms/fsab237 | ||||||||||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Keyword(s) | bottom fishing, ecosystem-based management, fishing activity, marine protected area, protection, significant adverse impacts, vessel monitoring systems, vulnerable marine ecosystem | ||||||||||||||||
Abstract | Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are particularly susceptible to bottom-fishing activity as they are easily disturbed and slow to recover. A data-driven approach was developed to provide management options for the protection of VMEs under the European Union “deep-sea access regulations.” A total of two options within two scenarios were developed. The first scenario defined VME closure areas without consideration of fishing activity. Option 1 proposed closures for the protection of VME habitats and likely habitat, while Option 2 also included areas where four types of VME geophysical elements were present. The second scenario additionally considered fishing. This scenario used VME biomass—fishing intensity relationships to identify a threshold where effort of mobile bottom-contact gears was low and unlikely to have caused significant adverse impacts. Achieving a high level of VME protection requires the creation of many closures (> 100), made up of many small (∼50 km2) and fewer larger closures (> 1000 km2). The greatest protection of VMEs will affect approximately 9% of the mobile fleet fishing effort, while closure scenarios that avoid highly fished areas reduce this to around 4–6%. The framework allows managers to choose the level of risk-aversion they wish to apply in protecting VMEs by comparing alternative strategies. |
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