FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A policy-based framework for the determination of management options to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems under the EU deep-sea access regulations BT AF van Denderen, P Daniël Holah, Helen Robson, Laura M Hiddink, Jan Geert Menot, Lenaick Pedreschi, Debbi Kazanidis, Georgios Llope, Marcos Turner, Phillip J Stirling, David Murillo, F Javier Kenny, Andrew Campbell, Neil Allcock, A Louise Braga-Henriques, Andreia González-Irusta, Jose M Johnston, Graham Orejas, Covadonga Serrano, Alberto Xavier, Joana R Hopkins, Peter Kenchington, Ellen Nixon, Eugene Valanko, Sebastian Hoel, Alf Hakon AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:7;8:8;9:9;10:2;11:10;12:11;13:2;14:12;15:13,14;16:15;17:6;18:16;19:15;20:17,18;21:19;22:10;23:1;24:1;25:; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-REM-EEP-LEP;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:;23:;24:;25:; C1 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, H. C. 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Jebsen Centre for Deep-Sea Research, University of Bergen, NO-5020, Bergen, Norway Independent, Brussels, Belgium C2 ICES, DENMARK MARINE SCOTLAND SCI (NRL), UK JNCC, UK UNIV BANGOR, UK IFREMER, FRANCE MARINE INST GALWAY, IRELAND UNIV EDINBURGH, UK IEO, SPAIN SEASCAPE CONSULTANTS LTD, UK BEDFORD INST OCEANOG, CANADA CEFAS, UK UNIV NATL IRELAND, IRELAND REGIONAL DIRECTORATE FOR FISHERIES, PORTUGAL ARDITI, PORTUGAL IEO, SPAIN IEO, SPAIN UNIV PORTO, PORTUGAL UNIV BERGEN, NORWAY Independent, Brussels, Belgium SI BREST SE PDG-REM-EEP-LEP UM BEEP-LM2E IN WOS Ifremer UMR copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 3.3 TC 3 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00739/85131/90149.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;bottom fishing;ecosystem-based management;fishing activity;marine protected area;protection;significant adverse impacts;vessel monitoring systems;vulnerable marine ecosystem AB 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. PY 2022 PD JAN SO Ices Journal Of Marine Science SN 1054-3139 PU Oxford University Press (OUP) VL 79 IS 1 UT 000761469400004 BP 34 EP 49 DI 10.1093/icesjms/fsab237 ID 85131 ER EF