FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI History of hydroacoustic surveys of small pelagic fish species in the European Mediterranean Sea BT AF LEONORI, IOLE TIČINA, VJEKOSLAV GIANNOULAKI, MARIANNA HATTAB, Tarek IGLESIAS, MAGDALENA BONANNO, ANGELO COSTANTINI, ILARIA CANDUCI, GIOVANNI MACHIAS, ATHANASSIOS VENTERO, ANA SOMARAKIS, STYLIANOS TSAGARAKIS, KONSTANTINOS BOGNER, DANIJELA BARRA, MARCO BASILONE, GUALTIERO GENOVESE, SIMONA JURETIĆ, TEA GAŠPAREVIĆ, DENIS DE FELICE, ANDREA AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:1;8:1;9:3;10:5;11:3;12:3;13:2;14:7;15:6;16:6;17:2;18:2;19:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:; C1 National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, SS Ancona, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 1 - 60125 Ancona, Italy Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF), Šet. I. Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Iraklion, Greece MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD Sète, avenue Jean Monet, Sète Cedex, France Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Muelle de Poniente s/n, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain National Research Council (CNR), Institute for the Study of the Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability of the Marine Environment, SS Capo Granitola, Campobello di Mazara, Italy National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences, SS Napoli, Italy C2 CNR IRBIM, ITALY IOF, CROATIA HELLENIC CTR MARINE RES, GREECE IFREMER, FRANCE IEO, SPAIN CNR IAS, ITALY CNR ISMAR, ITALY SI SETE SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-europe IF 3.016 TC 17 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00760/87247/92773.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00760/87247/92774.pdf LA English DT Article CR PELMED - PELAGIQUES MEDITERRANÉE DE ;Acoustic survey;Mediterranean Sea;small pelagic;anchovy;sardine;MEDIAS AB The study of small pelagic fish by hydroacoustic methods in the Mediterranean Sea began in the Adriatic in the 1950’s. Since 2009, internationally coordinated, extensive, regular surveys have been conducted in the framework of the MEDIAS - Mediterranean International Acoustic Surveys – action, under the EU Data Collection Framework, to provide inputs for the management of small pelagics, particularly European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and European sardine (Sardina pilchardus). The surveys cover EU Mediterranean waters and monitor the distribution and abundance of small pelagic species using a common protocol. The hydroacoustic surveys, historically conducted by each EU State separately, have since been standardized and harmonized. We review their evolution from the beginning to the present and discuss their future prospects. We also report the historical time series of anchovy, sardine and other small pelagics in different areas and describe the spatial and temporal distribution of small pelagic species in decadal maps of the major areas of their distribution in the European Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, we discuss the use of MEDIAS data for stock assessment purposes, the collection of auxiliary information for an Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) approach, the need for further standardization and future challenges. PY 2021 SO Mediterranean Marine Science SN 1108-393X PU National Documentation Centre (EKT) VL 22 IS 4 UT 000889462500001 BP 751 EP 768 DI 10.12681/mms.26001 ID 87247 ER EF