The recognition of the complex biological and economic interactions occurring in mixed-demersal fisheries have long underpinned the development of fleets- and fisheries-based models and data collection in European fisheries. More recently, mixed-fisheries management plans are being designed and implemented in the frame of the EU Common Fishery Policy. The central...
When different species are caught together in mixed-fisheries but are managed under single-species management plans may lead to TACs of some species being exhausted before other. This leads to conservation and socio-economic problems in fisheries, where agreed harvest levels cannot be obtained for some stocks, while other stocks may be...
Indicators are widely used in fisheries management decision process as
measures for monitoring ecosystem status or management performance. In
the current context, the shift to an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries
management requires to complete usual population or community
indicators with indicators reflecting state and dynamics of fishing activity
as well...
As part of the ecosystem approach to managing fisheries and other uses of marine ecosystems, there has been a growing call for the development of integrated assessment tools to support the provision of both tactical and strategic management advice. Of particular importance in this domain is the development of models...