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- Title
Ecotrophic Effects of Fishing across the Mediterranean Sea.
- Authors
Dimarchopoulou, Donna; Keramidas, Ioannis; Sylaios, Georgios; Tsikliras, Athanassios C.; Perez-Ruzafa, Angel
- Abstract
The status of the Mediterranean Sea fisheries was evaluated across the seven subdivisions of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), using ecotrophic and catch-based indicators for the period 1970–2017. All indicators confirmed that the fishery resources across the Mediterranean Sea are no longer sustainably exploited and that the structure and function of marine ecosystems has been altered as a result of overexploitation. Although declining catches were a common feature across the Mediterranean Sea, the pattern of exploitation and the state of stocks differed among the subdivisions, with the Levantine Sea and Sardinia having a better status. Although they only include the exploited biological resources of marine ecosystems, catch and ecotrophic indicators can provide insight on ecosystem status and fishing pressure. In the case of southern Mediterranean countries, catch and trophic levels are the only information available, which is extremely valuable in data-poor ecosystems.
- Subjects
SARDINIA (Italy); MARINE resources; NATURAL resources; FISHERIES; FISHERY resources; MARINE ecology
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 4, p482
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w13040482