Commerical Fishing: The Wider Ecological Impacts

G. Moore (Editor), Simon Jennings (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-632-05608-8

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72 pages

May 2000, Wiley-Blackwell

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Key Points.

1. Introduction.

2. Fishing Gears And Their Operation; Gear Selectivity; Pelagic Drifting Gears; Bottom Set Gears; Pelagic Mobile Gears; Bottom Mobile Gears; SCUBA Diving, Explosives, Poisons.

3. Effects Of Litter From Fishing Gear Ghost Fishing; Ingestion Of Fragments By Marine Mammals,Turtles And Seabirds.

4. Vulnerability Of Different Marine Habitats; Mud; Sand; Gravel And Mixed Grounds; Maerl; Coral, Coralligene And Rocky Reef Habitats; Seagrass Meadows; Kelp Forests; Sea Mounts; Relative Vunerability.

5. Effects On Non-Target Organisms; Sea Birds; Sea Mammals; Sea Turtles; Sea Snakes; Benthic Scavengers.

6. Community And Ecosystem Responses; Community Diversity; Habitat Structure; Benthopelagic Coupling; Species Interactions; Assessing Fisheries Effects.

7. Conservation Aspects And The Way Forward; Marine Reserves; Practical Conservation Measures.

8. Further Reading.

9. Glossary.

10. Acronyms.

11. Addresses Of Contributors