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| Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D.; Eigaard, Ole R.; Kenny, Andrew; Hiddink, Jan Geert; Hamon, Katell; Piet, Gerjan; Sala, Antonello; Nielsen, Rasmus; Polet, Hans; Laffargue, Pascal; Zengin, Mustafa; Gregerson, Olavur. |
| BENTHIS developed the scientific basis to quantify the impact of bottom trawling on the seafloor and the benthic ecosystem. Based on insight in how fishing gear affects the seafloor, an assessment framework was developed that provide indicators of impact and seafloor status on a continuous scale that can be applied in the context of the MSFD. The mechanistic approach allows us to set reference values of impact (status) to estimate the proportion of a region or habitat where the impact is below (status is above) the threshold. The methodology combines estimates of trawling intensity with the depth to which the fishing gear penetrates into the sea bed (penetration profile) and the sensitivity of the habitat. Habitat sensitivity is estimated from the... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00425/53653/54489.pdf |
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