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• Marine protected area and the spatial distribution of the gill net fishery in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil/Area marinha protegida e a distribuicao espacial da pescaria de rede de emalhe em Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

  Authors:R.B. Amorim and C. Monteiro-NetoFrom:Brazilian Journal of Biology (Vol. 76, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20164,510 words Article 1510LThis study characterizes the gill net fishery at Colonia de Pescadores Z13 (CPZ13), in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, and its relationship with the marine protected area 'Monumento Natural do Arquipelago das Ilhas...

• Sea whip coral Leptogorgia virgulata in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Colony complexity, age, and growth.

  Authors:Rebecca P. Wenker and Bradley G. StevensFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 4, 20209,984 words Article 1430LSea whip coral Leptogorgia virgulata are a common structural component of both natural and artificial hard-bottom reef habitats in the mid-Atlantic region and may serve as essential habitat for commercially valuable...

• Fatal Asphyxiation in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Indian River Lagoon

  Authors:Megan Stolen, Judy St. Leger, Wendy Noke Durden, Teresa Mazza, and Erika NilsonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19, 20132,558 words Article 1330LAuthor(s): Megan Stolen 1,*, Judy St. Leger 2, Wendy Noke Durden 1, Teresa Mazza 1, Erika Nilson 2 Introduction The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is a shallow estuary system that extends approximately 220 km along the...

• Structure-Forming Corals and Sponges and Their Use as Fish Habitat in Bering Sea Submarine Canyons

  Authors:Robert J. Miller, John Hocevar, Robert P. Stone, and Dmitry V. FedorovFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 21, 20126,353 words Article 1550LContinental margins are dynamic, heterogeneous settings that can include canyons, seamounts, and banks. Two of the largest canyons in the world, Zhemchug and Pribilof, cut into the edge of the continental shelf in the...

• Trawling effects on biogeochemical processes are mediated by fauna in high-energy biogenic-reef-inhabited coastal sediments.

  Authors:Justin C. Tiano, Jochen Depestele, Gert Van Hoey, João Fernandes, Pieter van Rijswijk, and Karline SoetaertFrom:Biogeosciences (Vol. 19, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20, 2022282 words Brief article Dynamic, sandy environments are generally less vulnerable to mechanical stress compared to silty, low-energy habitats. Biogenic reef communities, however, may provide an exception to this. This study explores the...

• The Substantial First Impact of Bottom Fishing on Rare Biodiversity Hotspots: A Dilemma for Evidence-Based Conservation

  Authors:Robert Cook, Jose M. Farinas-Franco, Fiona R. Gell, Rohan H. F. Holt, Terry Holt, Charles Lindenbaum, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 14, 20136,723 words Article 1560LThis study describes the impact of the first passage of two types of bottom-towed fishing gear on rare protected shellfish-reefs formed by the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus (L.). One of the study sites was trawled and...

• Postrelease movements of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) following incidental capture in fishing gear in the Atlantic Ocean.

  Authors:Emily P. Bond and Michael C. JamesFrom:Fishery Bulletin (Vol. 119, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20212,899 words Article 1420LFisheries bycatch is posited to be a leading cause of decline in abundance of Atlantic leatherback turtles ((Dermochelys coriacea). However, although this species regularly interacts with fisheries across its range,...

• Hearing Loss in Stranded Odontocete Dolphins and Whales

  Authors:David Mann, Mandy Hill-Cook, Charles Manire, Danielle Greenhow, Eric Montie, Jessica Powell, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 3, 20103,632 words Article 1400LThe causes of dolphin and whale stranding can often be difficult to determine. Because toothed whales rely on echolocation for orientation and feeding, hearing deficits could lead to stranding. We report on the results...

• Consistent Selection towards Low Activity Phenotypes When Catchability Depends on Encounters among Human Predators and Fish

  Authors:Josep Alos, Miquel Palmer, and Robert ArlinghausFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 24, 20127,840 words Article 1720LTogether with life-history and underlying physiology, the behavioural variability among fish is one of the three main trait axes that determines the vulnerability to fishing. However, there are only a few studies that...

• Encountering a bait is necessary but insufficient to explain individual variability in vulnerability to angling in two freshwater benthivorous fish in the wild

  Authors:Christopher Thomas Monk and Robert ArlinghausFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 16, 201711,800 words Article 1610LFish personality traits, such as swimming activity, or personality related emergent behavioural properties, such as the degree of space use shown by an individual fish, should affect encounter rates between individual...

• Citizen science data suggest that a novel rig improves landing rate and reduces injury and handling time in recreational angling with artificial lures in Baltic pike (Esox lucius)

  Authors:Jens Jakob Bursell and Robert ArlinghausFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 6) Peer-Reviewed

  May 17, 20187,471 words Report 1530LThe optimal terminal gear in hook-and-line recreational fishing maximizes landing rates and minimizes injury to the fish because some fish will be released after capture. We designed a novel rig configuration in...

• Fishing, fish consumption, urbanism and migrants at Tel Bet Yerah, 3200-2700 BC.

  Authors:Omri Lernau, Jamie Shapiro, Sarit Paz, and Raphael GreenbergFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 382) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20215,506 words Article 1470LThe role and significance of fish and fishing in the ancient Near East has been little studied. A new assemblage of fish remains and fishing gear recovered from Bronze Age Bet Yerah on the Sea of Galilee, however, offers...

• Prehistoric fishing strategies on the makatea island of Rurutu

  Authors:Marshall I. Weisler, Robert Bollt, and Amy FindlaterFrom:Archaeology in Oceania (Vol. 45, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20109,656 words Article Abstract Recent observations of fishing, the ethnohistoric literature, the archaeological fishing tool kit, marine environments adjacent to the site, and the fish bone assemblage were considered to understand fishing...

• Estimating overall fish bycatch in U.S. commercial fisheries

  Authors:Samantha G. Brooke, Lisa L. Desfosse, and William A. KarpFrom:Marine Fisheries Review (Vol. 74, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 20122,953 words Statistical data 1380LBycatch, or the unintended capture of fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds by fishing gear, occurs to some degree in most fisheries. The recently released National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) U.S....

• A cause of mortality for aerial insectivores?

  Authors:Muir D. Eaton and Daniel L. HernandezFrom:Wilson Bulletin (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20051,165 words Article A male Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) was found dead on 15 April 2004. hanging from a piece of monofilament fishing line over the Kinnikinic River near River Falls, Wisconsin (Pierce County). The individual was hooked...

• Analysis of Environmentally Friendly Skipjack Tuna Fishing gears in West Band Sea, Indonesia

  Author:Muslim TadjuddahFrom:Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences (Vol. 11, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20175,081 words Report 1720LBackground: Selection of a superior and environmentally friendly of fishing technology in the region waters dependent on natural factors. Choosing the right fishing technology, effective, efficient, economical and...

• Study of fishing gear selectivity of Chanda beel, a floodplain in Bangladesh

  Authors:Shafiqur Rahman, Abdur Razzaaque, and A.K.M. Saiful IslamFrom:American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable AgriculturePeer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20094,757 words Report An investigation on the types of fishing gear used, and their species selectivity, and length selectivity was conducted from June to October. Fishermen were found to follow 17 types of fishing techniques commonly known...

• Exempted Testing of Deep-set Buoy Gear and Concurrent Research Trials on Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the Southern California Bight

  Authors:Chugey A. Sepulveda and Scott A. AalbersFrom:Marine Fisheries Review (Vol. 80, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20189,420 words Report 1520LResearch and exempted fishery trials were performed off the U.S. west coast using deep-set buoy gear (DSBG), an artisanal gear type designed to target swordfish, Xiphias gladius, below the thermocline during the day....

• Recent advances in understanding the environmental footprint of trawling on the seabed.

  Author:Michel J. KaiserFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 97, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20197,865 words Article 1600LBottom trawling accounts for nearly a quarter of wild-capture seafood production, but it is associated with physical disturbance of the seabed leading to changes in benthic abundance, habitat structure, and...

• Effects of monofilament nylon versus braided multifilament nylon gangions on catch rates of Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in bottom set longlines.

  Authors:Scott M. Grant, Jenna G. Munden, and Kevin J. HedgesFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 3, 202012,100 words Article 1550LThe Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is the main bycatch species in established and exploratory inshore longline fisheries for Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) on the east coast of Baffin Island,...