The substantial first impact of bottom fishing on rare biodiversity hotspots: a dilemma for evidence-based conservation.

The substantial first impact of bottom fishing on rare biodiversity hotspots: a dilemma for evidence-based conservation.

This 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 the other was scallop-dredged. Divers collected HD video imagery of epifauna from...

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Main Authors: Robert Cook, Jose M Fariñas-Franco, Fiona R Gell, Rohan H F Holt, Terry Holt, Charles Lindenbaum, Joanne S Porter, Ray Seed, Lucie R Skates, Thomas B Stringell, William G Sanderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23967063/pdf/?tool=EBI

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