The use of demersal trawling discards as a food source for two scavenging seabird species: a case study of an eastern Mediterranean oligotrophic marine ecosystem
Abstract Background The banning of fisheries discards by imposing an obligation to land unwanted catch constitutes a key point of the Common Fishery Policy reform proposed by the European Commission. The effect of such a ban on discards on top marine predators such as seabirds is largely unknown, es...
Main Authors: | Georgios Karris, Vlasis Ketsilis-Rinis, Anastasia Kalogeropoulou, Stavros Xirouchakis, Athanasios Machias, Irida Maina, Stefanos Kavadas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2018-08-01
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Series: | Avian Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-018-0118-5 |
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