Fish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast allow access for rural communities, but despite their popularity among policy makers, there is a dearth of empirical anal...
Albert, J.
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Beare, Douglas J.
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Schwarz, A.
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Albert, S.
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Warren R
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Teri, J.
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Siota F
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Andrew NL
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[The contribution of nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) to food security in Solomon Islands]
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The contribution of nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) to food security in Solomon Islands
To reduce discarding of plaice Pleuronectes platessa in the North Sea flatfish fisheries, the major nursery areas were closed to large trawlers in 1995. The area closed was named the ‘Plaice Box’ (PB) and beam trawl effort fell by over 90%,while the exemption fleets of small flatfish beam trawler...
Beare, Douglas J.
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Rijnsdorp AD
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Blaesberg M
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Damm, U.
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Egekvist J
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Fock H
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Kloppmann M
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Röckmann C
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Schroeder A
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Schulze, T.
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Tulp I
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Ulrich C
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Hal R. van
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Kooten, T. van
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Verweij M
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[Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box]
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Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box
The worldwide depletion of major fish stocks through intensive industrial fishing is thought to have profoundly altered the trophic structure of marine ecosystems. Here we assess changes in the trophic structure of the English Channel marine ecosystem using a 90-year time-series (1920–2010) of co...
Molfese C
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Beare, Douglas J.
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Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
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[Overfishing and the Replacement of Demersal Finfish by Shellfish: An Example from the English Channel]
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Overfishing and the Replacement of Demersal Finfish by Shellfish: An Example from the English Channel
Relationships between six calcifying plankton groups and pH are explored in a highly biologically productive and data-rich area of the central North Sea using time-series datasets. The long-term trends show that abundances of foraminiferans, coccolithophores, and echinoderm larvae have risen over...
Beare, Douglas J.
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McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail
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Hammen, Tessa van der
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Machiels, Marcel
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Teoh, Shwu Jiau
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Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
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[Long-term trends in calcifying plankton and pH in the North Sea]
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Long-term trends in calcifying plankton and pH in the North Sea
The North Sea provides a useful model for considering forage fish (FF) within ecosystem-based management as it has a complex assemblage of FF species. This paper is designed to encourage further debate and dialogue between stakeholders about management objectives. Changing the management of fishe...
Dickey-Collas, M
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Engelhard, GH
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Rindorf, A
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Raab, K
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Smout, S
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Aarts, Geert
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Deurs, M. van
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Brunel, T.
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Hoff, A
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Lauerburg, RAM
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Garthe, S
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Andersen, KH
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Scott, F
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Kooten, T van
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Beare, Douglas J.
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Peck, MA
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[Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster]
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Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
Cyclone Sidr, which hit in November 2007, caused widespread damage and death among communities in coastal Bangladesh. A range of actions or ‘coping strategies’ were employed by households to ensure that their families had sufficient food and income resources to survive in the months following the...
Karim, M.
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Castine, S.
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Brooks, A.
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Beare, Douglas J.
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Beveridge, Malcolm
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Philips, M.
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[Asset or liability? Aquaculture in a natural disaster prone area]
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Asset or liability? Aquaculture in a natural disaster prone area
We explore the role of agriculture in destabilizing the Earth system at the planetary scale, through examining nine planetary boundaries, or “safe limits”: land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone deple...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Beare, Douglas J.
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Bennett, Elena M.
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Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
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Ingram, John S. I.
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Jaramillo, Fernando
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Ortiz, R.
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Ramankutty, Navin
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Shindell, Drew
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[Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries]
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Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
Average towing speed by Dutch beam trawlermen has fallen substantially between 2002 and 2009. Changes in towing speed are related to changes in oil price. The price of their valuable main target species (sole, Solea vulgaris) did not influence towing speed.
Beare, Douglas J.
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Machiels, Marcel
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[Beam trawlermen take feet off gas in response to oil price hikes]
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Beam trawlermen take feet off gas in response to oil price hikes