Trace metal distribution in pelagic fish species from the north-west African coast (Morocco)     

Afandi  Imane  Talba  Sophia  Benhra  Ali  Benbrahim  Samir  Chfiri  Rachid  Labonne  Maylis  Masski  Hicham  Laë  Raymond  Tito De Morais  Luis  Bekkali  Mohammed  Bouthir  Fatima Zohra 《International Aquatic Research》2018,10(2):191-205

International Aquatic Research - In the current study, ten elements contents (Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Cr, Co, Ni, Cd, Pb and Hg) have been measured in muscle and liver of four pelagic fish species...  相似文献   

Strong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status          下载免费PDF全文

Alida Bundy  Ratana Chuenpagdee  Jennifer L Boldt  Maria de Fatima Borges  Mohamed Lamine Camara  Marta Coll  Ibrahima Diallo  Clive Fox  Elizabeth A Fulton  Ayse Gazihan  Astrid Jarre  Didier Jouffre  Kristin M Kleisner  Ben Knight  Jason Link  Patroba P Matiku  Hicham Masski  Dimitrios K Moutopoulos  Chiara Piroddi  Tiit Raid  Ignacio Sobrino  Jorge Tam  Djiga Thiao  Maria Angeles Torres  Konstantinos Tsagarakis  Gro I van der Meeren  Yunne‐Jai Shin 《Fish and Fisheries》2017,18(3):412-439

Fisheries have had major negative impacts on marine ecosystems, and effective fisheries management and governance are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries, biodiversity conservation goals and thus good ecosystem status. To date, the IndiSeas programme (Indicators for the Seas) has focussed on assessing the ecological impacts of fishing at the ecosystem scale using ecological indicators. Here, we explore fisheries ‘Management Effectiveness’ and ‘Governance Quality’ and relate this to ecosystem health and status. We developed a dedicated expert survey, focused at the ecosystem level, with a series of questions addressing aspects of management and governance, from an ecosystem‐based perspective, using objective and evidence‐based criteria. The survey was completed by ecosystem experts (managers and scientists) and results analysed using ranking and multivariate methods. Results were further examined for selected ecosystems, using expert knowledge, to explore the overall findings in greater depth. Higher scores for ‘Management Effectiveness’ and ‘Governance Quality’ were significantly and positively related to ecosystems with better ecological status. Key factors that point to success in delivering fisheries and conservation objectives were as follows: the use of reference points for management, frequent review of stock assessments, whether Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) catches were being accounted for and addressed, and the inclusion of stakeholders. Additionally, we found that the implementation of a long‐term management plan, including economic and social dimensions of fisheries in exploited ecosystems, was a key factor in successful, sustainable fisheries management. Our results support the thesis that good ecosystem‐based management and governance, sustainable fisheries and healthy ecosystems go together.  相似文献