TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the effects of mobile bottom fishing on benthic biota
T2 - A systematic review protocol
AU - Hughes, Kathryn M.
AU - Kaiser, Michel J.
AU - Jennings, Simon
AU - McConnaughey, Robert A.
AU - Pitcher, Roland
AU - Hilborn, Ray
AU - Amoroso, Ricardo O.
AU - Collie, Jeremy
AU - Hiddink, Jan Geert
AU - Parma, Ana M.
AU - Rijnsdorp, Adriaan
PY - 2014/11/25
Y1 - 2014/11/25
N2 - Background: Mobile bottom fishing, such as trawling and dredging, is the most widespread direct human impact on marine benthic systems. Knowledge of the impacts of different gear types on different habitats, the species most sensitive to impacts and the potential for habitats to recover are often needed to inform implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries and strategies for biodiversity conservation. This knowledge helps to identify management options that maximise fisheries yield whilst minimising negative impacts on benthic systems.Methods/design: The methods are designed to identify and collate evidence from experimental studies (e.g. before/after, control/impact) and comparative studies (spanning a gradient of fishing intensity) to identify changes in state (numbers, biomass, diversity etc.) of benthic biota (flora and fauna), resulting from a variety of mobile bottom fishing scenarios. The primary research question that the outputs will be used to address is: "to what extent does a given intensity of bottom fishing affect the abundance and/or diversity of benthic biota?" Due to the variety of gear and habitat types studied, the primary question will be closely linked with secondary questions. These include: "how does the effect of bottom fishing on various benthic biota metrics (species, faunal type, trait, taxon etc.) vary with (1) gear type and (2) habitat, and (3) gear type-habitat interactions?" and (4) "how might properties of the community and environment affect the resilience (and recovery potential) of a community to bottom fishing
AB - Background: Mobile bottom fishing, such as trawling and dredging, is the most widespread direct human impact on marine benthic systems. Knowledge of the impacts of different gear types on different habitats, the species most sensitive to impacts and the potential for habitats to recover are often needed to inform implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries and strategies for biodiversity conservation. This knowledge helps to identify management options that maximise fisheries yield whilst minimising negative impacts on benthic systems.Methods/design: The methods are designed to identify and collate evidence from experimental studies (e.g. before/after, control/impact) and comparative studies (spanning a gradient of fishing intensity) to identify changes in state (numbers, biomass, diversity etc.) of benthic biota (flora and fauna), resulting from a variety of mobile bottom fishing scenarios. The primary research question that the outputs will be used to address is: "to what extent does a given intensity of bottom fishing affect the abundance and/or diversity of benthic biota?" Due to the variety of gear and habitat types studied, the primary question will be closely linked with secondary questions. These include: "how does the effect of bottom fishing on various benthic biota metrics (species, faunal type, trait, taxon etc.) vary with (1) gear type and (2) habitat, and (3) gear type-habitat interactions?" and (4) "how might properties of the community and environment affect the resilience (and recovery potential) of a community to bottom fishing
KW - Benthos
KW - Dredging
KW - Impact
KW - Mobile bottom fishing
KW - Recovery
KW - Trawling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945531674&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/2047-2382-3-23
DO - 10.1186/2047-2382-3-23
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84945531674
SN - 2047-2382
VL - 3
JO - Environmental Evidence
JF - Environmental Evidence
IS - 1
M1 - 23
ER -
