Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves

O. Amoroso, Ricardo; Roland Pitcher, C.; D. Rijnsdorp, Adriaan; A. McConnaughey, Robert; M. Parma, Ana; Suuronen, Petri; R. Eigaard, Ole; Bastardie, Francois; T. Hintzen, Niels; Althaus, Franziska; Jane Baird, Susan; Black, Jenny; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; B. Campbell, Alexander; Catarino, Rui; Collie, Jeremy; H. Cowan, James; Durholtz, Deon; Engstrom, Nadia; P. Fairweather, Tracey; O. Fock, Heino; Ford, Richard; A. Gálvez, Patricio; Gerritsen, Hans; Eva Góngora, María; A. González, Jessica; G. Hiddink, Jan; M. Hughes, Kathryn; S. Intelmann, Steven; Jenkins, Chris; Jonsson, Patrik; Kainge, Paulus; Kangas, Mervi; N. Kathena, Johannes; Kavadas, Stefanos; W. Leslie, Rob; G. Lewis, Steve; Lundy, Mathieu; Makin, David; Martin, Julie; Mazor, Tessa; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; J. Newman, Stephen; Papadopoulou, Nadia; E. Posen, Paulette; Rochester, Wayne; Russo, Tommaso; Sala, Antonello; M. Semmens, Jayson; Silva, Cristina; Tsolos, Angelo; Vanelslander, Bart; B. Wakefield, Corey; A. Wood, Brent; Hilborn, Ray; J. Kaiser, Michel; Jennings, Simon

doi:10.1073/pnas.1802379115

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Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves

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Authors:

Ricardo O. Amoroso

C. Roland Pitcher

Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp

Abstract

Significance We conducted a systematic, high-resolution analysis of bottom trawl fishing footprints for 24 regions on continental shelves and slopes of five continents and New Zealand. The proportion of seabed trawled varied >200-fold among regions (from 0.4 to 80.7% of area to a depth of 1,000 m). ...

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