Concerns about the welfare of production animals have extended from farm animals to fish,
but an overview of the impact of especially capture fisheries on fish welfare is lacking. This …

The growth of Mullus barbatus has been widely studied using different methods, but no
previous study has focused on age validation. The uncertainty in estimating the age of the …

Sorting grids to exclude the juveniles of species targeted by bottom trawl fisheries from the
catch are among the most promising solutions to reduce discards. We tested a two-sections …

Simple Summary Fisheries are amongst the most important anthropogenic activities that
strongly impact the marine environment. Therefore, stock assessments are routinely carried …

Mean temperature (MTC) and mean trophic level (MTL) spatiotemporal patterns of MEDITS
survey catches were examined in 13 geographic statistical areas (GSAs) of the …

The uncertainty in age estimation by otolith reading may be at the root of the large variability
in red mullet (Mullus barbatus) growth models in the Mediterranean. In the MEDITS survey …

A large part of the total whiting (Merlangius merlangus euxinus) fishing in the Black Sea is
carried out with the traditional bottom trawl nets along the coast of Turkey. Diamond mesh …

More than half of the landing (70%) of Red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in Turkey is provided
from the Black Sea, which is almost all (96%) with bottom trawls. The effect of demersal trawl …

A renewed interest in fish scale anomalies prompted the present study, wherein we
document a wide range of scale morphological abnormalities, including deformities in shape …

Discard mortality of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and European pilchard
(Sardina pilchardus) was investigated during commercial purse seine fishing operations off …