A considerable amount of the existing knowledge of discards in the Mediterranean Sea is
presented. Discarding highly varies along the basin both geographically and among the …

It has been widely acknowledged that fishery discard practices constitute a purposeless
waste of valuable living resources, which plays an important role in the depletion of marine …

Seafood by-products, produced by a range of different organisms, such as fishes,
shellfishes, squids, and bivalves, are usually discarded as wastes, despite their possible use …

Time/area closures have been widely used in fisheries management to prevent overfishing
and the destruction of marine biodiversity. To a lesser degree, such spatio‐temporal …

Designing effective bycatch mitigation programmes requires an understanding of the life
histories of target and non-target species, interactions of fish and fishing gear, effects of …

Discards represent one of the most important issues within current commercial fishing. It
occurs for a range of reasons and is influenced by an even more complex array of factors …

A landing obligation was formally implemented in the European Union (EU) for the first time,
as part of the recent reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Given the reasonable …

Accurate data on discards, the proportion of the catch that fishers do not retain, is necessary
to achieve socioeconomically and ecologically sustainable fisheries. We review …

A feasibility study was conducted on the impacts of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
rules requiring catches in regulated fisheries to be landed and counted against quotas of …

Monitoring and managing fisheries bycatch is increasingly recognized as a critical
component of robust fisheries management frameworks. This review, addressing this …