Fishing gear alters seafloor habitats, but the extent of these alterations, and their effects,
have not been quantified extensively in the northwest Atlantic. Understanding the extent of …

A standard, universally useful classification scheme for deepwater habitats needs to be
established so that descriptions of these habitats can be accurately and efficiently applied …

The 1996 Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act mandates that
regional fishery management councils must designate essential fish habitat (EFH) for each …

Fish populations have been exploited along the northeastern coast of North America for over
500 years. During this period, an extensive knowledge of fish distributions and habitat has …

Video transects from occupied submersibles were used to define associations of mobile
megafauna (primarily demersal fishes and crustaceans) with microhabitat features including …

Fishing activity can impact fish populations in 2 ways. The first is the immediate effect on
population demographics by the removal of fish. Second is the impact of fishing (eg bottom …

A hierarchical approach to mapping seabed habitat is presented. A provincial scale survey
that included hydrography and geology provided the context for interpreting habitat use and …

Habitats of flatfishes are ordinarily characterized on the basis of depth, sediment type, and
temperature. However, features of the benthic environment such as structures created by …

Fisheries research and management has traditionally been focussed on the fish
populations, while the habitats and environments which underpin their production have …

Fish-habitat relationships on the shallow inner continental shelf were quantified with video
sled and metered beam trawl on Fenwick and Weaver shoals offshore of Maryland and …