Culling is widely practised as a means to reduce predation effects of terrestrial carnivores,
birds and marine mammals in many parts of the world. Of marine mammals, coastal …

Impact of bottom gear fishing is primarily determined by the sensitivity of the benthic
community, fishing intensity and penetration depth of the gears. Disturbance of benthic …

Gillnets and traps often are considered to have fewer holistic environmental impacts than
active fishing gears. However, in addition to the targeted catches, gillnets and traps still …

Recent population recovery of many pinniped species (seals, sea lions, walrus) is a
conservation success. However, pinniped population recovery combined with increasing …

A rise in pinniped-fisheries interactions has been observed due to the global decline in fish
populations primarily attributed to overfishing, and/or due to the recent population recovery …

Growing marine mammal populations have led to renewed conflicts with fisheries and
discussions of culling as a management measure. In order to evaluate the effects of such …

The unintended consequences of marine mammal recoveries have created complex issues
for resource managers to solve. In the Baltic Sea, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) …

This study compared catches in numbers (catch per unit effort, CPUE) and biomass (weight
per unit effort, WPUE) of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in two-chambered floating cod pots …

With the growing grey seal population in the Baltic Sea, the inshore cod fishery has suffered
dramatic increases in both catch losses and damage to fishing gear. To mitigate this …

Discards refer to the part of the catch not retained on board during commercial fishing
operations, but returned to the sea. The proposed European Union Common Fisheries …