Bottom trawling is the most widespread human activity affecting seabed habitats. Here, we
collate all available data for experimental and comparative studies of trawling impacts on …

▪ Abstract The direct effects of marine habitat disturbance by commercial fishing have been
well documented. However, the potential ramifications to the ecological function of seafloor …

The effects of towed bottom‐fishing gear on benthic communities is the subject of heated
debate, but the generality of trawl effects with respect to gear and habitat types is poorly …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the geographical and local distribution of scallop
populations, concentrating on the species of commercial importance. It also discusses the …

Seamounts, knolls, pinnacles and other “seamount-like” features are prominent and widely
distributed features of the New Zealand marine environment, and also the focus of important …

Benthic community data collected between 1938 and 1950 by NS Jones were compared
with modern samples from seven sites in the Irish Sea. Multivariate and univariate methods …

Demersal trawling constitutes the most significant human impact on both the structure and
functioning of coastal seabed fauna. While a number of studies have assessed the impacts …

Disturbance due to trawling reduces the biomass and production of macro-infaunal
invertebrate communities, implying that their total food-consumption rate will fall, and that …

Despite the current interest in using closed areas for fisheries management, few studies
have actually examined the benefits for invertebrate fisheries such as scallops. This study …

The E cosystem A pproach to F isheries requires that managers take account of the
environmental impacts of fishing. Towed bottom‐fishing gears disturb seabed habitats and …