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 …

Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea are probably as old
as the first human attempts to catch fish with a net. Countless leports and artefacts from the …

Surveys primarily aimed at determining dolphin encounter rates were conducted from small
inflatable craft in eastern Ionian Sea coastal waters between 1997 and 2004. During 633 …

Discard practices of trawlers in three main areas of the Aegean and western Ionian Seas
were examined. Data collected on board commercial vessels during 3 years (1995–1998) of …

This study aims to advance knowledge of the discards from bottom trawling in the
northwestern Mediterranean. The composition of bottom trawl landings and discards is …

Once one of the most common cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea, the short-beaked
common dolphin has declined throughout the region since the 1960s and in 2003 this …

To better understand the effects of fisheries and ocean productivity on the northeastern
Ionian Sea we constructed an Ecopath with Ecosim model with 22 functional groups. Data …

Although overfishing has been recognized as responsible for the decline of major fish
stocks, it has been less easy to demonstrate its indirect and detrimental effects on marine …

The study was carried out in two fishing grounds on the Mediterranean continental shelf: one
in the Adriatic Sea and one in the Catalan Sea. Samplings on board otter trawlers were …

Species composition and gear competition for the small-scale fisheries in the Cyclades
waters (off Naxos Island, Aegean Sea, Hellas) was studied based on samples collected …