In ocean ecosystems, many of the changes in predation risk–both increases and decreases–
are human‐induced. These changes are occurring at scales ranging from global to local and …

The assumption that animals released from fishing gears survive has frequently been
scrutinized by researchers in recent years. Mortality estimates from these research efforts …

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 …

This chapter reviews advances made in the study of the structure and dynamics of scallop
populations and in the development of new approaches for the assessment and …

Within the framework of ecosystem-based management, we focused on the use of seasonal
closures as effective measures to minimise the degradation of benthic communities by …

Demersal trawl fisheries generate large quantities of discards which temporarily increase
the amount of carrion available to benthic communities and lead to a faster energetic turn …

Predator and scavenger aggregation to simulated discards from a scallop dredge fishery
was investigated in the north Irish Sea using an in situ underwater video to determine …

The white clam Spisula solida is harvested along the entire coast of Portugal using
mechanical dredges. In this study, the total direct mortality of the macrobenthic community …

The effect of simulated dredge capture on the swimming escape response of the great
scallop, Pecten maximus, was assessed in order to determine the potential for mortality in …

There has been a fishery for the great scallop, Pecten maximus, around the Isle of Man,
since 1937. Research up to the end of the 1980s suggested that these scallop stocks were …