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Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT; outputs from 2020 meeting). Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Small-scale distribution patterns of flatfish on artificial hard substrates in a Belgian offshore wind farm. Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Different bottom trawl fisheries have a differential impact on the status of the North Sea seafloor habitats Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Fisheries using bottom trawls are the most widespread source of anthropogenic physical disturbance to seafloor habitats. To mitigate such disturbances, the development of fisheries-, conservation-, and ecosystem-based management strategies requires the assessment of the impact of bottom trawling on the state of benthic biota. We explore a quantitative and mechanistic framework to assess trawling impact. Pressure and impact indicators that ...
Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Hasselt University Research Institute for Nature and Forest Flanders Marine Institute
Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term biological time series (15–91 years) collected across Europe, using a comprehensive dataset comprising ~6,200 marine, freshwater and terrestrial taxa. We test whether (i) local long-term biodiversity trends are consistent among biogeoregions, realms and taxonomic groups, and ...
Supporting the essential - Recommendations for the development of accessible and interoperable marine biological data products Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Flanders Marine Institute
In this paper we outline the stakeholder-led approaches in the development of biological data products to support effective conservation, management and policy development. The requirements of a broad range of stakeholders and iterative, structured processes framed the development of tools, models and maps that support the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data principles. By structuring the resultant data products around the ...
A generic framework to assess the representation and protection of benthic ecosystems in European marine protected areas Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
There is concern across the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) region that a consideration of vulnerable components and the wider support mechanisms underpinning benthic marine ecosystems may be lacking from the process of marine protected area (MPA) designation, management and monitoring. In this study, MPAs across six European ecoregions were assessed from a benthic ecology perspective. The study included 102 MPAs, ...
GEOFISH.be: Uw selectie van visserijgegevens interactief weergegeven op geografische kaarten. Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
A high-quality genetic reference database for European commercial fishes reveals substitution fraud of processed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and common sole (Solea solea) at different steps in the Belgian supply chain Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food KU Leuven
Seafood is an important component of the human diet. With depleting fish stocks and increasing prices, seafood is prone to fraudulent substitution. DNA barcoding has illustrated fraudulent substitution of fishes in retail and restaurants. Whether substitution also occurs in other steps of the supply chain remains largely unknown. DNA barcoding relies on public reference databases for species identification, but these can contain incorrect ...
Practical implementation of in vitro culture of Lanice conchilega (Polychaeta) in a coastal defence context Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Current coastal protection measures become increasingly insufficient under circumstances of climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressures. Aggregations of the ecosystem engineer Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) stabilize the sediment bed of sandy shorelines. Therefore, this polychaete is considered an interesting target species in the search for nature-inspired designs in coastal zone management. This study investigated the potential of ...