Understanding investment in innovative fishing gears to improve the uptake of new technology Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The benthic ecosystem provides important ecosystem goods and services. It provides habitat, spawning grounds and food for bottom dwelling fish species which contribute about 50% of the landings in the North-East Atlantic. However, fishing, and particularly the towed bottom contact gears used on the continental shelf, have a major impact on benthic ecosystems. Therefore technical and management measures are being developed in an attempt to lower ...