scholarly journals Determination of Size Selectivity of Traps for Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896) in the Mediterranean Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Süleyman Özdemir ◽  
Gökhan Gökçe ◽  
Mustafa Çekiç
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Blue Crab ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
Size Selectivity ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF AN OPTIMAL FLEET FOR A CNG TRANSPORTATION SCENARIO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Brodogradnja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Francesko Mauro ◽  
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Luca Braidotti ◽  
Giorgio Trincas
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean

By-catch frequency and size differentiation in loggerhead turtles as a function of surface longline gear type in the western Mediterranean Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 1423-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Carlos Báez ◽  
David Macías ◽  
Juan Antonio Camiñas ◽  
José María Ortiz de Urbina ◽  
Salvador García-Barcelona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Size Selectivity ◽  
Loggerhead Turtles ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
By Catch ◽  
Catch Rates ◽  
The Impact

Fisheries by-catch is considered to be a major threat to loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea. Technical differences in both gear configurations (e.g. hook and bait type) and fisheries operations carried out by the Spanish Mediterranean surface longline fleet could have an effect on by-catch rates and size selectivity. The aim of the present study was to test the differences in by-catch per unit effort and body size of loggerhead sea turtles caught using different gear types in the Mediterranean surface longline fishery. Our results suggest that differences in the gear type used have an effect on catch rates and size selectivity. Thus, surface longliners targeting albacore (LLALB) using smaller hooks tend to capture smaller loggerheads but have the highest by-catch per unit of effort (BPUE), whereas other longlines, such as surface longliners targeting bluefin tuna (LLJAP) and traditional surface longliners targeting swordfish (LLHB), using larger hooks tend to select the larger animals; moreover, LLHB had the lowest BPUE. Disproportionate rates of fisheries-induced mortality on certain size/age-classes can differentially affect sea turtle populations, as each sea turtle age-class contributes differently to current and future reproduction. Thus, fisheries management should not only be focusing on preserving the large juvenile and mature turtles, but also on reducing the total by-catch. Thus, we recommend encouraging the use of LLHB versus other surface gears. We suggest that it is very important to take into account the gear type (and its particular catch rates) when making inferences about the impact of longline fisheries on sea turtle populations.

scholarly journals Determination of the copper isotope composition of seawater revisited: A case study from the Mediterranean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 511 ◽  
pp. 465-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Baconnais ◽  
Olivier Rouxel ◽  
Gabriel Dulaquais ◽  
Marie Boye
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Copper Isotope ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals First molecular determination of herpesvirus from two mysticete species stranded in the Mediterranean Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mar Melero ◽  
José Luis Crespo-Picazo ◽  
Consuelo Rubio-Guerri ◽  
Daniel García-Párraga ◽  
José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Molecular Determination
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