scholarly journals Discards of the purse seine fishery targeting small pelagic fish in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

2012 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Tsagarakis ◽  
Vassiliki Vassilopoulou ◽  
Argyris Kallianiotis ◽  
Athanassios Machias
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Purse Seine ◽  
Small Pelagic Fish ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Purse Seine Fishery

scholarly journals Fatty acids, persistent organic pollutants, and trace elements in small pelagic fish from the eastern Mediterranean Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 112654
Author(s):  
Snježana Herceg Romanić ◽  
Gordana Jovanović ◽  
Bosiljka Mustać ◽  
Jasna Stojanović-Đinović ◽  
Andreja Stojić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Small Pelagic Fish ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea

scholarly journals Interaction between small pelagic purse seine fishery and its top predators

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
Barbara Zorica ◽  
Vanja Čikeš Keč ◽  
Kristijan Zanki ◽  
Leon Grubišić ◽  
Tanja Šegvić-Bubić
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Purse Seine ◽  
Small Pelagic Fish ◽  
Fish Schools ◽  
Top Predators ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Monthly Pattern ◽  
Purse Seine Fishery

Due to very good collaboration with one commercial purse seiner, using “Srdelara” and operating in fishing zone G, preliminary data concerning the interaction between small pelagic purse seine fishery and its predators were obtained. According to the notes taken by experience observer on-board in period from year 2013 to 2016, seems that tunas, dolphins and swordfish were the faithful companions of purse seiner fisherman with abundance of 68.6%, 22.0% and 9.4%, respectively. Although they were present all year round, their monthly pattern of appearance indicated that less tunas were recorded in May-June, more dolphins were noted from July to October while swordfish were mostly abundant in winter (January-March). Within the investigated period, slightly increasing trend of tuna and dolphins’ appearance was recorded, although statistically not significant. Analysing possible correlation between purse seine catches and predator’s abundances, revealed that appearance of tuna had negative impact on the catches (dispersion of schools), while realised catches in presence of dolphins were quite good so it seems that they tend to round up small pelagic fish schools.

scholarly journals Comparison of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Consortia from Surface and Deep Waters of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Characterization and Degradation Potential

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2246
Author(s):  
Georgia Charalampous ◽  
Efsevia Fragkou ◽  
Konstantinos A. Kormas ◽  
Alexandre B. De Menezes ◽  
Paraskevi N. Polymenakou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Sole Source ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Set Up

The diversity and degradation capacity of hydrocarbon-degrading consortia from surface and deep waters of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea were studied in time-series experiments. Microcosms were set up in ONR7a medium at in situ temperatures of 25 °C and 14 °C for the Surface and Deep consortia, respectively, and crude oil as the sole source of carbon. The Deep consortium was additionally investigated at 25 °C to allow the direct comparison of the degradation rates to the Surface consortium. In total, ~50% of the alkanes and ~15% of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were degraded in all treatments by Day 24. Approximately ~95% of the total biodegradation by the Deep consortium took place within 6 days regardless of temperature, whereas comparable levels of degradation were reached on Day 12 by the Surface consortium. Both consortia were dominated by well-known hydrocarbon-degrading taxa. Temperature played a significant role in shaping the Deep consortia communities with Pseudomonas and Pseudoalteromonas dominating at 25 °C and Alcanivorax at 14 °C. Overall, the Deep consortium showed a higher efficiency for hydrocarbon degradation within the first week following contamination, which is critical in the case of oil spills, and thus merits further investigation for its exploitation in bioremediation technologies tailored to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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