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EMPAFISH Booklet nº 2 Fishery regimes in Atlanto-Mediterranean European MPAs
fishing on ecological interactions at ecosystem level, the coastal
hydrodynamic processes and well designed studies of no-take MPAs that can
rigorously demonstrate process as recruitment subsidy and spillover to the
surrounding region (Sale et al. 2005).
Most European MPAs have been developed in an attempt to unite and
harmonise conservation and economic interests, improving fisheries through
the sustainable exploitation of natural resources, and maximising additional
socio-economic benefits such as diving and tourism. This booklet summarises
the current status of fisheries in each of the case studies included in the
EMPAFISH study. Each site has been characterised in terms of its
management regime and fisheries activity, acceptable activities and target
and by-catch species.
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