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Towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) when trawl surveys provide the main source of information

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2009

John Cotter ,
Pierre Petitgas ,
Alvaro Abella ,
Panayiota Apostolaki ,
Benoit Mesnil ,
Chrissi-Yianna Politou ,
Jacques Rivoirard ,
Marie-Joëlle Rochet ,
Maria Teresa Spedicato  and
Verena M. Trenkel
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John Cotter
Affiliation:
CEFAS, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK
Pierre Petitgas
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département EMH, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes, France
Alvaro Abella
Affiliation:
ARPAT Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Toscana, Via Marradi 114, 57100 Livorno, Italy
Panayiota Apostolaki
Affiliation:
CEFAS, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK
Benoit Mesnil
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département EMH, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes, France
Chrissi-Yianna Politou
Affiliation:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Aghios Kosmas, Hellinikon, Athens 16604, Greece
Jacques Rivoirard
Affiliation:
Mines-ParisTech, Centre de Géosciences/Géostatistique, 35 rue St Honoré, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
Marie-Joëlle Rochet
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département EMH, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes, France
Maria Teresa Spedicato
Affiliation:
COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Via dei Trulli, 18/20, 70045 Torre a Mare, Bari, Italy
Verena M. Trenkel
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département EMH, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes, France
Mathieu Woillez
Affiliation:
Mines-ParisTech, Centre de Géosciences/Géostatistique, 35 rue St Honoré, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
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Abstract

Ideas and considerations are put forward for managing fisheries and marine populations using primarily trawl surveys to supply biological and spatial indicators of the state of stocks, and to permit catch per unit effort (CPUE)-based assessments. Trawl surveys seldom allow absolute estimates of fish population sizes but, if appropriately located, timed, and designed, can provide a broad range of information about catchable fish species and the ecosystem that supports them. This information may be more conducive to sustainable management of fisheries than the traditional focus on the abundances of selected stocks. The paper first briefly proposes how survey-based methods might supplement existing fishery-dependent stock assessments, as would be necessary during a transition phase to a more ecosystem-orientated system of management. Full survey-based management is then considered in relation to management objectives, the selection of indicators, survey design, reference periods, levels and directions, statistical aspects, CPUE-based assessments, and management responses to good and bad signals from the ecosystem. We argue that existing fishery-dependent stock assessments cannot be claimed to produce absolute estimates of stock abundance and fishing mortality because natural mortality (M) is seldom known accurately and, therefore, that they should not be presumed superior to the relative information from surveys, and an agreeable form of adaptive management.

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Fisheries managementTrawl surveyState indicatorSpatial indicatorSurvey-based stock assessmentFisheries-independent assessmentFishing effort indicator
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 22 , Issue 2: Fish Stock Assessments Using Surveys and Indicators , April 2009 , pp. 243 - 254
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2009

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