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Title: Conflicts in the coastal zone: human impacts on commercially important fish species utilizing coastal habitat

Journal Article · · ICES Journal of Marine Science
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  1. National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU-Aqua), Technical University of Denmark, Building 205, Henrik Dams Allé, Kgs Lyngby DK, Denmark
  2. MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre & FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal, IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Rua Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho 6, Lisboa, Portugal
  3. Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Turistgatan 5, Lysekil, Sweden
  4. Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skolgatan 6, Öregrund, Sweden
  5. Wageningen Marine Research (Ecological Dynamics Group), IJmuiden AB, The Netherlands
  6. Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, National Research Council, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
  7. ESE, Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Rennes, France

Abstract Coastal ecosystems are ecologically, culturally, and economically important, and hence are under pressure from diverse human activities. We reviewed the literature for existing evidence of effects of human-induced habitat changes on exploited fish utilizing coastal habitats. We focused on fish species of the Northeast Atlantic for which fisheries advice is provided by International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and which utilize coastal habitats for at least one life-history stage (LHS). We found that 92% of these species are impacted by human activity in at least one LHS while utilizing coastal habitat and 38% in multiple stages. Anthropogenic pressures most commonly shown to impact these fish species were toxicants and pollutants (75% of species). Eutrophication and anoxia, invasive species, and physical coastal development affected about half of the species (58, 54, and 42% of species, respectively), while indirect fishing impacts affected a minority (17% of species). Moreover, 71% of the ICES advice species that utilize coastal habitats face impacts from more than one pressure, implying cumulative effects. Given that three-fourths of the commercial landings come from fish species utilizing coastal habitats, there is an obvious need for a better understanding of the impacts that human activities cause in these habitats for the development of ecosystem-based fisheries management.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
2279784
Journal Information:
ICES Journal of Marine Science, Journal Name: ICES Journal of Marine Science Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 75; ISSN 1054-3139
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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