Together with colleagues from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Portugal,
Switzerland and New Zealand, he has come to clear results. "Deep sea
fisheries should be closed down with some very few exceptions," he
summarizes the research, published in the journal Marine Policy. The
Study shows the many problems of deep sea fisheries. Bottom trawling
destroys bottom communities and deep sea fish grow very slowly, making
them more vulnerable to overfishing then coastal species.
Original publication: Norse, E.A., S. Brooke, W.W.L. Cheung, M.R. Clark, I. Ekeland, R. Froese, K.M. Gjerde, R.L. Haedrich, S.S. Heppell, T. Morato, L.E. Morgan, D. Pauly, R. Sumaila, R. Watson: Sustainability of deep-sea fisheries, Marine Policy, 36 (2), 307-320, ISSN 0308-597X, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.06.008
Contact:
Rainer Froese, rfroese@ifm-geomar.de
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