Closer to reality: Reconstructing total removals in mixed fisheries from Southern Europe
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Coll, M.; Carreras, M.; Cornax, M.J.; Massutí, E. (Enric); Morote, E.; Pastor, X.; Quetglas, A. (Antoni); Sáez, R.; Silva, L. (Luis); Sobrino, I. (Ignacio); Torres, M.A.; Tudela, S.; Harper, S.; Zeller, D.; Pauly, D.Date
2014Type
articleKeywords
Fisheries catchDiscards
IUU
Catch reconstruction
Ecosystem change
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Cadiz
Abstract
Underestimation of catches is especially important in countries where fishing fleets are highly diversified,
the enforcement of fishery management is low, data availability is poor, and there is high demand for fish
products in local markets. This is the case for southern European and Mediterranean regions. Adapting
a catch-reconstruction approach, we estimated the total removals of marine resources by Spain for the
Spanish Mediterranean Sea and Gulf of Cadiz regions from 1950 to 2010. We collected available information
from scientific publications, the grey literature and secondary sources of information to complement
officially reported catch data. We assessed missing catch sectors as time-point estimates, used as anchor
points of reliable data upon which we then estimated total catch using interpolation to fill in the periods
for which quantitative data were missing. Unreported removals and discards represented important portions
of total removals in the study area. They ...