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Combining seascape connectivity with cumulative impact assessment to support ecosystem-based marine spatial planning.

Published online: 29 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Blog

Cumulative impact assessment (CIA) is a simple yet promising approach to guide marine management interventions, but one not without limitations. In th...

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NatureScot Research Report 1268 - Scottish Entanglement Alliance (SEA) - understanding the scale and impacts of marine animal entanglement in the Scottish creel fishery.

Published online: 10 Oct 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: MacLennan, E. & Hartny-Mills, L. & Read, F. L. & Dolman, S. J. & Philp, A. & Dearing, K. E. & Jarvis, D. & Brownlow, A. C.

Content type: Reports

This report demonstrates an EMFF funded, two-year duration project that sought to assess the extent, scale and impact of marine animal entanglements i...

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Fishing, offshore wind energy, climate change and marine spatial planning: is it possible to plan for a best use of space?

Published online: 23 May 2025

Authors: Trifonova, N. & Scott, B. E. & Watson, S. C. L. & Szostek, C. & Declerck, M. & Beaumont, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. The significant expansion of offshore wind farms (OWF) is a core element of the world's decarbonisation strategy. However, in the urgency to meet N...

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A new resource for monitoring reef ecosystems: the background of recreational diver photographs contains valuable habitat data.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Roberts, C. J. & Vergés, A. & Poore, A. G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vast numbers of nature photographs are shared online on various social media and citizen science platforms, providing an important and growing source ...

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Genomic data suggest environmental drivers of fish population structure in the deep sea: a case study for the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus).

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Silva, A. G. da & Barendse, W. & Kijas, J. & England, P. R. & Hoelzel, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The accurate identification of conservation units is central to effective management strategies. However, marine environment populations often have la...

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Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Svolkinas, L. & Holmes, G. & Dmitrieva, L. & Ermolin, I. & Suvorkov, P. & Goodman, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Illegal fishing for high value species in artisanal fisheries drives incidental catch and declines of marine mammals and other large vertebrates of co...

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A feeding guild indicator to assess environmental change impacts on marine ecosystem structure and functioning.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Thompson, M. S. A. & Pontalier, H. & Spence, M. A. & Pinnegar, J. K. & Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Moriarty, M. & Hélaouët, P. & Lynam, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating food web indicators into ecological status assessments is central to developing effective management measures that can improve degraded ec...

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Two lenses for exploring relationships between seabirds and fishers: unveiling reciprocal contributions.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Ojeda, J. & Morello, F. & Suazo, C. G. & Astorga-España, M. S. & Salomon, A. K. & Ban, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reciprocal relationships between fishers and marine life have been documented in Indigenous fishing contexts, but there are few case studies that desc...

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Environmental variables for distribution modelling of UK marine megafauna species.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilkinson, D. & Quinn, J.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to summarize the environmental predictor variables regularly used in distribution models for marine megafauna species around...

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Vertical migrations of fish schools determine overlap with a mobile tidal stream marine renewable energy device.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Whitton, T. A. & Jackson, S. E. & Hiddink, J. G. & Scoulding, B. & Bowers, D. & Powell, B. & Jackson, T. D. & Gimenez, L. & Davies, A. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large increases in the generation of electricity using marine renewable energy (MRE) are planned, and assessment of the environmental impacts of novel...

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