Exploring potential ecological impacts of different scenarios for spatial closures and fleet decommissioning for Dutch North Sea demersal fisheries

Developing a statistical model to predict the ecological benthic state in the Dutch coastal zone in relation to shrimp fisheries and closed areas

“…In this report we develop an instrument to perform this quantification and apply it to two simulated fishing regimes. We make use of a general method for quantifying the effects of trawl fisheries on the seafloor, which has been widely used in recent years (Bastardie et al, 2020;Hamon et al, 2020;Rijnsdorp et al, 2020;Van Denderen et al, 2020;Hintzen et al, 2021;ICES, 2022). This method relies on a statistical relationship between the longevity distribution of the local benthic invertebrate fauna and the bottom trawling intensity, and the bulk of this study is concerned with deriving this relationship for the area we are interested in -the Dutch coastal area.…”

Beoordeling van ecologische effecten van garnalenvisserij op bodem en biota : Mate van wetenschappelijke onderbouwing

“…De gestreepte lijn begrenst het Nederlands Continentaal Plat. Bron: VMSgegevens, bewerkt door Wageningen Marine Research (methode volgens(Hintzen et al 2013)). Overgenomen uitQuirijns et al 2021.…”