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Differences in demersal community structure and biomass size spectra within and outside the Maltese Fishery Management Zone (FMZ)
Dimech, M.; Camilleri, M.; Hiddink, J.G.; Kaiser, M.J.; Ragonese, S.; Schembri, P.J. (2008). Differences in demersal community structure and biomass size spectra within and outside the Maltese Fishery Management Zone (FMZ). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 72(4): 669-682. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n4669
In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, meer
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Trefwoorden
    Catching methods > Net fishing > Trawling
    Fisheries > Demersal fisheries
    Malta
    MED, Sicilian Channel
    Population characteristics > Biomass
    Malta [Marine Regions]; Strait of Sicily [Marine Regions]
    Marien/Kust
Author keywords
    Sicilian Channel; biomass size spectrum; Maltese fishery; trawl Surveys;Mediterranean Sea; demersal assemblages; Marine Protected Areas
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  • Dimech, M.
  • Camilleri, M.
  • Hiddink, J.G., meer
  • Kaiser, M.J., meer
  • Ragonese, S.
  • Schembri, P.J.
Abstract
    We examined the protection effect of a long-established fisheries protection zone by studying the demersal communities and the biomass size spectra of specific taxonomic groups. The results and the relevant management implications of the community analysis are discussed within the context of the MEDITS trawl survey program, from which the data was derived. The demersal fishery resources on the muddy bottoms of Maltese trawling grounds were found to be stratified in four main depth ranges: 83 to 166 m (outer continental shelf), 140 to 230 m (shelf break), 270 to 440 m (shallow slope), and 466 to 701 m (deep slope). Significant differences were detected between the inside and outside zones of the outer continental shelf. Stations from this stratum inside the protected zone had twice as much biomass as those outside as well as larger individuals of some species (e.g. elasmobranchs). The depth strata identified do not coincide with those sampled in existing trawl survey programmes in the Sicilian Channel, which were set up without reference to demersal assemblage structure and its relation to depth. It is therefore clear that characterisation of the biotic assemblages is important in order to obtain a better sampling representation of each depth-stratum/assemblage type, and this should be considered in the survey design.
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