The use of demersal trawling discards as a food source for two scavenging seabird species: a case study of an eastern Mediterranean oligotrophic marine ecosystem

The use of demersal trawling discards as a food source for two scavenging seabird species: a case study of an eastern Mediterranean oligotrophic marine ecosystem

Abstract Background The banning of fisheries discards by imposing an obligation to land unwanted catch constitutes a key point of the Common Fishery Policy reform proposed by the European Commission. The effect of such a ban on discards on top marine predators such as seabirds is largely unknown, es...

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Main Authors: Georgios Karris, Vlasis Ketsilis-Rinis, Anastasia Kalogeropoulou, Stavros Xirouchakis, Athanasios Machias, Irida Maina, Stefanos Kavadas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
Discards
Fisheries
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-018-0118-5

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