Anthropic pressure due to lost fishing gears and marine litter on different rhodolith beds off the Campania Coast (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Seabed litter of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic Ocean) was analysed and described using data from the EU-Spain groundfish survey (2006-2017 period). This study presents baseline information on seabed litter in this area. The Flemish Pass is located in areas beyond national jurisdiction within the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Regulatory Area Division 3L. A total of 1169 valid bottom trawl hauls were analysed (104-1478 m depth). Litter was found in 8.3% of the hauls, with mean densities of 1.4±0.2 items km–2 and 10.6±5.2 kg km–2. An increasing pattern with depth was found, the highest densities of seabed litter being identified in the deepest areas located in the Flemish Pass channel and down the northeastern flank of the Grand Bank. Fishing was found to be the main source of marine litter, and 61.9% of the hauls with litter presence showed litter included in the fisheries-related litter category. Whereas in most cases the litter was composed of small fragments of rope, in other cases it was composed of entire fishing gears such as traps. Plastics, metal and other anthropogenic litter were the next most abundant categories, accounting for 18.6%, 16.5% and 12.4% of the total, respectively.

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Dumping to the abyss: single-use marine litter invading bathyal plains of the Sardinian margin (Tyrrhenian Sea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.08.007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 845-851 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Alessandro Cau ◽

Andrea Bellodi ◽

Davide Moccia ◽

Antonello Mulas ◽

Paola Pesci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Marine Litter ◽

Single Use

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Macrozoobenthic fauna associated with benthic marine litter (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) and first report of two bryozoan species in Italian waters

Regional Studies in Marine Science ◽

10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101912 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101912

Author(s):

E. Mancini ◽

A. Miccoli ◽

D. Piazzolla ◽

P.R. Saraceni ◽

M. Lezzi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Marine Litter ◽

First Report ◽

Bryozoan Species

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Assessing the fish assemblage associated with FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices) in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea using two different professional fishing gears

Fisheries Research ◽

10.1016/j.fishres.2011.11.020 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 123-124 ◽

pp. 56-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mauro Sinopoli ◽

Luca Castriota ◽

Pietro Vivona ◽

Michele Gristina ◽

Franco Andaloro

Keyword(s):

Fish Assemblage ◽

Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Fishing Gears ◽

Southern Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Fish Aggregating Devices

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Diversity Loss in Coralligenous Structuring Species Impacted by Fishing Gear and Marine Litter

Diversity ◽

10.3390/d13070331 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 331

Author(s):

Federica Ferrigno ◽

Luca Appolloni ◽

Luigia Donnarumma ◽

Floriana Di Di Stefano ◽

Francesco Rendina ◽

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Keyword(s):

Image Analysis ◽

Anthropogenic Activities ◽

Fishing Gear ◽

Anthropogenic Pressure ◽

Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Urban Center ◽

Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽

Remotely Operated Vehicle ◽

Marine Litter ◽

The Impact

Coralligenous structuring species (CSS) form a group of marine megabenthic species with an engineering capacity. Since they are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic activities, they have been selected for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring programs. The pressure and impact of fishing gear and marine litter on these species were evaluated through the image analysis of 54 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) routes along the Campania coasts (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). CSS density was calculated as the number of colonies/100 m2. Anthropogenic pressure was estimated as the frequency of frames showing longline, nets, other gear, plastic objects, metal objects, and other litter; while the impact was expressed as the frequency showing necrosis/epibiosis, broken/upturned and covered/entangled colonies. Cnidaria dominate in the Napoli, Campanella and Capri areas, while Bryozoa dominate in Cilento N and Cilento S areas. Campanella and Capri appeared to be the least heterogeneous despite their higher CSS densities, which was possibly related to the dominance of a few species. These areas were the most affected by showing the highest numbers of fishing gear (longlines) and marine litter (metal objects) recorded, amongst which longlines are the most abundant. In addition, these fishing areas are either close to a large urban center or located along popular touristic routes. In all the areas, colonies with necrosis/epibiosis (CNE) impact are present with low-moderate values, while the category gears covering/entangling (GCE) impact prevails in the Campanella and Capri areas, and this is strictly connected to the high presence of fishing gear.

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Diurnal Nesting of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Russian Journal of Herpetology ◽

10.30906/1026-2296-2019-25-2-151-153 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 151

Author(s):

Gianni Insacco ◽

Filippo Spadola ◽

Bruno Zava

Keyword(s):

Caretta Caretta ◽

Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

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FRUGIVORIA E DISPERSÃO DE SEMENTES POR PEIXES

Scientific Magazine UAKARI ◽

10.31420/uakari.v1i1.2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 7-18

Author(s):

Luciane Lopes de Souza

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Seed Dispersal ◽

Tropical Forests ◽

Natural Regeneration ◽

Main Species ◽

Fishing Gears ◽

Solimões River

Biotic or abiotic processes of seed dispersal are important for the maintenance of the diversity, and for the natural regeneration in tropical forests. Ichthyochory is one of the fundamental mechanisms for seed dispersal in flooded environments, as the igapó forests. A study on the ichthyochory of the igapós was conducted at Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, in the middle Solimões river, from June 2002 to September 2004. Monthly samples of frugivorous fish were taken, with the main fishing gears used locally. Guts of 1,688 fish caught were examined. The main species were Myloplus rubripinnis (29.21%), Hemiodus immaculatus (18.96%),Colossoma macropom um (16.23%) and Mylossoma duriventre (16.05%). The diet was made of vegetables (fruits, leave and flowers), and animals (arthropods). 53.02% of all fish caught ingested fruits. The total number of intact seeds in the stomachs and intestines were 8,069 and 5,763 respectively. About 61.9% of the Brycon melanopterus (matrinchão), 46.34% of the Brycon amazonicus (mamuri) and 30.22% of M . rubripinnis (parum ) analysed had intact seeds in their guts. Seeds of Nectandra amazonum and Genipa spruceana ingested proved to be more viable than those non-ingested by fish. The high rates of frugivory, the presence of intact seeds in the guts of fish and the greater viability of ingested seeds all suggest that these animals are important seed dispersors in the igapó forests of Amanã Reserve.

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