Search Results - "Mackinson, Steven"
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Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management
Published in Ecological modelling (10-07-2016)“…•Ecopath with Ecosim models are easy to construct and have been for the past 30 years.•We highlight thermodynamic and ecological diagnostics for best practice…”
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Evaluating the fishery and ecological consequences of the proposed North Sea multi-annual plan
Published in PloS one (02-01-2018)“…The possible impacts of the European Commission's proposed North Sea Multi-Annual Plan are evaluated in terms of its likely outcomes to achieve management…”
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Impacts of Fishing Low–Trophic Level Species on Marine Ecosystems
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (26-08-2011)“…Low—trophic level species account for more than 30% of global fisheries production and contribute substantially to global food security. We used a range of…”
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Ecopath with Ecosim as a model-building toolbox: Source code capabilities, extensions, and variations
Published in Ecological modelling (2016)“…Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) is a widely applied food web model that is mostly known as desktop software for the Microsoft Windows platform. The freely available…”
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Combining efforts to make maximum sustainable yields and good environmental status match in a food-web model of the southern North Sea
Published in Ecological modelling (10-07-2016)“…•We parameterized an ecosystem model of the southern North Sea.•We sought for fishing effort regimes that would provide multispecies MSYs.•It was impossible to…”
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How will fisheries management measures contribute towards the attainment of Good Environmental Status for the North Sea ecosystem?
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-07-2015)“…European fisheries management have adopted maximum sustainable yield (MSY) targets for fishing mortality on commercial species to maximise the provision of…”
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Effort reduction and the large fish indicator: spatial trends reveal positive impacts of recent European fleet reduction schemes
Published in Environmental conservation (01-09-2015)“…The large fish indicator (LFI), or ‘proportion of fish greater than 40 cm length in bottom trawl surveys,’ is a frequently debated indicator of Good…”
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The road to incorporating Scottish pelagic industry data in science for stock assessments
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (21-04-2023)“…Fisheries data collection through industry-science partnerships have significant potential to support stock assessments and sustainable management, but few…”
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A will-o’-the wisp? On the utility of voluntary contributions of data and knowledge from the fishing industry to marine science
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (19-12-2022)“…For future sustainable management of fisheries, we anticipate deeper and more diverse information will be needed. Future needs include not only biological…”
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Space-time recapture dynamics of PIT-tagged Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) reveal size-dependent migratory behaviour
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (11-11-2022)“…Based on GIS-mapping and semi-parametric modelling of recaptures from PIT-tag experiments in the North Sea nursery area (September 2011), the Celtic Seas…”
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Characterizing regime shifts in the marine environment
Published in Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) (01-06-2006)“…Recent years have seen a plethora of studies reporting that ‘regime shifts’ have occurred in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the last century. In…”
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The impact of subsidies on the ecological sustainability and future profits from North Sea fisheries
Published in PloS one (26-05-2011)“…This study examines the impact of subsidies on the profitability and ecological stability of the North Sea fisheries over the past 20 years. It shows the…”
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The fall and rise of industry participation in fisheries science – a European story
Published in ICES journal of marine science (23-05-2022)“…Abstract Based on the Buckland Professor lecture for 2021–2022, this story uses a hypothetical sketch of how the relationship between the fishing industry and…”
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A baseline for the genetic stock identification of Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus , in ICES Divisions 6.a, 7.b–c
Published in Royal Society open science (07-09-2022)“…Atlantic herring in International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Divisions 6.a, 7.b–c comprises at least three populations, distinguished by…”
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End-To-End Models for the Analysis of Marine Ecosystems: Challenges, Issues, and Next Steps
Published in Marine and coastal fisheries (01-01-2010)“…There is growing interest in models of marine ecosystems that deal with the effects of climate change through the higher trophic levels. Such end-to-end models…”
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Alaska Herring History: The story of Alaska's herring fisheries and industryJamesMackovjak
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The Ecospace model applied to the North Sea: Evaluating spatial predictions with fish biomass and fishing effort data
Published in Ecological modelling (01-03-2015)“…•The Ecospace North Sea model was validated with spatial time-series data.•Sensitivity analysis revealed and quantified model robustness.•The model predicted…”
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Intra- and inter-annual variability in the fat content of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) as revealed by routine industry monitoring
Published in ICES journal of marine science (20-01-2022)“…Abstract Fat content indicates individual condition and fuels annual reproductive cycles in many fish species. These cycles, coupled with ecosystem changes,…”
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Integrating fishers’ knowledge research in science and management
Published in ICES journal of marine science (01-06-2016)“…Abstract Fishers' knowledge research (FKR) aims to enhance the use of experiential knowledge of fish harvesters in fisheries research, assessment, and…”
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