Spatial separation of catches in highly mixed fisheries

Dolder, Paul J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-712X, Thorson, James T. and Minto, Cóilín (2018) Spatial separation of catches in highly mixed fisheries. Scientific Reports, 8. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Mixed fisheries are the dominant type of fishery worldwide. Overexploitation in mixed fisheries occurs when catches continue for available quota species while low quota species are discarded. As EU fisheries management moves to count all fish caught against quota (the “landing obligation”), the challenge is to catch available quota within new constraints, else lose productivity. A mechanism for decoupling exploitation of species caught together is spatial targeting, which remains challenging due to complex fishery and population dynamics. How far spatial targeting can go to practically separate species is often unknown and anecdotal. We develop a dimension-reduction framework based on joint dynamic species distribution modelling to understand how spatial community and fishery dynamics interact to determine species and size composition. In application to the highly mixed fisheries of the Celtic Sea, clear common spatial patterns emerge for three distinct assemblages. While distribution varies interannually, the same species are consistently found in higher densities together, with more subtle differences within assemblages, where spatial separation may not be practically possible. We highlight the importance of dimension reduction techniques to focus management discussion on axes of maximal separation and identify spatiotemporal modelling as a scientific necessity to address the challenges of managing mixed fisheries.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	An Author Correction to this article was published on 11 March 2020. The correction notes that supplementary files were omitted in the original version of the article (see https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60583-5).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Aug 2022 09:30
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 07:54
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/87292
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-018-31881-w

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