Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - fisheries management measures: fisheries assessment – Pobie Bank Reef SAC
These assessments look at the fishing activity occurring within each offshore MPA and SAC and assess the potential impacts of this activity on the protected features within each site. This assessment is for Pobie Bank Reef SAC. These assessments have been updated following public consultation.
8 References
Alverson, D.L., Freeberg, M.H., Murakski, S.A. and Pope, J.G, 1994. A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 339. Rome, FAO. 233 pp.
Auster, P.J. and Langton, R.W., 1999. The effects of fishing on fish habitat. American Fisheries Society Symposium 22, 150 – 187.
Bergmann, M. and Moore, P.G., 2001. Mortality of Asterias rubens and Ophiura ophiura discarded in the Nephrops fishery of the Clyde Sea area, Scotland. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 58 (3), 531 – 542.
Boulcott, P., Millar, C.P. and Fryer, R.J., 2014. Impact of scallop dredging on benthic epifauna in a mixed-substrate habitat. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71 (4), 834 – 844.
Catchpole, T.L., Frid, C.L.J. and Gray, T.S., 2005. Discards in North Sea fisheries: Causes, consequences and solutions. Marine Policy, 29 (5), 421 – 430.
Collie, J.S., Hall, S.J., Kaiser, M.J. and Poiner, I.R., 2000. A quantitative analysis of fishing impacts on shelf-sea benthos. Journal of Animal Ecology, 69 (5), 785 – 798.
Connor, D.W., Allen, J.H., Golding, N., Howell, K.L., Lieberknecht, L.M., Northen, K.O. and Reker, J.B. 2004. The Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland Version 04.05 ISBN 1 861 07561 8. In: JNCC (2022) The Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland Version 22.04. [November 2023]. Available from: JNCC.
Dale, A.C., Boulcott, P. and Sherwin, T.J., 2011. Sedimentation patterns caused by scallop dredging in a physically dynamic environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62 (11), 2433 – 2441.
Donaldson, A., Gabriel, C., Harvey, B.J. and Carolsfeld, J., 2010. Impacts of fishing gears other than bottom trawls, dredges, gillnets and longlines on aquatic biodiversity and vulnerable marine ecosystems. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2010/011, 84 pp.
Dayton, P.K., Thrush, S.F., Agardy, T. and Hofman, R.J. 1995. Environmental effects of marine fishing. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 5(3): 205-232.
EU Commission, 2021. Commission notice Assessment of plans and projects in relation to Natura 2000 sites – Methodological guidance on the provisions of Article 6(3) and (4) of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC 2021/C 437/01 (OJ C, C/437, 28.10.2021, p. 1, CELEX)
Eno, N.C., MacDonald, D. and Amos, S.C. 1996. A study on the effects of fish (Crustacea/Molluscs) traps on benthic habitats and species. Final report to the European Commission. Study Contract, no. 94/076.
Eno, N.C., MacDonald, D.S., Kinnear, J.A.M., Amos, S.C., Chapman, C.J., Clark, R.A., Bunker, F.S.D. and Munro C. 2001. Effects of crustacean traps on benthic fauna. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 58: 11–20.
Feekings, J., Bartolino, V., Madsen, N. and Catchpole, T., 2012. Fishery discards: Factors affecting their variability within a demersal trawl fishery. PLoS ONE 7(4): e36409.
Foden, J., Rogers, S.I. and Jones, A.P. 2010. Recovery of UK seabed habitats from benthic fishing and aggregate extraction- towards a cumulative impact assessment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 411: 259–270.
Foster-Smith, R, Benson, A and Foster-Smith, J. 2009. Interpretation of Pobie Bank East of Shetland for Annex I Reef, JNCC Report No. 433, JNCC, Peterborough.
Freese, L., Auster, P.J., Heifetz, J. and Wing, B.L. 1999. Effects of trawling on seafloor habitat and associated invertebrate taxa in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 182: 119–126.
Furness, R.W. 2003. Impacts of fisheries on seabird communities. Scientia Marina, 67 (Suppl. 2): 33 – 45.
Gubbay, S. and Knapman, P. A., 1999. A review of the effects of fishing within UK European Marine Sites. English Nature (UK Marine SACs Project). 134 pp.
Hall, M. A., Alverson, D. L., and Metuzals, K. I. (2000). By-catch: Problems and solutions. Marine Pollution Bulletin (41), 1 – 6.
Hinz, H., Prieto, V. and Kaiser, M.J., 2009. Trawl disturbance on benthic communities: Chronic effects and experimental predictions. Ecological Applications, 19 (3), 761 – 773.
Hinz, H., Murray, L. G., Malcolm, F. R. and Kaiser, M. J., 2012. The environmental impacts of three different queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) fishing gears. Marine Environmental Research, 73, 85 – 95.
ICES. 2011. Report of the Workshop on seine net selectivity (WKSEINE).
ICES. 2013. Report of the Workshop to Review and Advise on Seabird Bycatch (WKBYCS). ICES Advisory Committee, ICES CM 2013/ACOM:77, 77pp.
Jackson, A. and Hiscock, K. 2008. Erect sponges, Eunicella verrucosa and Pentapora fascialis on slightly tide-swept moderately exposed circalittoral rock. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 18/10/2012].
JNCC and Natural England. 2011. Advice from Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Natural England with regard to fisheries impacts on Marine Conservation Zone habitat features. JNCC.
JNCC, 2023. Fisheries Management Options Paper: Pobie Bank Reef Special Area of Conservation. https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/748a0001-ac8a-4ae0-95dfece63e02a57f#pobie-bank-reef-management-options-paper.pdf
JNCC. 2022. The Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland Version 22.04 [on-line]. [31 October 2023]. Available from: JNCC.
Kaiser, M.J., Collie, J.S., Hall, S.J., Jennings, S. and Poiner, I.R., 2001. Impacts of fishing gear on marine benthic habitats. Reykjavik Conference on responsible fisheries in the marine ecosystem. Reykjavik, Iceland, 1 – 4 October 2001
Kaiser, M.J., Collie, J.S., Hall, S.J., Jennings, S. and Poiner, I. R., 2002. Modifications of marine habitats by trawling activities: Prognosis and solutions. Fish and Fisheries, 3 (2), 114 – 136.
Kaiser, M.J., Collie, J.S., Hall, S.J., Jennings, S. and Poiner, I.R., 2003. Impacts of fishing gear on marine habitats. Responsible fisheries in the ecosystem. In Sinclair, M. and Valdimarsson, G. (eds), Responsible fisheries in the ecosystem, 197 – 217. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
Kaiser, M.J., Clarke, K.R., Hinz, H., Austen, M.C.V., Somerfield, P.J. and Karakassis, I., 2006. Global analysis of response and recovery of benthic biota to fishing. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 311, 1 – 14.
Lart W., 2012. Fishing spatial-temporal pressures and sensitivities analysis for MPA Fishing Industry Collaboration Pilot FES 252: Report of Seafish workshop on the physical effects of fishing activities on the Dogger Bank. 36 pp.
Løkkeborg, S. 2005. Impacts of trawling and scallop dredging on benthic habitats and communities. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 472. Rome, FAO. 58pp.
Matsuoka, T., Nakashima, T. and Nagasawa, N. 2005. A review of ghost fishing: scientific approaches to evaluation and solutions. Fisheries Science, 71(4): 691-702.
McConnaughey, R.A., Mier, K. and Dew, C.B. 2000. An examination of chronic trawling effects on soft-bottom benthos of the eastern Bering Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57: 1377-1388.
Oliver, S., Braccini, M., Newman, S.J. and Harvey, E.S. 2015. Global patterns in the bycatch of sharks and rays. Marine Policy, 54: 86 – 97.
O’Neill, F.G., Summerbell, K. and Breen, M., 2008. The suspension of sediment by scallop dredges. Fisheries Research Services Internal Report No. 08/08, Aberdeen.
Paschen, M., Richter, U. and Köpnick, W., 2000. Trawl Penetration in the Seabed (TRAPESE). EC-Final Report, Contract No. 96 – 006, University of Rostock.
Pierpoint, C., 2000. Bycatch of marine turtles in UK and Irish waters. JNCC Report No. 310. JNCC, Peterborough. 32 pp.
Polet, H. and Depestele, J., 2010. Impact assessment of the effects of a selected range of fishing gears in the North Sea. ILVO, Geneva. 110 pp.
Readman, J.A.J.,, Lloyd, K.A., and Watson, A., 2023. Phakellia ventilabrum and axinellid sponges on deep, wave-exposed circalittoral rock. In Tyler-Walters H. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Reviews, [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 07-03-2024].
Reeves, R. R., McClellan, K., Werner, T.N. 2013. Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011. Endangered Species Research, 20(1): 71 – 97.
Riemann, B. and Hoffmann, E., 1991. Ecological consequences of dredging and bottom trawling in the Limfjord, Denmark. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 69 (1 – 2), 171 – 178.
Robson, L.M., Fincham, J., Peckett, F.J., Frost, N., Jackson, C., Carter, A.J. and Matear, L. 2018. UK Marine Pressures-Activities Database “PAD”: Methods Report, JNCC Report No. 624, JNCC, Peterborough.
Sewell, J. and Hiscock, K. 2005. Effects of fishing within UK European Marine Sites: guidance for nature conservation agencies. Report to the Countryside Council for Wales.
Sewell, J., Harris, R., Hinz, H., Votier, S. and Hiscock, H., 2007. An assessment of the impact of selected fishing activities on European marine sites and a review of mitigation measures. Seafish Report SR591. 217 pp
Suuronen, P., Chopin, F., Glass, C., Løkkeborg, S., Matsushite, Y., Queirolo D. and Rihan D., 2012. Low Impact and fuel efficient fishing – looking beyond the horizon. Fisheries Research, 119 – 120, 135 – 146.
Tasker, M.L., Camphuysen, C.J., Cooper, J., Garthe, S., Montevecchi, W.A. and Blaber, S.J.M. 2000. The impacts of fishing on marine birds. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57(3): 531 – 547.
Tulp, I., Piet, G., Quirijns, F., Rijnsdorp, A. and Lindeboom, H., 2005. A method to quantify fisheries induced mortality of benthos and fish. RIVO-Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research, Report No: C087/05.
Walsh, S.J. and Winger, P.D., 2011. Bottom seining in Canada, 1948 – 2010: Its development, fisheries and ecosystem impacts. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 2922. 147 pp.
WWT, 2012. Review of the impacts of fisheries on marine birds with particular reference to Wales. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Consulting. Marine Spatial Planning in Wales Project.
Žydelis, R., Bellebaum, J., Österblom, H., Vetemaa, M., Schirmeister, B., Stipniece, A., Dabys, M., van Eerden, M. and Garthe, S., 2009. Bycatch in gillnet fisheries – An overlooked threat to waterbird populations. Biological Conservation, 142(7): 1269 – 1281.
Contact
Email: marine_biodiversity@gov.scot