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Offshore Marine Protected Areas - fisheries management measures: SG response

Our official response to the 2024 public consultation on proposed fisheries management measures in Offshore Marine Protected Areas.


References

Andrews, A.H., Cordes, E.E., Mahoney, M.M., Munk, K., Coale, K., Cailliet, G. and Heifetz, J. (2002). Age, growth and radiometric age validation of a deep-sea, habitat-forming gorgonian (Primnoa resedaeformis) from the Gulf of Alaska. Hydrobiologia, 471: 101-110

Carreiro-Silva, M., Andrews, A.H., Braga-Henriques, A., de Matos, V., Porteiro, F.M. and Santos, R.S. (2013). Variability in growth rates of long-lived black coral Leiopathes sp. from the Azores (Northeast Atlantic). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 473: 189–199.

Pham C. K. Diogo H. Menezes G. Porteiro F. Braga-Henriques A. Vandeperre F. Morato T. (2014). Deep-water longline fishing has reduced impact on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 4, 6.

Sherwood, O. and Edinger, E. (2009). Ages and growth rates of some deep-sea gorgonian and antipatharian corals of Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 66: 142-152.

Contact

Email: Marine_biodiversity@gov.scot

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