ORCID
- Hall-Spencer, Jason: 0000-0002-6915-2518
Abstract
The past decade has seen trawling operations expand along the edge of the North East Atlantic continental shelf, as stocks of shelf-dwelling species such as cod have declined. As a substitute, markets are being developed for very strange-looking deep-water species such as roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris), orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), black scabbard fish (Aphanopus carbo) and deep-sea sharks (Centrophorus squamosus and Centroscymnus coelolepis). The problem is that this expansion in deep-water fisheries goes on unregulated, and it is causing long-term disturbance to seabed habitats and fish stocks alike
Publication Date
2002-06-01
Publication Title
Marine Conservation
Volume
5
Issue
7
Embargo Period
2023-10-03
Organisational Unit
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
First Page
10
Last Page
11
Recommended Citation
Hall-Spencer, J. (2002) 'Our very own coral reef crisis', Marine Conservation, 5(7), pp. 10-11. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bms-research/439
