Adapting the marine stewardship council's risk-based framework to assess the impact of towed bottom fishing gear on blue carbon habitats.

ABSTRACT: Wild capture fisheries are of economic and social importance, providing a primary source of protein to people globally. There is a broad research base on the environmental impacts of fishing gears and processing methods yet, the impact on the global CO2 budget is less well studied. Evaluating the risk that wild capture fisheries pose to ecosystem health is vital to sustainably managing fishing practices to meet increasing global nutritional needs and reverse declines in marine biodiversity. At the same time meeting net-zero ambitions by reducing direct and indirect GHG emissions is vital. Ecological risk assessments, trait-based assessments, and vulnerability assessments have long supported fisheries management systems globally but do not yet provide any representation regarding the impact

SUBMITTER: Morris K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653409 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature