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BENTHIS presents results on historical development of bottom trawling
The fifth chapter of the ICES Oceans Past conference series takes place this week in Tallinn, Estonia, providing a forum where the latest research in marine environmental history and historical marine ecology can be presented and debated.
In his keynote lecture at Oceans Past V, Adriaan Rijnsdorp, IMARES, the Netherlands, shared his work on the historical development of the bottom trawling impact on demersal fish populations and the benthic ecosystem with Oceans Past participants.
Benthic ecosystems provide important goods and services, such as fisheries products, and support regulation and cultural services. There is serious concern about the adverse impact of fisheries, in particular bottom trawling, on benthic ecosystems.