BÜRGI , Kilian

Assessing underwater biodiversity is a labour-intensive and costly procedure whilst being crucial to measure the extent of local fish stock declines. In most cases, Underwater Visual Census (UVC) is the method of preference, however this can be human-costly and is limited by meteorological and logistic factors. Advances in technology allows the...

Low-impact fishing gear, such as fish pots, could help reduce human's impact on coastal marine ecosystems in fisheries but catch rates remain low and the harvest of resources used for baiting increases their environmental cost. Using black seabreams (Spondyliosoma cantharus) as target species in the Bay of Biscay, we developed and assessed the...