Marine conservation begins at home: how a local community and protection of a small bay sent waves of change around the UK and beyond

BD Stewart, LM Howarth, H Wood… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Firth of Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, was once one of the most productive
fishing grounds in Europe. However, successive decades of poor management and …

Scallop ecology: distributions and behaviour

AR Brand - Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries science, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes the geographical and local distribution of scallop
populations, concentrating on the species of commercial importance. It also discusses the …

[HTML][HTML] Metal pollution as a potential threat to shell strength and survival in marine bivalves

BD Stewart, SR Jenkins, C Boig, C Sinfield… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine bivalve molluscs, such as scallops, mussels and oysters, are crucial components of
coastal ecosystems, providing a range of ecosystem services, including a quarter of the …

The gene-rich genome of the scallop Pecten maximus

NJ Kenny, SA McCarthy, O Dudchenko, K James… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The king scallop, Pecten maximus, is distributed in shallow waters
along the Atlantic coast of Europe. It forms the basis of a valuable commercial fishery and …

Multi-year coral recruitment study across the Florida Reef Tract reveals boom-or-bust pattern among broadcast spawners and consistency among brooders

LM Harper, LK Huebner, EDO Cain, R Ruzicka… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
Scleractinian coral populations are in global decline, and successful recruitment is
fundamental to community persistence and recovery, but recruitment may vary by coral …

Dynamics, assessment, and management of exploited natural scallop populations

JML Orensanz, AM Parma, SJ Smith - Developments in aquaculture and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This chapter reviews advances made in the study of the structure and dynamics of scallop
populations and in the development of new approaches for the assessment and …

Benefits of closed area protection for a population of scallops

BD Beukers-Stewart, BJ Vause, MWJ Mosley… - Marine Ecology …, 2005 - int-res.com
Despite the current interest in using closed areas for fisheries management, few studies
have actually examined the benefits for invertebrate fisheries such as scallops. This study …

Complex habitat boosts scallop recruitment in a fully protected marine reserve

LM Howarth, HL Wood, AP Turner, BD Beukers-Stewart - Marine Biology, 2011 - Springer
This study investigated the effects of a fully protected marine reserve on commercially
valuable scallops and benthic habitats in Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom. Dive …

A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves

LR Gerber, M Beger, MA McCarthy… - Ecology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring of marine reserves has traditionally focused on the task of rejecting the null
hypothesis that marine reserves have no impact on the population and community structure …

The effectiveness of using CPUE data derived from Vessel Monitoring Systems and fisheries logbooks to estimate scallop biomass

LG Murray, H Hinz, N Hold… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Murray, LG, Hinz, H., Hold, N., and Kaiser, MJ 2013. The effectiveness of using
CPUE data derived from Vessel Monitoring Systems and fisheries logbooks to estimate …