Small pelagic fish, such as European anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicolus ) and sardine ( Sardina pilchardus ), play a key ecological and economic role in the Adriatic Sea. In recent decades, both species have shown a marked decline in mean body size, raising concerns about the combined impacts of fishing and environmental change. To investigate the main drivers behind this trend, we analyzed 20 years (2000–2021) of fishery-depend...

“New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea” (October 2021)