Pelagic fish species, including Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring), Scomber scombrus (Atlantic mackerel) and Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass), are integral to the ecological stability of European marine ecosystems. This study employs a mechanistic niche modelling approach to predict the distribution of these key pelagic species in European seas and to assess the impact of predicted changes in climate conditions on their...

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union will likely result in reduced fishing grounds for the Belgian fishing fleet. This fleet now targets demersal fish, but there used to be a tradition of catching Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ). After the stock collapse of Atlantic herring in the 1970s, fishing on herring by the Belgian fleet did not recover and herring quotas are now exchanged with the Netherland...

The bamboo coral Isidella elongata is often associated with a diverse community, including commercial fish species, playing an important role in the deep-sea Mediterranean as a biodiversity hotspot. There has been a drastic decrease of the populations of this species since the twentieth century, mainly related to impacts of fishing, leading to its inclusion in the Barcelona Convention and the list of Mediterranean vulnerable m...