Proceedings of the National Peer Review Meeting on Impacts of Trawl Gears and Scallop Dredges on Benthic Habitats, Populations and Communities

Download or read book Proceedings of the National Peer Review Meeting on Impacts of Trawl Gears and Scallop Dredges on Benthic Habitats, Populations and Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national science peer review was held 22-24 March 2006 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec. The purpose of the meeting was to review the scientific information available from international studies and Canada's research in relation with the impacts of mobile bottom gears on Canadian benthic habitats and communities. This meeting considered only the mobile bottom-impacting gears, specifically otter trawls (defined broadly), scallop dredges, and hydraulic clam dredges. The main working paper submitted at this peer review was a synthesis from five major international reviews or symposia conducted on the impacts of mobile bottom gears on seafloor habitats, species, and communities, in the early part of the 2000's. Seven other working papers dealing with the recent research done in Canada on trawl impacts on seafloor habitats, or describing what is presently known about the nature and distribution of benthic habitats in Canada were also presented.