Relating groundfish diversity and biomass to deepsea corals and sponges using trawl survey catch data
Deep-sea corals and sponges (DSCS) inhabit the world’s oceans and are often associated with high fish abundance. However, the precise nature and extent of any association is difficult to quantify and remains poorly understood. We investigated associations...
Coral cover remains suppressed three years after derelict net removal in a remote shallow water coral reef ecosystem
The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) contain 70 % of the shallow water coral reefs in the United States. An estimated 52 metric tons of derelict fishing nets accumulate here annually, becoming entangled in the reef structure and reducing c...