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Short and long-term effects of hydraulic dredging on benthic communities and ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) populations.

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:The short and long-term effects of hydraulic dredging on ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) populations and on non-target organisms were examined in Þistilfjörður Bay, NE Iceland over a five-year period. The overall species richness was low and the fauna was composed of species typical of sandy seabeds characterised by frequent wave-induced disturbances. The initial effects of dredging on the overall benthic community were large. Most taxa were significantly affected by dredging, with abundances sometimes decreasing or increasing by more than 50% immediately after dredging. However, with the exception of the ocean quahog, their recovery was rapid, and most taxa attained similar abundances as in the undisturbed control sediments after three months, and all did so after about a year. The effects of dredging on ocean quahogs were drastic and long-lasting. Of the original ocean quahog biomass before fishing took place, the dredge captured 82%, while a further 11% was lost as a result of mortality due to shell damage and predation. The total direct and indirect loss of ocean quahog biomass within dredged tracks due to fishing was thus 93%. The recovery of ocean quahogs in fished areas was extremely slow. Five years after dredging, the total ocean quahog biomass in tracks had increased from 7% to 26% relative to that in the controls. The proportional increase among ocean quahogs of targeted sizes (>70 mm) was from 2% to 14% over the same period. This study shows that while the longer-term effects of hydraulic dredging on non-target benthic organisms were small, the effects of dredging on ocean quahog densities were drastic, with full recovery expected to take place on decadal time-scales. The impacts of dredging on ocean quahog populations at the scale of the fishery are discussed.

journal_name

Mar Environ Res

journal_title

Marine environmental research

authors

Ragnarsson SÁ,Thorarinsdóttir GG,Gunnarsson K

doi

10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.05.003

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-08-01 00:00:00

pages

113-23

eissn

0141-1136

issn

1879-0291

pii

S0141-1136(15)00070-7

journal_volume

109

pub_type

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Short and long-term effects of hydraulic dredging on benthic communities and ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) populations.