The original bibliography is a comprehensive listing of scientific and popular literature on demersal, mobile fishing gear and its effects in marine ecosystems. In addition to peer reviewed literature, the bibliography includes state and Federal reports, contract and industry reports, theses and dissertations, conference and meeting proceedings and popular articles. The primary focus of this bibliography is bottom trawling, dredging, and raking, and the resulting direct disturbance of marine habitats and the associated biological communities. To a lesser extent, papers addressing other potential effects, such as bycatch and discards, are also referenced. Also included are a small number of papers that address seafloor impacts of marine aggregates dredging and gravel extraction, as it is likely that these types of projects denature the seafloor in a similar manner to mobile fishing gear. This bibliography does not reference papers that specifically investigate fishing impacts due to longline fishing, trapping, ghost fishing, use of poisons/chemicals, dynamite blasting, or impacts due to boat hulls, anchors, or propeller wash.
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