The Common Fisheries Policy: An enforcement problem

Marine populations in Europe are in decline due to the unsuccessful results of the Common Fisheries Policy. By combining data of scientific recommendations from ICES, TACs approved and reported landings with an age-structured model, the objectives of this paper are to investigate the level of compliance of the TAC regulation, and the level of enforcement and its economic impact on fishery resources. The results presented here suggest that while there does not exist a regular pattern between TAC proposal and TAC approved, there is a clear pattern between TAC approved and reported landings. As a consequence, there is a regular lack of enforcement at national fisheries authority level. The paper also presents results of the recovery plans for the Southern hake and the Atlantic cod fisheries as case studies to illustrate the level of enforcement based on collusion between national fisheries advisers and industry. The results from both cases studies analyzed here indicate that drastic solutions could generate positive results for the recovery of the stocks, but perhaps they are not always the best measure in fisheries management due to the high economic losses for fishermen and social effects on coastal communities in the short and medium term. Finally, this work demonstrates that if the recovery plans had been implemented, the net present profits for both fisheries would have increased over time.     

Seabed Morphology and Pollution Along the Bagnoli Coast (Naples, Italy): a Hypothesis for Environmental Restoration

Abstract. The interaction of coastal and submarine morphology with the hydrodynamic regimes exerts a control on coastal dynamic processes, conditioning the dispersion of sediments and potential pollutants existing in the area. Thus, the study of such parameters is useful in order to define environmental threats. Within the submerged sector of the Bagnoli coast and particularly in the southern part of the investigated area, there are sediment groups composed of very fine sands located in low-energy zones due to wave refraction and diffraction; they can also be found on the sea bottom and on the man-made structures typical of this zone. These areas show high pollutant levels of N, P, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cd, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated bi-phenyls (PCBs). The northern area, a place of high-energy hydrodynamic processes, also shows high concentration levels of pollutants due to the presence of secondary cell circulation.
Morphological research and analysis of textural characteristics of bottom sediments along the Bagnoli coast allowed the actual processes and their evolution in space and time to be defined. It has also been possible to correlate such processes to the seabed morphology system, the wave formations which affect the coast, the complex system of sediment transport, as well as to the man-made interventions in the area. The results of recent chemical analyses of beach sediments and bottom sediments off the Bagnoli coast were also incorporated. They prove the presence of heavy metals, PAHs and PCBs in high and sometimes very high concentrations. Finally, based on the results of research and analyses, a hypothesis for an intervention for environmental restoration has been formulated in order to renaturalise the coast through dredging and treatment of the sand, both on the seabed and on the emerged beach.     

Understanding El Niño — The importance of Grey Literature in Coastal Ecosystem Research and Management

Access to information about past states of the environment and social systems is fundamental to understand, and cope with, the challenges of climate change and over-exploitation of natural resources at the onset of the 21st century. The loss of (old) data is a major threat to understanding better and mitigating long-term effects of human activities and anthropogenic changes to the environment. Although this is intuitively evident for old and local literature of any kind, even present-day international publishing of papers without the underlying raw data makes access to basic information a crucial issue. Here, we summarise experience resulting from a EU-funded International Science & Technology Cooperation (INCO) project (CENSOR) addressing Coastal Ecosystem Research and Management in the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) context. We show that indeed “Grey Literature” is still one of the most important sources of knowledge about natural science research and management of natural resource systems in Latin American countries. We argue that public archiving of original data of present-day research and old (Grey) Literature and easy public access are important for appreciating today's global environmental challenges caused by human activities, both past and present.     

南黄海及相邻陆区松散沉积层磁性地层的研究

本文通过研究区5个钻孔松散沉积岩心磁性地层的划分对比,获知布容与松山极性带的界线,南黄海和陆区北部位于80.0—99.5m。陆区的南部此界线于270.4m深处。松山和高斯极性带的界线,海区未揭露到,其沉积起始时间都小于1.7Ma。而陆区的南、北部分别位于117m和328.2m。高斯和吉尔伯特极性带的界线,陆区北部为140m,而南部区为460.15m。沉积起始时间为3.4Ma。吉尔伯特底界仅北部陆区所揭示,为190.5m。松散沉积层与下伏白垩纪(?)石灰岩接触面位于400.35m,沉积起始时间约17.0Ma。     

白云凹陷恩平组南部物源研究及其油气地质意义

恩平组是珠江口盆地白云凹陷已经获得勘探证实的主要烃源层系。对其物源的清晰认识是潜力烃源和有利储层发育研究的重要基础。基于大量的三维地震解释和有限的钻井资料分析,提出白云凹陷恩平组时期不仅有来自北部盆外物源的输入,同时存在来自南部隆起的物源贡献。已钻井岩石学特征、古地貌分析、地震剖面特征和碎屑锆石年代学特征表明,白云凹陷西南部恩平组具有砂地比超过80%、粒度较粗、发育NE向大规模高角度“S”型前积地震相、具有物源通道的古地貌以及碎屑锆石以中生代岩浆锆石为主的特征,这与凹陷北部盆外具有NW向较平缓的“叠瓦状”前积地震相和较老的前寒武纪—古生代的碎屑锆石年龄的特征截然不同。综合分析认为,恩平组时期白云凹陷的南部隆起物源为白云凹陷西南部提供了充足的陆源物质供给,对白云西南部的优质陆源海相烃源岩的发育有重要作用;同时云开低凸起恩平组砂体埋深浅,粒度粗,是重要的潜在优质储层,具有重要的勘探意义。     

藏南沙拉岗锑矿流体包裹体红外显微测温研究

沙拉岗锑矿是藏南金锑成矿带内最具有代表性的锑矿床。为了更直接地了解该矿床的流体物理化学特征,本文利用红外显微镜对辉锑矿及紧密共生石英中的流体包裹体进行了显微测温研究。红外显微测温分析结果表明,辉锑矿中包裹体均一温度在134.9～221.9℃,峰值在160～190℃之间,盐度在1.7%～7.3%NaCleqv,峰值在5.0%～6.0%NaCleqv之间,密度在0.879～0.958g/cm3之间,平均值为0.934g/cm3;共生石英中包裹体均一温度在142.5～205.6℃,峰值在160～190℃之间,盐度在2.3%～7.0%NaCleqv,峰值在4.0%～6.0%NaCleqv之间,密度在0.910～0.947g/cm3之间,平均值为0.929g/cm3。通过对比研究认为沙拉岗辉锑矿及共生石英形成于同一物理化学条件,捕获同一成矿流体。结合石英中单个流体包裹体激光拉曼成分分析认为成矿流体为含微量CO2、N2、CH4气体的低温、低盐度和低密度的NaCl-H2O热液体系。成矿流体的沸腾作用是辉锑矿大量沉淀主要原因。     

Efficacy of beach dewatering — Alassio,Italy

The goal of this study is to estimate the efficiency of dewatering operations in Alassio Beach, north Italy by following an integrated approach which included beach volume calculations, daily mapping of the shoreline position, examination of specific beach widening events and daily comparisons of morphodynamic characteristics of the drained beach versus a control section which included wave run-up, bar patterns, rip migration, evolution of the berm and cusp morphology.     

近800 ka以来南大洋区域经向海表温度差异及气候变化响应

南大洋地理位置关键,其海水热量变化往往会对区域或全球气候产生影响。通过对比南大西洋和南太平洋等南大洋关键海域近800 ka以来的海水表层温度（Sea Surface Temperature,简称SST）变化,同时结合南极冰芯记录的大气CO2浓度、大气温度及大洋底栖氧同位素等气候演变替代指标,对南大洋区域经向海表热量差异及气候响应进行分析,结果显示：1）南大洋不同海域近800 ka以来SST的演化具有明显的区域性。如相较于其他冰期,南大西洋ODP1090站SST值在MIS 12~10期的最低值出现约3.8℃的上升,南塔斯曼海ODP1170站SST冰期最低值则出现约1.3℃的下降;而西南印度洋的MD962077站SST冰期最低值在MIS 10期之后出现约2.2℃的上升。此外,滤波分析结果显示3个站位对"中更新世气候转型"（Mid-Pleistocene Transition,简称MPT）等全球性事件均响应明显;2）"中布容事件"（Mid-Brunhes Event,简称MBE）的发生对南大洋经向温度差异（ΔSST1090-1170）影响明显：MBE之前,ODP1090站位SST在冰期-间冰期旋回中的平均值或极值均比ODP1170站SST的平均值或极值低,但MBE发生期间及之后的MIS 5、MIS 2、MIS 1期,ODP1090站SST的平均值或极值均比ODP1170站SST的平均值或极值高。同时,南大洋经向SST差异（ΔSST1090-1170）在间冰期对气候变化的响应明显比冰期显著。显然,气候变化条件下的海洋锋面迁移及Agulhas流阶段性增强导致外部向南大西洋输入热量有所增加,最终使ΔSST1090-1170值偏正。因此,冰期-间冰期旋回中气候环境改变导致的海洋锋面移动幅度差异等是影响环南极海域经向温度差异变化的关键因素之一。     

青海南部地区煤炭资源勘查思路

青海南部及其毗邻地区,是青海省乃至全国工业基础最薄弱、社会经济最落后的地区。煤炭资源紧缺,是制约其经济发展的重要因素之一。查明煤炭资源赋存状况,探讨聚煤规律,指出进一步找煤勘探的方向,科学、合理地开发煤炭资源,以带动其它资源开发,使该区尽快脱贫致富,意义重大。     

王冠头虫的卷曲

笔者(1987,1988)在辽东半岛南部复州湾晚寒武世崮山组中发现卷曲的王冠头虫。卷曲的王冠头虫的卷曲器官为胸节和尾节,其中最重要的是胸节和尾节中轴的半环。三叶虫的卷曲显示了生物力学的作用,卷曲是生物与环境相适应的表现,由环节动物的侧曲到节肢动物三叶虫的卷曲是生物演化的规律。