A re‐evaluation of the effects of mechanical cockle dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea

J. van der Meer; Eelke Folmer

doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14419

A re‐evaluation of the effects of mechanical cockle dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea

J. van der Meer^*
, Eelke Folmer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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1. Marine bivalves provide an important seafood resource, but conflicts between bivalve fisheries and conservation goals may arise.
2. A scientific debate about cockle dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea resulted in an apparent consensus among scientists of a severe and long-lasting impact of the mechanical fisheries, and the fisheries were banned.
3. Specifically, two highly cited papers concluded that the fisheries caused a strong reduction in bivalve recruitment for a period of 8 years and that the fisheries led to the loss of red knots from the Dutch Wadden Sea and a decline of the European wintering population.
4. Here, we show that these papers had severe shortcomings in terms of data selection and data analysis and we challenge their conclusions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2497-2504
Journal	Journal of Applied Ecology
Volume	60
Issue number	11
Early online date	17 Sept 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14419
Publication status	Published - Nov 2023

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