Bottom trawling activity, main fishery resources and associated benthic and demersal fauna in a mud volcano field of the Gulf of Cádiz (southwestern Iberian Peninsula)

Bottom trawling activity, commercial species and benthic and demersal assemblages were studied integrating Vessel Monitoring System data (VMS), fishing logbook data and otter trawl samples in a mud volcano (MV) field of the Spanish margin of the Gulf of Cadiz (GoC) in 2011. High trawling activity was detected around Anastasya MV and between the Cadiz and Guadalquivir diapiric ridges, and low trawling activity around Gazul MV and in the deepest...