Scientific articles

Can economic benefits foster sustainability? A preliminary study on the transition from polystyrene to polypropylene boxes in selected Italian fisheries.

L. Malvarosa, P. Accadia, M. Cozzolino, C. Paolucci, R. F. Sabatella.

2026

Front. Mar. Sci., 29 January 2026
Sec. Marine Fisheries,
Aquaculture and Living Resources

Can pots be an alternative fishing gear to gillnets? A Mediterranean case study.

M. Virgili, A. Petetta, B. Herrmann, K. Cerbule, S. Guicciardi, G. La Manna, L. Malvarosa, D. Li Veli, G. Barone, A. Lucchetti.

2024

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

Deficiencies in monitoring practices of marine protected areas in southern European seas

S. Giakoumi, K. Hogg, M. Di Lorenzo, N. Compain, C. Scianna, G. Milisenda, J. Claudet, D. Damalas, P. Carbonara, F. Colloca, A. Evangelopoulos, I. Isajlovi´c, D. Karampetsis, A. Ligas, B. Marˇceta, M. Nenciu, V. Nita, M. Panayotova, R. Sabatella, P. Sartor, V. Sgardeli, I. Thasitis, V. Todorova, N. Vrgoˇc, D. Scannella, S. Vitale, A. Di Franco.

2024

Journal of Environmental Management 355

Data availability and participatory approach: the right mix for enhancing Mediterranean fisheries’ sustainability.

Malvarosa L, Basilone G, Carbonara P, Carpentieri P, Cozzolino M, Follesa MC, Gambino M, Gancitano V, Parreno Duque D, Pesci P, Vielmini I and Scarcella G.

2023

Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1155762.

The economic performance of the EU fishing fleet during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carpenter G, CarvalhoN, Guillen J, PrellezoR, Villasante S, Andersen JL, MravljeEA, Berkenhagen J, BrigaudeauC, BurkeB,Santos AC, Cano S, Contini F, Da-Rocha J-M, Davidjuka I, Martínez FMF, Fontaneda-López I, Gambino M, Caballero EG, Guyader O, Herring J, Hoekstra G, IoannouM, Jackson E, Jung A, Kazlauskas E, KeatingeM, Kuzebski E, Leonardi S,Le GrandC, Lees J, Mancebo-RobledoCM, Minne M-D, Mol A, QuintanaMM, Nicheva S, Pokki H, Do Ó JR, Rodríguez A, SabatellaRF, Sciberras A, Souffez A, Stroie C, Swahnberg H, Tzouramani I, Viana MV, Verlé K, Virtanen J, Vukov I, Zhelev K.

2023

Aquat. Living Resour. 36: 2

Understanding EU Fisheries Management Dynamics by Engaging Stakeholders through Online Group Model-Building.

Gercek, E., Gambino M., Malvarosa L.

2022

Sustainability

Analysis of the available funds supporting marine activities in some key European Mediterranean countries.

Gambino M, Accadia P, Costantini M, Gomei M, Malvarosa L, Sabatella EC and Sabatella RF

2022

Front. Res. Metr. Anal. 7:927383.

An Inter-Temporal Computable General Equilibrium Model for Fisheries.

Pan, H.; Failler, P.; Du, Q.; Floros, C.; Malvarosa, L.; Chassot, E.; Placenti, V.

2022

V. Sustainability, 14, 6444.

Reconciling the economic and biological fisherydata gathered through the European Data Collection Framework: A new R-tool.

Bitetto I, Malvarosa L, Berkenhagen J, Spedicato MT, Sabatella E,

2022

Do¨ring R PLoS ONE 17(3): e0264334.

Defend as You Can, React Quickly: The Effects of the COVID-19 Shock on a Large Fishery of the Mediterranean Sea.

Russo T, Catucci E, Franceschini S, Labanchi L, Libralato S, Sabatella EC, Sabatella RF, Parisi A and Fiorentino F.

2022

Front. Mar. Sci. 9:824857.

Consumer perspectives on coastal fisheries and product labelling in France and Italy.

Katrin Zander, Fabienne Daurès, Yvonne Feucht, Loretta Malvarosa, Claudio Pirrone, Bertrand le Gallic.

2022

Fisheries Research,
Volume 246, 106168, ISSN 0165-7836.

Towards transdisciplinary decision-support processes in fisheries: experiences and recommendations from a multidisciplinary collective of researchers.

Macher C, Steins NA, Ballesteros M, Kraan M, Frangoudes K, Bailly D, Bertignac M, Colloca F, Fitzpatrick M, Garcia D, Little R, Mardle S, Murillas A, Pawlowski L, Philippe M, Prellezo R, Sabatella E, Thébaud O, Ulrich C.

2021

Aquat. Living Resour. 34: 13

Assessment of the economic performance of the seabream and seabass aquaculture industry in the European Union.

Llorente I., Fernández-Polanco J., Baraibar-Diez E., Odriozola M. D., Bjørndal T., Asche F., Guillen J., Avdelas L., Nielsen R., Cozzolino M., Luna M., Fernández -Sánchez J. L., Luna L., Aguilera C., Basurco B.

2020

Marine Policy, 103876

Socio-economic impacts of the Common Fisheries Policy on South and Central Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10) demersal trawl fisheries.

Sabatella R.F., Accadia P., Cozzolino M., Gambino M., Malvarosa L., Sabatella E.C. (2020) In: Bevilacqua C., Calabrò F., Della Spina L. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2020.

2020

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies,
vol 177. Springer, Cham.

A selective and low impacting traditional fishery, sustaining the economy of small coastal villages in central Mediterranean: Keep or replace the small‐scale driftnets?

Sartor P, Carbonara P, Cerasi S, Lembo G, Facchini M T, Lucchetti A, Sabatella R F, Musumeci C, Zupa W, Spedicato M T.

2019

Fish Manag Ecol; 26:661–673

Simulating the Effects of Alternative Management Measures of Trawl Fisheries in the Central Mediterranean Sea: Application of a Multi-Species Bio-economic Modeling Approach.

Russo T, D’Andrea L, Franceschini S, Accadia P, Cucco A, Garofalo G, Gristina M, Parisi A, Quattrocchi G, Sabatella RF, Sinerchia M, Canu DM, Cataudella S and Fiorentino F.

2019

Front. Mar. Sci. 6:542.

Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in fisheries: Implementation in EU fishing regions.

Malvarosa L., Murillas A., Lehuta S., Nielsen J.R., Macher C., Goti L., Motova A., Doering R., Haraldson G., Accadia P., Hamon K.G., Bastardie F., Maravelias C.D., Mardle S., Thøgersen T.

2019

Marine Policy Volume 101,
March 2019, Pages 63-79

On the economic nature of consumers’ willingness to pay for a selective and sustainable fishery: A comparative empirical study.

Onofri L., Accadia P., Ubeda P., Gutiérrez M.-J., Sabatella E., Maynou F.

2018

Sci. Mar. 82S1: 91-96.

Drivers of labor-related Indicators across diverse Mediterranean fisheries.

Gee, J.; Pinello, D.; Polymeros, K.

2017

Sustainability 2017, 9, 2000

Towards the Introduction of Sustainable Fishery Products: The Bid of a Major Italian Retailer.

Bonanomi S., Colombelli A.,Malvarosa L., Cozzolino M., Sala A.

2017

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-8

An unconventional approach to estimating crew remuneration in fisheries.

Pinello D., Gee J., Polymeros K.

2017

Marine Policy 87 (2017) 226–233

Key Economic Characteristics of Italian Trawl Fisheries and Management Challenges.

Sabatella E., Colloca F., Coppola G., Fiorentino F., Gambino M., Malvarosa L., Sabatella R.

2017

FRONTIERS – Marine Science.

Towards an Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Campania region (Italy): a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of coastal fishery activities and their socio-economic management.

Gambino M., Accadia. P., Pinello D., Russo T., Malvarosa L., Sabatella, E.C., Cozzolino M., Sabatella R. F.

2016

Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences
223, 342 – 348

Assessing the Efficiency of Small-Scale and Bottom Trawler Vessels in Greece.

Pinello, D., Liontakis, A., Sintori, A., Tzouramani, I., Polymeros, K.

2016

Sustainability 8, no. 7: 681.

A comparative review of fisheries management experiences in the European Union and in other countries worldwide: Iceland, Australia and New Zealand.

Marchal P., Andersen J. L., Aranda M., Fitzpatrick M., Goti L., Guyader O., Haraldsson G., Hatcher A., Hegland T. J., Le Floc’h P., Macher C., Malvarosa L., Maravelias C. D., Mardle S., Murillas A., Nielsen J. R., Sabatella R., Smith A. D. M., Stokes K., Thoegersen T., Ulrich C.

2016

Fish And Fisheries, 17(3), 803-824

Multi-criteria decision-making for fisheries management: a case study of Mediterranean demersal fisheries.

Marisa R., Bitetto I., Spedicato M. T., Lembo G. M., Gambino M., Accadia P., Melià P.

2015

Marine Policy 53 (2015). 83-93