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Fishery and Sea Resources6 AcknowledgementsThis study was developed in the frameworkof the Nursery Project funded by the ItalianMinistero per le Politiche Agricole eForestali (MiPAAF). The authors warmlythank all the technical staff of the IAMC-CNR Mazara del Vallo, who collected dataduring the trawl surveys.References[1] L. Ciannelli, P. Fauchald, K.S. Chan, V.N. Agostini, and G.E. Dingsør. Spatialfisheries ecology: Recent progress and future prospects. Journal of Marine Systems,71:223–236, 2008.[2] E.D. Houde. Recruitment variability. Fish Reproductive Biology: Implications forAssessment and Management, pages 91–171, 2009.[3] J.F. Caddy. A fisheries management perspective on marine protected areas in theMediterranean. Environmental Conservation, 27:98–103, 2000.[4] J.P. Kritzer and P.F. Sale. Metapopulation ecology in the sea: from Levins’ modelto marine ecology and fisheries science. Fish and Fisheries, 5:131–140, 2004.[5] S.A. Berkeley, M.A. Hixon, R.J. Larson, and M.S. Love. Fisheries sustainabilityvia protection of age structure and spatial distribution of fish populations. Fisheries,29:23–32, 2004.[6] S. Tudela. Ecosystem effects of fishing in the Mediterranean: an analysis of the majorthreats of fishing gear and practices to biodiversity and marine habitats. Studiesand Reviews. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, 74:44, 2004.[7] J. Lleonart. Mediterranean and Black Sea. In: Review of the state of world marinefishery resources. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, 457:49–64, 2005.[8] D. Levi, S. Ragonese, M.G. Andreoli, G. Norrito, P. Rizzo, G.B. Giusto, S. Gancitano,G. Sinacori, G. Bono, G. Garofalo, and L. Cannizzaro. Sintesi delle ricerchesulle risorse demersali dello Stretto di Sicilia (Mediterraneo centrale) negli anni1985–1997 svolte nell’ambito della legge 41/82. Biol. Mar. Medit., 5(3):130–139,1998.[9] F. Fiorentino, S. Meriem, T. Bahri, M. Camilleri, M. Dimech, S. Ezzeddine-Naja,F. Massa, O. Jarboui, and S. Zgozi. Synthesis of information on some target speciesin the MedSudMed Project area (central Mediterranean). GCP/RER/010/ITA/MSM-TD-15. MedSudMed Technical Documents, 15:67, 2008.[10] F. Fiorentino, G. Garofalo, A. De Santi, G. Bono, G.B. Giusto, and G. Norrito.Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Recruits (0 group) of Merluccius merluccius andPhycis blennoides (Pisces Gadiformes) in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean).Hydrobiologia, 503:223–236, 2003.1986