Ecological indicators to capture the effects of fishing on biodiversity and conservation status of marine ecosystems

European Network of Excellence EUR-OCEANS [511106]; European collaborative project MEECE - Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment [212085]; IRD (Institute of Research for Development); IOC/UNESCO; European Commission [PCIG10-GA-2011-303534]; Spanish National Program Ramon y Cajal; South African Research Chair Initiative - South African Department of Science and Technology (DST); Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Nature Conservancy through Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; EU [PIOF-GA-2013-628116]; Portuguese Oceanic and Atmospheric Institute; Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; Estonian Ministry of Education and Research [SF0180005s10]; Natural Environment Research Council; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [NE/L003279/1]; Institute of Marine Research, Norway; project PERSEUS (Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas) [287600]; Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO); National Research Council fellowship at the Northwest Fishery Science Center; French project EMIBIOS (FRB) [APP-SCEN-2010-II]; DEVOTES - Development of innovative tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status - EC project [308392] We thank the Euroceans IndiSeas Working Group funded by the European Network of Excellence EUR-OCEANS (FP6, Contract No 511106), the European collaborative project MEECE - Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment (FP7, Contract No 212085) and IRD (Institute of Research for Development) and IOC/UNESCO. All participants of EUR-OCEANS IndiSeas project (www.indiseas.org) are acknowledged. We would also like to acknowledge all those who conducted surveys to collect the data used in this study. MC was partially funded by the European Commission through the Marie Curie Career Integration Grant Fellowships - PCIG10-GA-2011-303534 - to the BIOWEB project and by the Spanish National Program Ramon y Cajal. LJS was supported through the South African Research Chair Initiative, funded through the South .