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article. This study was part of the European project 
MADE (Mitigating adverse ecological impacts of open 
ocean fisheries), funded by DG Research (Collaborative 
Project n° 210496). This article is contribution no. 751 
from AZTI-Tecnalia. This study was partly funded by 
a PhD grant by the Fundacion Centros Tecnologicos 
Inaki Goenaga to Jon Lopez. 
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