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• Environmental Histories and Emerging Fisheries Management of the Upper Zambezi River Floodplains

  Authors:James Abbott and Lisa CampbellFrom:Conservation and Society (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 200914,613 words Report Byline: James. Abbott, Lisa. Campbell In response to a widespread decline in fisheries, scientists and policy makers have constructed models outlining the biological and social drivers that cause changes in fishing...

• Extinction risk for sharks and rays

  From:Nature (Vol. 505, Issue 7484) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 2014103 words Brief article 1210LOne-quarter of all species of shark and ray are threatened by overfishing, according to the first global analysis of the animals' conservation status. The figures come from the Shark Specialist Group at the...

• Cascading Effects of Ocean Acidification in a Rocky Subtidal Community

  Authors:Valentina Asnaghi, Mariachiara Chiantore, Luisa Mangialajo, Frederic Gazeau, Patrice Francour, Samir Alliouane, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 16, 20138,428 words Article 1610LTemperate marine rocky habitats may be alternatively characterized by well vegetated macroalgal assemblages or barren grounds, as a consequence of direct and indirect human impacts (e.g. overfishing) and grazing...

• Antarctic fisheries: factor climate change into their management

  Authors:Cassandra M. Brooks, David G. Ainley, Peter A. Abrams, Paul K. Dayton, Robert J. Hofman, Jennifer Jacquet, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 558, Issue 7709) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20182,408 words Article 1250LEnvironmental pressures and overfishing might soon push some species to the brink, warn Cassandra Brooks and colleagues. Environmental pressures and overfishing might soon push some species to the brink, warn...

• Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays.

  Authors:Nathan Pacoureau, Cassandra L. Rigby, Peter M. Kyne, Richard B. Sherley, Henning Winker, John K. Carlson, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 589, Issue 7843) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20219,140 words Report 1640LOverfishing is the primary cause of marine defaunation, yet declines in and increasing extinction risks of individual species are difficult to measure, particularly for the largest predators found in the high...

• Protect the high seas from harm.

  From:Nature (Vol. 553, Issue 7686) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2018843 words Article 1250LDiscussions on a United Nations treaty to safeguard the open ocean offer an opportunity for scientists. Discussions on a United Nations treaty to safeguard the open ocean offer an opportunity for scientists. Author...

• Interspecific Variation in Life History Relates to Antipredator Decisions by Marine Mesopredators on Temperate Reefs

  Authors:Alejandro Frid, Jeff Marliave, and Michael R. HeithausFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 29, 20124,324 words Article 1540LAs upper-level predatory fishes become overfished, mesopredators rise to become the new 'top' predators of over-exploited marine communities. To gain insight into ensuing mechanisms that might alter indirect species...

• Isolation and characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the endangered Galapagos-endemic whitespotted sandbass (Paralabrax albomaculatus)

  Authors:Alicia C. Bertolotti, Sarah M. Griffiths, Nathan K. Truelove, Stephen J. Box, Richard F. Preziosi, and Pelayo Salinas de LeonFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 6, 20151,905 words Report 1380LThe white-spotted sandbass (Paralabrax albomaculatus) is a commercially important species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, but is classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List. For this study, 10 microsatellite loci...

• Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem

  Authors:Kenneth T. Frank, Brian Petrie, Jonathan A.D. Fisher, and William C. LeggettFrom:Nature (Vol. 477, Issue 7362) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 1, 20116,762 words Letter to the editor... 1540LOverfishing of large-bodied benthic fishes and their subsequent population collapses on the Scotian Shelf of Canada's east coast (1,2) and elsewhere (3,4) resulted in restructuring of entire food webs now dominated by...

• Multiplexed ISSR genotyping by sequencing distinguishes two precious coral species (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Coralliidae) that share a mitochondrial haplotype.

  Authors:Kenji Takata, Hiroki Taninaka, Masanori Nonaka, Fumihito Iwase, Taisei Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Suyama, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 4, 20195,261 words Article 1460LBackground Precious corals known as coralliid corals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) play an important role in increasing the biodiversity of the deep sea. Currently, these corals are highly threatened because of overfishing...

• Population Growth Rates of Reef Sharks with and without Fishing on the Great Barrier Reef: Robust Estimation with Multiple Models

  Authors:Mizue Hisano, Sean R. Connolly, and William D. RobbinsFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 23, 20117,760 words Article 1680LOverfishing of sharks is a global concern, with increasing numbers of species threatened by overfishing. For many sharks, both catch rates and underwater visual surveys have been criticized as indices of abundance. In...

• Impact of Herbivore Identity on Algal Succession and Coral Growth on a Caribbean Reef

  Authors:Deron E. Burkepile and Mark E. HayFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 29, 20106,934 words Article 1600LBackground Herbivory is an important top-down force on coral reefs that regulates macroalgal abundance, mediates competitive interactions between macroalgae and corals, and provides resilience following disturbances...

• What's the catch? New England fishermen have mixed feelings about a programme designed to allow overfished species to recover. Mark Schrope reports on how catch shares have scientists fishing for answers

  Author:Mark SchropeFrom:Nature (Vol. 465, Issue 7298) Peer-Reviewed

  June 3, 20102,523 words Article Dave Marciano first started working on commercial fishing boats when he was ten. Unlike many from his hometown in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Marciano didn't have deep generational ties to the sea. His father sold...

• Mediterranean swordfish (Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758) population structure revealed by microsatellite DNA: genetic diversity masked by population mixing in shared areas.

  Authors:Tommaso Righi, Andrea Splendiani, Tatiana Fioravanti, Andrea Petetta, Michela Candelma, Giorgia Gioacchini, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  July 28, 20208,467 words Article 1360LBackground The Mediterranean swordfish stock is overfished and considered not correctly managed. Elucidating the patterns of the Mediterranean swordfish population structure constitutes an essential prerequisite for...

• Managing for Interactions between Local and Global Stressors of Ecosystems

  Authors:Christopher J. Brown, Megan I. Saunders, Hugh P. Possingham, and Anthony J. RichardsonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 12, 20138,081 words Article 1470LGlobal stressors, including climate change, are a major threat to ecosystems, but they cannot be halted by local actions. Ecosystem management is thus attempting to compensate for the impacts of global stressors by...

• Navigating U.S. fishery management into the 21st century

  Authors:James N. Sanchirico and Susan S. HannaFrom:Marine Resource Economics (Vol. 19, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20044,738 words Article Introduction In 1969, the Stratton Commission recommended the creation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and laid the groundwork for the 1976 Fishery Conservation and Management Act...

• So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: Overexploitation of the Regionally Endemic Galapagos Grouper Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840)

  Authors:Paolo Usseglio, Alan M. Friedlander, Haruko Koike, Johanna Zimmerhackel, Anna Schuhbauer, Tyler Eddy, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 25, 20169,233 words Article 1550LThe regionally endemic Galapagos Grouper, locally known as bacalao, is one of the most highly prized finfish species within the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR). Concerns of overfishing, coupled with a lack of fishing...

• Ecosystem effects of fishing & El Niño at the Galápagos Marine Reserve

  Authors:Tyler D. Eddy, Alan M. Friedlander, and Pelayo Salinas de LeónFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 7) Peer-Reviewed

  May 8, 2019 Article 1500LAuthor(s): Tyler D. Eddy (1,2,3,4), Alan M. Friedlander (5,6), Pelayo Salinas de León (3,5) Introduction Understanding how environmental factors interact with exploitation of resources is a common concern among...

• Cannery row revisited

  Author:Sharon LevyFrom:BioScience (Vol. 57, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20074,125 words Article 1590LNew research is reviving interest in the work of Edward F. Ricketts, a maverick marine biologist immortalized in the writings of John Steinbeck, who foresaw the impacts of overfishing in the Pacific more than 75 years...

• Who speaks for the fish? The tragedy of Europe's common fisheries policy

  Author:Emily SelfFrom:Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vol. 48, Issue 2)

  Mar. 201512,634 words Article 2610LABSTRACT The Common Fisheries Policy, enacted in 1983 as the European Union's primary overfishing regulation scheme, is widely regarded as a failure. Vast overexploitation in Europe's fisheries persists thirty years...