Since July 2019, Gyaros island in the central Aegean Sea, enjoys the status of a partial Marine Protected Area (MPA), allowing for…
Earth & Environment
Marine Fisheries
Marine fisheries are crucial for humanity, as wild caught and farmed seafood provide food for 3 billion people and employ more than 200 million people worldwide, most of them in developing countries. Despite its importance for humanity, global fisheries are under stress due to habitat loss, global warming, marine pollution, and unsustainable fishing practices.
In this collection, we present a selection of recently published research on strategies to ensure the health of marine ecosystems, the long term sustainability of marine fisheries and the livelihood of fishing communities, as well as new methods in fisheries monitoring and fish farming, among many more.
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PLOS ONE The Gyaros island marine reserve: A biodiversity hotspot in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
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PLOS ONE An experimental evaluation of the effect of escape gaps on the quantity, diversity, and size of fish caught in traps in Montserrat
Coral reef fisheries are vital to the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide but are challenging to manage due to the high diversity…
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PLOS ONE Connecting post-release mortality to the physiological stress response of large coastal sharks in a commercial longline fishery
Bycatch mortality is a major factor contributing to shark population declines. Post-release mortality (PRM) is particularly difficult to…
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PLOS ONE COVID-19 influences on US recreational angler behavior
Recreational angling in the United States (US) is largely a personal hobby that scales up to a multibillion-dollar economic activity.…
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PLOS ONE Telling the same story: Fishers and landing data reveal changes in fisheries on the Southeastern Brazilian Coast
An understanding of the effects of fishing on marine ecosystems relies on information about the conserved state of these environments.…
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PLOS ONE Blue justice: A survey for eliciting perceptions of environmental justice among coastal planners’ and small-scale fishers in Northern-Norway
Ocean-based economic development arising from an increasing interest in the ‘blue economy’ is placing ecosystems and small-scale fisheries…
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PLOS ONE Measuring the global impact of destructive and illegal fishing on maritime piracy: A spatial analysis
Maritime piracy constitutes a major threat to global shipping and international trade. We argue that fishers turn to piracy to smooth…
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PLOS ONE Genetic population subdivision of the blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus) across Indonesia inferred from mitochondrial DNA: Implication to sustainable fishery
The blue swimming crab (BSC), Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus 1758), inhabits coastal areas of Southeast and East Asia, and is one of high…
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PLOS ONE Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) cycling and fates in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA
The cycling and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is not well understood in estuarine systems. It is critical now more than…
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PLOS ONE Adaptation and resilience of commercial fishers in the Northeast United States during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
Commercial fisheries globally experienced numerous and significant perturbations during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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PLOS ONE Mitigating seafloor disturbance of bottom trawl fisheries for North Sea sole Solea solea by replacing mechanical with electrical stimulation
Ecosystem effects of bottom trawl fisheries are of major concern. Although it is prohibited to catch fish using electricity in European…
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PLOS ONE PeskAAS: A near-real-time, open-source monitoring and analytics system for small-scale fisheries
Small-scale fisheries are responsible for landing half of the world’s fish catch, yet there are very sparse data on these fishing…
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PLOS ONE Shifting seas, shifting boundaries: Dynamic marine protected area designs for a changing climate
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are valuable tools for marine conservation that aim to limit human impacts on marine systems and protect…
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PLOS ONE Catch composition and life history characteristics of sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii) landed in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Detailed information on shark and ray fisheries in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India are limited, including information on the…
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PLOS ONE Evaluating socio-economic and conservation impacts of management: A case study of time-area closures on Georges Bank
Globally, economies and marine ecosystems are increasingly dependent on sustainable fisheries management (SFM) to balance social,…
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PLOS ONE The low impact of fish traps on the seabed makes it an eco-friendly fishing technique
Besides understanding the effects of fishing on harvested fish stocks, effects on non-target species, habitats and seafloor integrity also…
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PLOS ONE Using GIS and stakeholder involvement to innovate marine mammal bycatch risk assessment in data-limited fisheries
Fisheries bycatch has been identified as the greatest threat to marine mammals worldwide. Characterizing the impacts of bycatch on marine…
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PLOS ONE Poleward expansion of common snook Centropomus undecimalis in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and future research needs
Globally, rising temperatures have resulted in numerous examples of poleward shifts in species distribution patterns with accompanying…
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PLOS ONE “Too Big To Ignore”: A feasibility analysis of detecting fishing events in Gabonese small-scale fisheries
In many developing countries, small-scale fisheries provide employment and important food security for local populations. To support…