Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1055–1071 Abstract Whereas many land predators disappeared
before their ecological roles were studied, the decline of marine apex predators is still …

Marine biodiversity worldwide is under increasing threat, primarily as a result of over-
harvesting, pollution and climate change. Chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays and …

The value of big old fat fecund female fish (BOFFFFs) in fostering stock productivity and
stability has long been underappreciated by conventional fisheries science and …

This report provides a review of our knowledge of the bycatches, defined as discarded dead,
from the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries of the world. The major fishing grounds involved …

Climate change has been predicted to lead to changes in local and regional species
richness through species extinctions and latitudinal ranges shifts. Here, we show that …

Commercial fishing and climate change have influenced the composition of marine fish
assemblages worldwide, but we require a better understanding of their relative influence on …

In an effort to accelerate the ongoing paradigm shift in fisheries science from the traditional
single-species mindset toward more ecosystem-based approaches, we offer the following …

A traditional focus in conservation biology has been on rare species as they are often those
most at risk of decline or extinction. However, we argue in this paper that some kinds of …

Sharks and rays' abundance can decline considerably with fishing. Community changes,
however, are more complex because of species interactions and variable vulnerability and …

Many fish species are threatened worldwide by overfishing, contamination, coastal
development, climate change, and other anthropogenic activities. Marine renewable energy …