Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries
and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global …

Aquaculture plays a huge role in supporting the needs and demands of fish and other
aquatic organisms globally. Being a vital contributor in the fisheries sector, aquatic sources …

The term 'blue economy', first introduced in 2010, is the sustainable use of ocean resources
for economic growth, jobs, ocean health, and to improve livelihoods. However, a sustainable …

Over the past 4 decades there has been a growing concern for the conservation status of
elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). In 2002, the first elasmobranch species were added to …

Risk assessments quantify the probability of undesirable events along with their
consequences. They are used to prioritize management interventions and assess tradeoffs …

The concept of blue growth is the newest of many recent calls for more holistic management
of complex marine social-ecological systems. The complexity of ocean systems, combined …

Practical biodiversity conservation relies on delineation of biologically meaningful units.
Manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) are threatened worldwide, yet morphological similarities …

Climate change is projected to affect the productivity of global fisheries. Management based
on maximum sustainable yield (MSY) has been effective at eliminating overfishing in many …

Growth models describe the change in length or weight as a function of age. Growth curves
in tunas can take different forms from relatively simple von Bertalanffy growth curves (Atlantic …

The increasing need to account for the many factors that influence fish population dynamics,
particularly those external to the population, has led to repeated calls for an ecosystem …