BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

While fishery closures during the spawning season are commonplace, direct evidence for
their benefit is mainly restricted to species forming large spawning aggregations. This paper …

Here we review the population, community, and evolutionary consequences of marine
reserves. Responses at each level depend on the tendency of fisheries to target larger body …

The demand for fish maw (ie, dried swim bladder) has apparently intensified during the past
decades in Hong Kong and mainland China; currently, maw has similar annual import …

There is a global trend in the depletion of transient reef fish spawning aggregations (“FSAs”),
making them a primary target for management with marine protected areas (MPAs). Here …

Purpose With increasing marine resource development, the rapid development of the
marine economy, and the continuous decline of the marine natural resource system, the …

Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus, Serranidae) were one of the most important fishery
species in the Caribbean, but are now listed as critically endangered. Population collapse in …

Fish that aggregate at predictable locations and times to spawn are often vulnerable to over-
exploitation. Seasonal closures have often been implemented in an attempt to alleviate such …

The goals of ecosystem‐based management (EBM) include protecting ecological resilience,
the magnitude of a perturbation that a community can withstand and remain in a given state …

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) are a commercially important species that
support a longline fishery at the subantarctic island of South Georgia (CCAMLR Subarea …