We present the first objective quantitative assessment of the threats to all 359 species of
seabirds, identify the main challenges facing them, and outline priority actions for their …

The industrialization of the deep sea is expanding worldwide. Increasing oil and gas
exploration activities in the absence of sufficient baseline data in deep-sea ecosystems has …

Seafood is an essential source of protein for more than 3 billion people worldwide, yet
bycatch of threatened species in capture fisheries remains a major impediment to fisheries …

Most spatial marine management techniques (eg, marine protected areas) draw stationary
boundaries around often mobile marine features, animals, or resource users. While these …

Coastal upwelling along eastern boundaries has fascinated oceanographers for decades.
The strong coupling between atmospheric forcing, ocean circulation, biogeochemical …

Conservation planning is the process of locating, configuring, implementing and maintaining
areas that are managed to promote the persistence of biodiversity and other natural values …

We review the ecological rationale behind the potential compatibility between top predators
and biodiversity conservation, and examine their effectiveness as surrogate species …

Dynamic ocean management, or management that uses near real-time data to guide the
spatial distribution of commercial activities, is an emerging approach to balance ocean …

Stressors associated with human activities interact in complex ways to affect marine
ecosystems, yet we lack spatially explicit assessments of cumulative impacts on ecologically …

Large predatory fishes have long played an important role in marine ecosystems and
fisheries. Overexploitation, however, is gradually diminishing this role. Recent estimates …