Upcoming reform of the E uropean U nion (EU) C ommon F isheries P olicy will be the
biggest change in E uropean fisheries management for a generation. A central plank of this …

Estimation of demographic parameters is central to research questions in wildlife
management, conservation, and evolutionary ecology. I review the 7 major classes of mark …

Polar regions have experienced significant warming in recent decades. Warming has been
most pronounced across the Arctic Ocean Basin and along the Antarctic Peninsula, with …

Human fishing activities are negatively altering marine ecosystems in many ways [1, 2], but
scavenging animals such as seabirds are taking advantage of such activities by exploiting …

Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis populations have been studied on three archipelagos
consisting of 20 islands distributed along 80 km of the French Mediterranean coastline …

Life‐history theory predicts a trade‐off between costs of current reproduction and future
survival of individuals. Studies of short‐lived animals in general support this prediction …

Commercial capture fisheries produce huge quantities of offal, as well as undersized and
unwanted catch in the form of discards. Declines in global catches and legislation to ban …

Protected natural areas deserve the combination of nature uniqueness and conservation
willing. The foundation stone for National Parks is the awareness of that unique character …

Industrial fishing can profoundly alter marine environments, and no-take zones are an
important tool to achieve sustainable fishing and re-establish ecosystem integrity. However …

Avian coloniality traditionally has been investigated by examining how breeding success
varies with colony size, but other crucial fitness components rarely have been examined …