Chinese market responses to overexploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers

H Eriksson, S Clarke - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Global exploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers to meet consumer demand in China is
motivating a rising conservation concern. In order to analyze trends in resource exploitation …

The fast development of sea cucumber fisheries in the Mediterranean and NE Atlantic waters: from a new marine resource to its over-exploitation

M González-Wangüemert… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last years, sea cucumbers consumption is increasing in the Asian region, as
consequence more than 70% of the sea cucumber fisheries around the world are fully/over …

Ecological roles of exploited sea cucumbers

SW Purcell, C Conand, S Uthicke… - … and marine biology, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
STEVEN W. PURCELL1, CHANTAL CONAND2, SVEN UTHICKE3 & MARIA
BYRNE41National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour …

[LLIBRE][B] Great barrier reef outlook report 2019

GBRMP Authority - 2019 - elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au
8.1 Background Resilience, in the broadest sense, is the capacity of a system to absorb
disturbance and reorganise so as to retain essentially the same structure, function, identity …

The cost of being valuable: predictors of extinction risk in marine invertebrates exploited as luxury seafood

SW Purcell, BA Polidoro, JF Hamel… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Extinction risk has been linked to biological and anthropogenic variables. Prediction of
extinction risk in valuable fauna may not follow mainstream drivers when species are …

The importance of qualitative social research for effective fisheries management

K Barclay, M Voyer, N Mazur, AM Payne, S Mauli… - Fisheries …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over recent decades it has become widely accepted that managing fisheries resources
means managing human behaviour, and so understanding social and economic dynamics …

Revered and reviled: the plight of the vanishing sea cucumbers

A Mercier, SW Purcell, EM Montgomery… - Annual Review of …, 2025 - annualreviews.org
Sea cucumbers paradoxically suffer from being both highly prized and commonly
disregarded. As an Asian medicine and delicacy, they command fabulous prices and are …

Priority species to support the functional integrity of coral reefs

K Wolfe, K Anthony, RC Babcock, L Bay… - … and marine biology, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Ecosystem-based management on coral reefs has historically focused on biodiversity
conservation through the establishment of marine reserves, but it is increasingly recognised …

Synthesis of thresholds of ocean acidification impacts on echinoderms

N Bednaršek, P Calosi, RA Feely… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Assessing the vulnerability of marine invertebrates to ocean acidification (OA) requires an
understanding of critical thresholds at which developmental, physiological, and behavioral …

Global knowledge on the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria scabra

JF Hamel, I Eeckhaut, C Conand, J Sun… - Advances in marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Holothuria scabra is one of the most intensively studied holothuroids, or sea cucumbers
(Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), having been discussed in the literature since the early 19th …