With increasing demand for resources to achieve global food-water-energy nexus and rapid
decline in land-based sources, oceans represent both solution and boost to sustainable …

The ecological environment damage caused by human activities will aggravate the damage
of natural disasters and seriously restrict the socioeconomic sustainable development …

Background Marine soundscape is the aggregation of sound sources known as geophony,
biophony, and anthrophony. The soundscape analysis, in terms of collection and analysis of …

Artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean are suffering from a decades-long crisis, and urgent
interventions are needed to reverse this trend. Despite the increasingly recognized …

In order to meet the “30 by 30” target of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, efforts for establishing
new marine protected areas (MPAs) in European seas will increase in the upcoming years …

The term “blue economy” has become synonymous with generating income from maritime
pursuits while protecting and improving marine environments. Oceans provide both …

Bycatch of non-target species is a pressing problem for ocean management. It is one of the
most concerning issues related to human-wildlife interactions and it affects numerous …

The success of marine protected areas (MPAs) in achieving conservation and sustainable
development goals hinges on, among other things, their social acceptability by local …

The preservation of marine ecosystems and the safety of harvested seafood have elicited
global concern. In this study, we evaluated bacterial contamination levels in sea urchin …

Privatization, often proposed as a means to regulate natural resource use, sometimes
paradoxically leads to overexploitation and social exclusion. Within the unique context of …