The rapid increase in the science and implementation of marine protected areas (MPAs)
around the world in the past 15 years is now being followed by similar increases in the …

Abstract Mid-latitude (∼ 30-60°) seasonally stratifying shelf-seas support a high abundance
and diversity of marine predators such as marine mammals and seabirds. However …

The value of big old fat fecund female fish (BOFFFFs) in fostering stock productivity and
stability has long been underappreciated by conventional fisheries science and …

Responsible fisheries management is of increasing interest to the scientific community,
resource managers, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public. Focusing solely on …

Research on the interactions between human behaviour and ecological systems tends to
focus on the direct effects of human activities on ecosystems, such as biodiversity loss …

In an effort to accelerate the ongoing paradigm shift in fisheries science from the traditional
single-species mindset toward more ecosystem-based approaches, we offer the following …

There are two diverging views of the status and future of the world's fisheries. One group
represented largely by academic marine ecologists sees almost universal failure of fisheries …

To better manage living marine resources (LMRs), it has become clear that ecosystem-
based fisheries management (EBFM) is a desired approach. To do EBFM, one of the key …

Declining ocean health, increasing human demands on marine ecosystems, and a history of
management focused on individual activities, species or sectors has led to calls for more …

My purpose in this book is to bring together in one place a summary of the voluminous
information relevant to fisheries oceanography that has been published during the more …