Sea cucumber aquaculture has flourished as a result of increasing demand coupled with
declining wild fisheries and has been facilitated by technical progress in the production and …

Tropical sea cucumber mariculture has potential to become a profitable industry and
contribute towards natural population replenishment. Here, we synthesise the fields of …

Coral reefs are in global decline with coral diseases playing a significant role. This is
especially true for Acroporid corals that represent~ 25% of all Pacific coral species and …

Sea cucumbers are harvested and traded in more than 90 countries worldwide. They are
exploited in industrial and small-scale fisheries, nearly from pole to pole, especially in the …

Worldwide, most sea cucumber fisheries are ineffectively managed, leading to declining
stocks and potentially eroding the resilience of fisheries. We analyse trends in catches …

In recent decades, invertebrate fisheries have expanded in catch and value worldwide. One
increasingly harvested group is sea cucumbers (class Holothuroidea), which are highly …

Market preferences of natural resources contribute to shape their exploitation and
production. Beche-de-mer, the product after gutting, cooking, salting and drying sea …

Market prices of seafood underpin harvest and management strategies for fisheries and
aquaculture. Beche-de-mer (processed, dried sea cucumbers) are highly valued in Asian …

Community-based management and co-management are mainstream approaches to
marine conservation and sustainable resource management. In the tropical Pacific, these …

Sea cucumber is a morphologically diverse and ecologically important clade of
echinoderms. The sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus is the most economically valuable …