Illegal fishing is a serious problem that threatens the sustainability of fisheries around the
world. Policy makers and fishery managers often rely on the imposition of strict sanctions …

Common marine spatial planning challenges include lack of data on the marine
environment, high mobility of both animals and humans, and plan implementation …

Coral reefs provide ecosystem goods and services for millions of people in the tropics, but
reef conditions are declining worldwide. Effective solutions to the crisis facing coral reefs …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) socio-ecological effectiveness depends on a number of
management and governance elements, among which stakeholder engagement and …

Increasing the size and number of marine protected areas (MPAs) is widely seen as a way to
meet ambitious biodiversity and sustainable development goals. Yet, debate still exists on …

Understanding compliance with conservation rules is key for biodiversity conservation. Here,
we assess compliance and its underlying motivations in a small‐scale fishery in Chile. We …

The effectiveness of recreational fisheries governance has been mixed, with some countries
boasting good governance practices that sustain productive recreational fisheries, while …

Ecosystem-based management on coral reefs has historically focused on biodiversity
conservation through the establishment of marine reserves, but it is increasingly recognised …

Enforcing compliance with rules and regulations in recreational fisheries has proved difficult
due to factors such as the high number of participants and costs of enforcement, the …

Area coverage of large-scale marine protected areas (MPAs)(LSMPAs,> 100,000 km2) is
rapidly increasing globally. Their effectiveness largely depends on successful detection and …