Fisheries policy and management processes for federal waters off western Alaska currently
lack consistent and considered integration of traditional knowledge (TK), TK holders, social …

Management of marine turtles at broad spatial scales is challenging due to the costs and the
logistical feasibility of collecting ecological data and information on multiple threats at this …

It is important to understand recreational anglers' motivations for fishing in order to predict
when, where, and how they interact with species that can be sensitive to overfishing. So far …

Although the management of fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) often requires a
precautionary approach that initially emphasizes conservation, understanding the dynamics …

How to minimize socio-economic costs placed on local fishing communities by marine
reserves is a widespread concern in the global conservation planning practices. One …

The latest emerging transdisciplinary marine protected area (MPA) research scheme
requires efficient approaches for theoretically based and data-driven method integration …

Sharks are among the marine organisms most impacted by intense fisheries, a worrying fact
since they are key components in the trophic structure of ecosystems. In this context, fish …

Mangrove ecosystems and their resources are important for traditional coastal communities.
We analysed the efficiency of traditional management practices developed by crab (Ucides …

Artisanal fishing on Fernando de Noronha is directly related to fishing for bait, since
commercial fishing depends on these baits. This work aimed to analyze the local ecological …

Anomalocardia flexuosa is the most exploited species of mollusk of the Brazilian coast
(Rodrigues et al. 2010), where it is found inhabiting muddy or sandy-mud substrates buried …