Climate change (CC) is a key, global driver of change of marine ecosystems. At local and
regional scales, other local human stressors (LS) can interact with CC and modify its effects …

Marine aquaculture has the potential to increase its contribution to the global food system
and provide valuable ecosystem services, but appropriate planning, licensing and …

Governments around the world are increasingly committed to reaching terrestrial and marine
conservation goals. But achieving such commitments is challenging, and conservation …

Evidence-based decision making is an essential process for sustainable, effective, and
efficient marine spatial planning (MSP). In that sense, decision support tools (DSTs) could …

Multiple competing uses of continental-shelf environments have led to a proliferation of
marine spatial planning initiatives, together with expert guidance on marine spatial planning …

Determining the overall effects of human activities on the estuaries, seas and coasts, as a
precursor to marine management, requires quantifying three aspects. These are:(a) the area …

The increasing demand for protein from aquaculture will trigger a global expansion of the
sector in coastal and offshore waters. While contributing to food security, potential conflicts …

The aim of ecosystem-based management (EBM) is to maintain an ecosystem in a healthy,
productive and resilient condition through the implementation of policies and management …

We are in the middle of an explosion in new data on the ocean, creating enormous potential
for advances in our understanding and stewardship of ocean resources. An exponential …

The study of marine ecosystems has become a hot research topic in recent times. In fact, the
number of manuscripts including the words “marine ecosystems” published since 1970 has …