Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels

M Beal, MP Dias, RA Phillips, S Oppel, C Hazin… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Migratory marine species cross political borders and enter the high seas, where the lack of
an effective global management framework for biodiversity leaves them vulnerable to …

Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas

MG Conners, NB Sisson, PD Agamboue… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs), particularly large MPAs, are increasing in number and size
around the globe in part to facilitate the conservation of marine megafauna under the …

[HTML][HTML] Are we there yet? Management baselines and biodiversity indicators for the protection and restoration of subtidal bivalve shellfish habitats

JM Fariñas-Franco, RL Cook, FR Gell… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss and degradation of natural habitats is increasing at an unprecedented rate.
Of all marine habitats, biogenic reefs created by once-widespread shellfish, are now one of …

[HTML][HTML] The BirdLife Seabird Tracking Database: 20 years of collaboration for marine conservation

APB Carneiro, MP Dias, BL Clark, EJ Pearmain… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The BirdLife Seabird Tracking Database (STDB) was established in 2004 to collate
tracking data to address the incidental mortality of seabirds in fisheries and to contribute to …

Marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins in Antarctica, targets for conservation action

J Handley, MM Rouyer, EJ Pearmain… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Global targets for area-based conservation and management must move beyond threshold-
based targets alone and must account for the quality of such areas. In the Southern Ocean …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of MPA designs that protect highly mobile megafauna now and under climate change scenarios

ME Gilmour, J Adams, BA Block, JE Caselle… - Global Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Marine protected area (MPA) designs, including large-scale MPAs (LSMPAs;> 150,000 km
2), mobile MPAs (fluid spatiotemporal boundaries), and MPA networks, may offer different …

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution and movements in the vicinity of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area

CCG Bamford, JA Jackson, AK Kennedy… - Deep Sea Research …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are showing strong recovery from commercial
whaling in the western South Atlantic. In this region, humpback whales migrate annually …

Seabird and seal responses to the physical environment and to spatio-temporal variation in the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill at South Georgia, with …

PN Trathan, S Fielding, V Warwick-Evans… - ICES Journal of …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
We used 22 years of seasonally and spatially consistent monitoring data to explore marine
predator–prey numerical response relationships. Specifically, we tested whether indices of …

Cryptic population decrease due to invasive species predation in a long‐lived seabird supports need for eradication

S Oppel, BL Clark, MM Risi, C Horswill… - Journal of Applied …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species are one of the greatest drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide, and the
eradication of invasive species from islands is a highly efficient management strategy …

Commercial fishery no-take zones for African penguins minimize fisheries losses at the expense of conservation gains

AM McInnes, EA Weideman… - ICES Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
The African penguin population has declined precipitously in recent decades, and if current
rates of decline persist, this species could become extinct in the wild by 2035. Resource …