Technology that is developed for or adopted by the recreational fisheries sector (eg, anglers
and the recreational fishing industry) has led to rapid and dramatic changes in how …

The scale and drivers of marine biodiversity loss are being revealed by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment process. We present the first …

This paper presents, from a systems orientation, a review of the resilience literature since its
emergence as an ecological concept in academic parlance in 1973. It argues that much of …

This study presents a new method (LBB) for the analysis of length frequency data from
commercial catches. LBB works for species that grow throughout their lives, such as most …

Abstract Since January 2014, the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) of the European
Union is legally binding for all Member States. It prescribes the end of overfishing and the …

This study presents a new, open-source modelling software entitled 'Just Another Bayesian
Biomass Assessment'(JABBA). JABBA can be used for biomass dynamic stock assessment …

This contribution presents time series of the 'fishery biomass' of fish populations, defined as
the weight (whole-body, wet weight) of the in-water part of a fishable population, ie, that part …

Effective fisheries management requires accurate estimates of stock biomass and trends;
yet, assumptions in stock assessment models generate high levels of uncertainty and error …

Climate change poses an urgent threat to biodiversity that demands societal responses. The
magnitude of this challenge is reflected in recent international commitments to protect 30 …

This contribution presents a synthesis, via a semilogarithmic regression, of estimates of the
slow increase of technological efficiency, or “creep factor,” as estimated by various authors …