Regime shifts are abrupt changes between contrasting, persistent states of any complex
system. The potential for their prediction in the ocean and possible management depends …

Small pelagic fish (SPF) play extremely important ecological roles in marine ecosystems,
form some of the most economically valuable fisheries resources, and play a vital role in …

Abstract In 1990, 90% of the ingredients in Norwegian salmon feed were of marine origin,
whereas in 2013 only around 30%. The contents of fish meal and fish oil in the salmon feed …

Forage fish play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems and economies worldwide by
sustaining many predators and fisheries directly and indirectly. We estimate global forage …

Fish stock productivity, and thereby sensitivity to harvesting, depends on physical (eg ocean
climate) and biological (eg prey availability, competition and predation) processes in the …

Forage fish support the largest fisheries in the world but also play key roles in marine food
webs by transferring energy from plankton to upper trophic-level predators, such as large …

Climate change is recognised to lead to spatial shifts in the distribution of small pelagic fish,
likely by altering their environmental optima. Fish supply along the Northwest African coast …

The fear of a rapid depletion of world fish stocks because of over‐exploitation is increasing.
Analysis of 1519 main series of the FAO world fisheries catch database over the last 50 …

Cephalopods are a relatively small class of molluscs (~ 800 species), but they support some
large industrial scale fisheries and numerous small-scale, local, artisanal fisheries. For …

Fisheries targeting small-to-medium pelagic, so-called forage fish, impact on human food
security and marine ecosystems. Because their operations are shrouded by the myth that …