Lenfest Marine Extinction Project

OVERVIEW

Although ocean life was previously viewed as a vast and limitless resource, many ocean species are now at risk for extinction due to fishing and other pressures. This project documents how the abundance and distribution of important marine species, from the open ocean, coastal areas, coral reefs and the inshore coastal zone, have changed in response to fishing and habitat alteration over the past 50 to 100 years. It also predicts how these species are likely to change in the future, given current trends in human use and a number of alternative policy scenarios under consideration.

Summary Materials:

Research Series Reports

Lenfest Research Series Report
December, 2007

Lenfest Research Series Report
February, 2008

Publications and Reports:

Published Papers

Lucifora, L.O., V.B. Garcia and B. Worm. 2011. Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Sharks. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19356.

PLoS ONE paper
May, 2011

Ford, J. S. and R. A. Myers. 2008. A global assessment of salmon aquaculture impacts on wild salmonids. Plos Biology 6(2): 411-417.

PLoS Biology paper
February, 2008

Krkosek, M., J.S. Ford, A. Morton, S. Lele, R.A. Myers and M.A. Lewis. 2007. Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm Salmon. Science 318(5857): 1772-1775.

Science paper
December, 2007

Myers, R.A., S.A. Boudreau, R.D. Kenney, M.J. Moore, A.A. Rosenberg, S.A. Sherrill-Mix and B. Worm. Saving endangered whales at no cost. Current Biology 17(1): R10-R11. 

Current Biology paper
January, 2007