Publications

Evaluating sustainability of fisheries bycatch mortality for marine megafauna

Moore, J.E. et al. 2013. Evaluating sustainability of fisheries bycatch mortality for marine megafauna: a review of conservation reference points for data-limited populations. doi:10.1017/S037689291300012X

May, 2013

Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011

Reeves, R.R., McClellan, K., and Werner, T.B. 2013. Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011. Endangered Species Research Vol. 20: 71–97. doi: 10.3354/esr00481

March, 2013

Long-term population size of the North Atlantic humpback whale within the context of worldwide population structure

Kristen Ruegg, Howard C. Rosenbaum, Eric C. Anderson, Marcia Engel, Anna Rothschild, C. Scott Baker, Stephen R. Palumbi. Long-term population size of the North Atlantic humpback whale within the context of worldwide population structure. Conservation Genetics, 2012; 14 (1): 103 DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0432-0

February, 2013

Calculating reference points for anthropogenic mortality of marine turtles

Curtis, K. A. and Moore, J. E. (2013), Calculating reference points for anthropogenic mortality of marine turtles. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst.. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2308

January, 2013

Long-term change in a meso-predator community in response to prolonged and heterogeneous human impact

Sharks and rays' abundance can decline considerably with fishing. Community changes, however, are more complex because of species interactions, and variable vulnerability and exposure to fishing. We evaluated long-term changes in the elasmobranch community of the Adriatic Sea, a heavily exploited Mediterranean basin where top-predators have been strongly depleted historically, and fishing developed unevenly between the western and eastern side.

January, 2013

Little Fish in a Big Pond

Pikitch, E.K. 2012. Little Fish in a Big Pond. The Scientist. Nov. 1, 2012.

In this "Critic at Large" piece, the chair of the Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force aregues that continued overfishing of forage fish can result in devastating ecological and economic outcomes.

November, 2012

The Risks of Overfishing

Pikitch, E.K. 2012. The Risks of Overfishing. Science 338 (6106), 474-475. [DOI:10.1126/science.1229965]

This Perspectives article responds to research showing that globally, the vast majority of exploited fish populations have been depleted to abundance levels well below those recommended by conventional management guidance. It argues that this evidence is even more alarming in the context of the evolving understanding of fishing and its ecological effects.

October, 2012

The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

Pikitch, E. K., Rountos, K. J., Essington, T. E., Santora, C., Pauly, D., Watson, R., Sumaila, U. R., Boersma, P. D., Boyd, I. L., Conover, D. O., Cury, P., Heppell, S. S., Houde, E. D., Mangel, M., Plagányi, É., Sainsbury, K., Steneck, R. S., Geers, T. M., Gownaris, N. and Munch, S. B. (2012), The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems. Fish and Fisheries. doi: 10.1111/faf.12004

September, 2012

Workshop to Identify Significant Uncertainties Concerning the Effects of Climate Change and the Antarctic Toothfish Fishery on the Ross Sea Marine Ecosystem

This workshop was held to further the establishment and development of a management and monitoring plan for a Ross Sea marine protected area (MPA) by identifying the research and monitoring needed to resolve uncertainties concerning the effects of the toothfish fishery and climate change on key components of the Ross Sea ecosystem.

September, 2012

Fishing threatens 'shark of the Antarctic' (in English, Chinese, or Korean)

A predator fish known as the “shark of the Antarctic” appears to be in a decline correlated to commercial fishing, according to three recent peer-reviewed publications. The authors argue that fishing could disrupt the entire Ross Sea food web because it targets large Antarctic toothfish, sold in the U.S. as Chilean sea bass.They call for increased monitoring and for a marine protected area (MPA) to protect large toothfi sh and the broader ecosystem.

August, 2012