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Periodically harvested closures are a widespread, centuries-old form of fisheries management that protects fish between pulse harvests and can generat...

Most fish stocks world-wide are fished at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) or overfished, as many fisheries management strategies have failed to achiev...

Protected areas are increasingly being promoted as an important means of protecting freshwater biological diversity and ecological processes. A robust...

Many frugivorous animals act simultaneously as seed predators and dispersers, and shifts in the abundance and mean phenotype of the frugivore populati...

Society relies on intact marine ecosystems for ecosystem services such as nutrition, livelihoods, health and well-being. Yet, to obtain these benefits...

The European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus is a small anadromous fish which largely occupies coastal and brackish waters and moves into freshwater for spaw...

Globally, one quarter of shark and ray species are threatened with extinction due to overfishing. Effective conservation and management can facilitate...

Understanding larval connectivity patterns in exploited fishes is a fundamental prerequisite for developing effective management strategies and assess...

The protection of sensitive species from overfishing is a key aspect of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. We use life-history parameters...

Resource management agencies are often charged with managing natural resources for economic and social goals, while also protecting and conserving bio...