Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has gained acceptance around the world as an integrated approach to management based on science that considers the entire ecosystem, including humans. I analyze two implementation projects ...

The Mediterranean and Black Seas region includes twenty-two countries, three continents, and 26,000 kilometers of coast. About 80%, or 32,950 vessels, are less than 12 meters in length, and thus characterized as small-scale ...

The Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) is now one of the most notorious marine finfish invasions in history. With established populations ranging from North Carolina, U.S.A, to the Atlantic coast of South ...

Cephalopods are valuable species as they provide ecological functions and are also important commercially and scientifically. This study attempts to adequately describe the distribution of Class Cephalopoda as well as focusing ...

The management of domestic fisheries by the use of catch shares has become a topic of increased attention in recent years. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) recently voted to adopt a catch share program ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the experiences of participants in a participatory process in environmental management and to examine relative contributions of process features and the achievement of social goals ...

Many fishermen and fisheries managers in Eastern North Carolina hold strong Christian beliefs which influence their attitudes toward the fishery, and therefore affect how the fishery is managed. In public meetings on fisheries ...

The alewife and the blueback herring, collectively known as river herring, were once abundant along most of the Atlantic coast of the United States but have declined significantly throughout their range. River herring populations ...

The whale-watching industry is an important component of the New England regional economy with about one million tourism visitors. Humpback whales are the most popular whale-watching targets, whose primary activity in this ...

Researchers studying common-pool resources have historically not given enough attention to the influence of faith and religion among fisheries resource users. However, the ethics and value systems taught by religious leaders ...