We present the first objective quantitative assessment of the threats to all 359 species of
seabirds, identify the main challenges facing them, and outline priority actions for their …

This review focuses on the effect that ghost gear entanglement has on marine megafauna,
namely mammals, reptiles and elasmobranchs. A total of 76 publications and other sources …

Marine mammals can play important ecological roles in aquatic ecosystems, and their
presence can be key to community structure and function. Consequently, marine mammals …

This study comprised a meta-analysis of elasmobranch bycatch in commercial longline,
trawl, purse-seine and gillnet fisheries in order to obtain a general perspective of bycatch …

The use of fish aggregating devices (FAD s) by purse seine fisheries has come under
increasing criticism for its potential deleterious impacts on tuna stocks, for high levels of by …

Fishing provides high quality seafood and creates employment and income for people
worldwide. Most of the capture methods used for fishing are, however, heavily dependent on …

Keystone species have a disproportionate influence on the structure and function of
ecosystems. Here we analyze whether a keystone-like pattern can be observed in the …

Manta and devil rays of the subfamily Mobulinae (mobulids) are rarely studied, large,
pelagic elasmobranchs, with all eight of well‐evaluated species listed on the IUCN Red List …

Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are human‐made floating objects widely used by
tropical tuna purse seine (PS) fisheries to increase catch of target species. However, dFAD …

Fisheries bycatch is one of the biggest threats to marine mammal populations. A literature
review was undertaken to provide a comprehensive assessment and synopsis of gear …