This paper reviews the use of acoustic telemetry as a tool for addressing issues in fisheries
management, and serves as the lead to the special Feature Issue of Ecological Applications …

Marine seismic surveys use intense (eg≥ 230 decibel [dB] root mean square [RMS]) sound
impulses to explore the ocean bottom for hydrocarbon deposits, conduct geophysical …

Increases in the demand and price for industrial metals, combined with advances in
technological capabilities have now made deep-sea mining more feasible and economically …

The aim of ecosystem-based management (EBM) is to maintain an ecosystem in a healthy,
productive and resilient condition through the implementation of policies and management …

Regime shifts have been observed in marine ecosystems around the globe. These
phenomena can result in dramatic changes in the provision of ecosystem services to coastal …

The cumulative effects of increasing human use of the ocean and coastal zone have
contributed to a rapid decline in ocean and coastal resources. As a result, scientists are …

Ecosystem management (EM) suffers from linguistic uncertainty surrounding the definition of
“EM” and how it can be operationalized. Using fisheries management as an example, we …

Borne out of a collective movement towards ecosystem-based management (EBM),
multispecies and multi-sector scientific assessments of the ocean are emerging around the …

Abstract Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and other social-ecological environmental
management frameworks recognize that most environmental problems are ultimately social …

Around the globe, increasing human activities in coastal and offshore waters have created
complex conflicts between different sectors competing for space and between the use and …