Bycatch remains one of the most significant fisheries issues in the world and its monitoring
and reporting is now expected in many regions. This paper provides a global synthesis of …

Artisanal fisheries occur all over the tropics and provide an important source of protein and
income for many coastal communities. However, varied types and magnitudes of …

Recent research on ocean health has found large predator abundance to be a key element
of ocean condition. Fisheries can impact large predator abundance directly through targeted …

Fisheries bycatch is considered the most serious threat globally to long‐lived marine
megafauna (eg, mammals, birds, turtles, elasmobranchs). However, bycatch assessments to …

Found in the coastal waters of all continents, gillnets are the largest component of small-
scale fisheries for many countries. Numerous studies show that these fisheries often have …

Small-scale fisheries can greatly impact threatened marine fauna. Peru's small-scale
elasmobranch gillnet fishery captures thousands of sharks and rays each year, and …

Gillnet fisheries exist throughout the oceans and have been implicated in high bycatch rates
of sea turtles. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of illuminating nets with light …

Since the implementation of the commercial whaling ban in the 1980s, whale‐watching has
become the most important economic activity involving whales worldwide. Whale‐watching …

The leatherbacks nesting at Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Barat, Indonesia, account for
75% of the total leatherback nesting in the western Pacific and represent the last sizeable …

Aim We provide a global assessment of the current legal direct take of marine turtles,
including the scale and species breakdown at country level, and investigate the significance …