Offshore wind energy development (OWED) is rapidly expanding globally and has the
potential to contribute significantly to renewable energy portfolios. However, development of …

Biodiversity offsets are an increasingly popular yet controversial tool in conservation. Their
popularity lies in their potential to meet the objectives of biodiversity conservation and of …

Sharks and their cartilaginous relatives (Class Chondrichthyes, herein 'sharks') are one of
the world's most threatened species groups. Their slow life history traits and vulnerability to …

The wind power industry has grown rapidly in the UK to meet EU targets of sourcing 20% of
energy from renewable sources by 2020. Although wind power is a renewable energy …

Several high-profile examples of fisheries bycatch involving marine megafauna (eg dolphins
in tuna purse-seines, albatrosses in pelagic longlines, sea turtles in shrimp trawls) have …

Designing effective bycatch mitigation programmes requires an understanding of the life
histories of target and non-target species, interactions of fish and fishing gear, effects of …

Participatory decision tools enable stakeholders to reconcile conflicting natural resources
management objectives. Fisheries targeting highly productive species can have profound …

Conservation is particularly difficult to implement for “moving targets”, such as migratory
species or landscapes subject to environmental change. Traditional conservation strategies …

Fisheries bycatch is the foremost threat to the conservation of many marine species.
Evaluation of alternative bycatch management strategies can account for the relative …

Bycatch in fisheries can have profound effects on the abundance of species with relatively
low resilience to increased mortality, can alter the evolutionary characteristics and …