The scale and drivers of marine biodiversity loss are being revealed by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment process. We present the first …

Although published literature regarding the 5 species of marine turtle found along the
continental African east coast has grown substantially over the last decades, a …

Bycatch is the leading global threat to cetaceans, with at least 300,000 cetaceans estimated
to be killed each year in fisheries. Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) …

Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a major source of marine debris with
significant ecological and economic consequences. We documented the frequency, types …

Purse‐seine fishers using drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs), mainly built with
bamboo, plastic buoys, and plastic netting, to aggregate and catch tropical tuna, deploy …

For many years, tremendous effort has been dedicated to developing new industrial tuna
fisheries, while their adverse impacts on threatened marine species have received relatively …

The incidental capture by marine fisheries as bycatch poses a global threat to pelagic sharks
and rays. In large, industrialized fisheries that often operate in areas beyond national …

Discards remain among the main negative impacts of fishing activities, and their reductions
are strengthened by the European Common Fisheries Policy (European Regulation …

In 2000, longline fishing was banned inside the Galapagos Marine Reserve to prevent
illegal fishing of sharks and bycatch of endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) …

Longlining represents a cost-effective fishing modality for catching tuna, but its use is
contentious due to the unintended catch of endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) …