Mar Ecol Prog Ser 274: 269–303, 2004 how severely depleted some fish stocks are, and on
whether and how quickly they will recover, all agree that many stocks are overexploited …

Hawai'i's coral reef ecosystems provide many goods and services to coastal populations,
such as fisheries and tourism. They also form a unique natural ecosystem, with an important …

Coastal habitats have recently received much attention from policymakers, but marine
reserve theory still needs to integrate across scales, from local dynamics of communities to …

The spatial distribution and magnitude of endemism in shallow-water (< 18 m) reef fishes of
the 10 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) are described in terms of occurrence, and …

Conservation of marine species through fisheries management and no-take marine reserves
have focused primarily on single species, but such protection may influence the target …

Scientists and policy makers are universally promoting marine protected areas (MPAs) as a
fisheries and ecosystem management tool. Experts generally agree that MPAs, particularly …

History tends to repeat itself. Plentiful resources always impressed humans as being
inexhaustible. We exploited them without thinking much about ecological consequences …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 João José Roma de Paços Pereira de Castro Laboratório de
Ciências do Mar Departamento de Biologia Universidade de Évora Predação humana no …

2003). Thus, after a brief summary of overfishing, we will discuss what we believe is the
more fundamental issue underlying the problem. The generally invoked causes of global …

The Socotra Archipelago (Republic of Yemen; 12-13 N, 52-55 E) occupies a unique
biogeographical situation at the junction between the north-west extreme of the Indian …