Marine biodiversity worldwide is under increasing threat, primarily as a result of over-
harvesting, pollution and climate change. Chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays and …

The direct impacts of fishing on chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and chimeras) are well
established. Here we review a largely unreported, often misinterpreted and poorly …

Kelp forests define> 8000km of temperate coastline across southern Australia, where~ 70%
of Australians live, work and recreate. Despite this, public and political awareness of the …

Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is a high‐participation activity with large economic value
and social benefits globally, and it impacts on some fish stocks. Although reporting MRF …

Previous reconstructions of marine fishing fleets have aggregated data without regard to the
artisanal and industrial sectors. Engine power has often been estimated from subsets of the …

Abstract On average, 10.52% of the total population was found to fish for recreation across
the industrialised world (N= 27 countries), amounting to an estimated 118 million (95 …

Recreational fishing is a popular activity in aquatic ecosystems around the globe using a
variety of gears including rod and line and to a lesser extent handlines, spears, bow and …

Marine ecosystems are suffering severe depletion of apex predators worldwide [1–4]; shark
declines are principally due to conservative life-histories and fisheries overexploitation [5–8] …

Participation in ecosystem-based marine recreational activities (MRAs) has increased
around the world, adding a new dimension to human use of the marine ecosystem and …

Outbreaks of corallivorous Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS, Acanthaster spp.) have caused
persistent and widespread loss of coral cover across Indo-Pacific coral reefs. The potential …