Potential environmental impacts of recreational fishing on marine fish stocks and ecosystems

WC Lewin, MS Weltersbach, K Ferter… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is a popular activity that involves millions of people
worldwide. While the impacts of recreational fishing on freshwater ecosystems received …

Ecological impacts and management strategies for recreational diving: A review

VJ Giglio, OJ Luiz, CEL Ferreira - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
Recreational diving is an expanding branch of ecotourism that when poorly managed, may
cause considerable impacts to benthic organisms. Such impacts become a matter of …

[PDF][PDF] Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications

A Waldron, V Adams, J Allan, A Arnell, G Asner… - 2020 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
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Anthony Waldron1; Vanessa Adams2; James Allan3; Andy Arnell4; Greg Asner5; Scott Atkinson6; …

[HTML][HTML] Make a difference: Choose artificial reefs over natural reefs to compensate for the environmental impacts of dive tourism

LB Firth, M Farnworth, KPP Fraser… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the marine environment, natural reef habitats are amongst the most threatened by human
activities. Although reef-based ecotourism can benefit local economies, dive tourism can …

Ecotourism, climate change and reef fish consumption in Palau: Benefits, trade-offs and adaptation strategies

CCC Wabnitz, AM Cisneros-Montemayor, Q Hanich… - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems play a central role in economic and social life in the Republic of Palau, a
Small Island Developing State in the Western Pacific. Marine resources underpin …

Coral damage by recreational diving activities in a Marine Protected Area of India: Unaccountability leading to 'tragedy of the not so commons'

K De, M Nanajkar, S Mote, B Ingole - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Globally, coral reefs have drastically degraded due to local and global environmental
stressors. Concurrently, coral reef tourism is rapidly growing in developing economies …

A review of ecological impacts from recreational SCUBA diving: Current evidence and future practice

D Sumanapala, K Dimmock… - Tourism and Hospitality …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Global demand for SCUBA diving activities in coastal areas continues to grow. Academic
research has acknowledged that SCUBA diving can have ecological impacts. To understand …

Securing sustainable tourism in marine protected areas: Lessons from an assessment of scuba divers' underwater behaviour in non-tropical environments

S Lucrezi, E Ferretti, M Milanese, A Sarà… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Non-tropical marine protected areas (MPAs) are likely to experience growing demand from
scuba diving tourism, given the pressures on their tropical counterparts. The vulnerability of …

[PDF][PDF] Fisheries and tourism: Social, economic, and ecological trade-offs in coral reef systems

L Lachs, J Oñate-Casado - … 9-The Oceans: Our Research, Our …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Coastal communities are exerting increasingly more pressure on coral reef ecosystem
services in the Anthropocene. Balancing trade-offs between local economic demands …

Seascape context matters more than habitat condition for fish assemblages in coastal ecosystems

LA Goodridge Gaines, CJ Henderson, JD Mosman… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems are increasingly degraded, fragmented and lost because of human activities
globally. These impacts cause changes in the distribution of biodiversity and key ecological …