The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

K Grorud-Colvert, J Sullivan-Stack, C Roberts… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

The influence of seafloor terrain on fish and fisheries: a global synthesis

HP Borland, BL Gilby, CJ Henderson… - Fish and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The structure of seafloor terrain affects the distribution and diversity of animals in all
seascapes. Effects of terrain on fish assemblages have been reported from most …

The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States

NA Farmer, LP Garrison, C Horn, M Miller, T Gowan… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In 2018, the giant manta ray was listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species
Act. We integrated decades of sightings and survey effort data from multiple sources in a …

Should we protect extirpated fish spawning aggregation sites?

I Chollett, M Priest, S Fulton, WD Heyman - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Some locations have extraordinary ecological and conservation significance and
subsequently need protection to guarantee the persistence of species that depend on them …

Cooperative monitoring, assessment, and management of fish spawning aggregations and associated fisheries in the US Gulf of Mexico

WD Heyman, A Grüss, CR Biggs, S Kobara, NA Farmer… - Marine Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Many species of inshore, coastal, and reef fishes in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) aggregate
to spawn at specific sites and times. These fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) can be highly …

Source–sink recruitment of red snapper: Connectivity between the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean

M Karnauskas, KW Shertzer, CB Paris… - Fisheries …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Geopolitical fishery management boundaries are often misaligned with the ecological
population structure of marine species, which presents challenges for assessment and …

Effects of marine climate variability on the relative abundance of Lutjanus purpureus (POEY, 1866) on the Amazon Continental Shelf

DG Trindade, N de Almeida de Gouveia… - Fisheries …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of climate and marine variability on the
catches of Lutjanus purpureus in three sectors of the Amazon Continental Shelf. Remote …

The importance of spawning behavior in understanding the vulnerability of exploited marine fishes in the US Gulf of Mexico

CR Biggs, WD Heyman, NA Farmer, S Kobara… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The vulnerability of a fish stock to becoming overfished is dependent upon biological traits
that influence productivity and external factors that determine susceptibility or exposure to …

Estimating abundance of fish associated with structured habitats by combining acoustics and optics

B Scoulding, S Gastauer, JC Taylor… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity and abundance of fish inhabiting complex reef habitats poses some
challenges to surveys based on optical techniques, especially for schooling fish which are …

New Insight Into the Reproductive Biology and Catch of Juveniles of the Lutjanus purpureus in a Portion of the Great Amazon Reef System Off the Northern Brazilian …

JL Freire, GC Sarmento, Í Lutz, B Bentes… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Southern red snapper, Lutjanus purpureus, is a valuable economic resource, especially
in international market. However, no recent data are available on the reproductive biology of …