Of the four major eastern boundary currents, the Humboldt Current (HC) stands out because
it is extremely productive, dominated by anchovy dynamics and subject to frequent direct …

The need to accurately quantify fishing effort has increased in recent years as fisheries have
expanded around the world and many fish stocks and non‐target species are threatened …

Illegal and unreported fishing contributes to overexploitation of fish stocks and is a
hindrance to the recovery of fish populations and ecosystems. This study is the first to …

Abstract The Peru‐Humboldt Current system (HCS) supports the world's largest pelagic
fisheries. Among the world's eastern boundary current systems, it is the most exposed to …

A comprehensive, empirical portrait is given of the North Atlantic. The authors use traditional
catch data and scientific techniques to provide an overall picture of an ocean whose food …

To evaluate the impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems, the total extraction of fish must be
known. Putting a figure on total extraction entails the difficult task of estimating, in addition to …

This chapter is based on the Ramón Margalef Prize awards Ceremony, Oct. 6, 2008; re-
edited and updated from a 2009 article of the same title in Scientia Marina 73 (2) 215–223 …

Following pro-market policies, the Peruvian state has aimed to regulate profitable fisheries
and aquaculture activities in order to increase their production. However, informal and illegal …

In marine ecosystems top predator populations are shaped by environmental factors
affecting their prey abundance. Coupling top predators' population studies with independent …

Paleontological and historical stock abundance estimates indicate that pelagic fish
populations inhabiting upwelling ecosystems undergo large interdecadal variations in …