Sea cucumber aquaculture has flourished as a result of increasing demand coupled with
declining wild fisheries and has been facilitated by technical progress in the production and …

Tropical sea cucumber mariculture has potential to become a profitable industry and
contribute towards natural population replenishment. Here, we synthesise the fields of …

Sea cucumbers are harvested and traded in more than 90 countries worldwide. They are
exploited in industrial and small-scale fisheries, nearly from pole to pole, especially in the …

Worldwide, most sea cucumber fisheries are ineffectively managed, leading to declining
stocks and potentially eroding the resilience of fisheries. We analyse trends in catches …

In recent decades, invertebrate fisheries have expanded in catch and value worldwide. One
increasingly harvested group is sea cucumbers (class Holothuroidea), which are highly …

Market preferences of natural resources contribute to shape their exploitation and
production. Beche-de-mer, the product after gutting, cooking, salting and drying sea …

Market prices of seafood underpin harvest and management strategies for fisheries and
aquaculture. Beche-de-mer (processed, dried sea cucumbers) are highly valued in Asian …

Community-based management and co-management are mainstream approaches to
marine conservation and sustainable resource management. In the tropical Pacific, these …

The fishing industry benefits the people and economies of the Pacific in various ways but the
full value of these benefits is not reflected in the region's statistics. Records may be …

Extinction risk has been linked to biological and anthropogenic variables. Prediction of
extinction risk in valuable fauna may not follow mainstream drivers when species are …