Recent strategies to sustain fish stocks have suggested a move towards an ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) approach. While EBFM considers the effect of fishing at the ecosystem level, it generally struggles with climate-driven environmental variability. In this study we show that the position of a fish stock within its distributional range or thermal niche (we use Icelandic and North...

This paper investigates the distribution of Mediterranean fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) between 1990-99 in recently-established Pelagos Sanctuary for Conservation Marine Mammals. During study period, 870 days were spent at sea, surveying a total 73,046km, totalling 540 sightings whales. Mean yearly whale encounter rates showed no significant differences first five years, but then steadily ...

Chromophoric (or colored) dissolved organic matter (CDOM) has been identified as a major determinant of the optical properties of oligotrophic oceans. The factors controlling distribution of CDOM far from the direct influence of land are not well known, as CDOM abundance and distribution does not directly correlate with phytoplankton productivity or biomass, or with dissolved organic matter (DO...