The term ‘coastal fisheries’ designates a form of fishing which is under heavy pressure due to competition by large-scale high sea fishing. Setting up markets for seafood from coastal fisheries might offer possibilities product differentiation when appreciated consumers. aim this research analyse the potential marketing investigating consumers’ perception and their attitudes towards label fishe...

No-take Marine Protected Areas (Nt-MPAs) constitute an indispensable tool for biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, there are other instruments such as marine coastal co-management policy frameworks which may be also considered as tools for conservation or as ancillary conservation instruments. Using focus groups, semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires we analysed small-scale a...

Increasing fishing pressure has negatively impacted elasmobranch populations globally. Despite high levels of historical and current pressure, the Bay Bengal region remains data-poor. Focusing on Bangladesh, we conducted a socio-ecological study to characterize fisheries evaluate their impact threatened species. The results demonstrate that several globally species are frequently captured, some...