This paper reports the results of a 15-year trawl ban imposed in 1990 Gulf Castellammare (GCAST: NW Sicily, central Mediterranean Sea) and its effects on biomass size structure demersal finfish shellfish proportion different commercial categories fish. Data were collected by experimental surveys conducted GCAST two trawled areas before after 1990. The total assemblage number selected species wa...

The influence of environmental variables (oceanographic and climatic) on the catch rates striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) by artisanal fishery was investigated using different time series models (Dynamic Factorial Analyses; Min-Max Analyses Generalized Least Square models). Climatic oceanographic survey data were collected at areas Portuguese coast (Northwestern, Southwestern South-Algarv...

Abstract Despite Amazonia possessing the highest freshwater biodiversity on Earth, urban landing data show how huge fishing pressure is placed only a dozen species. However, truly characterising fishery and understanding drivers of species selectivity challenging, given neglect artisanal activity, who may catch most Amazon’s fish. We register 824 trips by interviewing fishers in their rural riv...

Small-scale fisheries are important to livelihoods and subsistence seafood consumption of millions of fishers. Sea cucumbers are fished worldwide for export to Asia, yet few studies have assessed factors affecting socioeconomics and wellbeing among fishers. We interviewed 476 men and women sea cucumber fishers at multiple villages within multiple locations in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and New Caled...

2 ABSTRACT The Galápagos Islands are one of Earth's last biodiversity edens. As such, the conservation of their terrestrial and marine wildlife, including the sustainable management of local fisheries, is of paramount importance. Although the commercial exploitation of marine resources in the Galápagos did not begin until the 1930s, issues of overexploitation and mismanagement are already of se...

We review knowledge on the Magdalena River in Colombia and its fish to identify those drivers that influence artisanal fisheries production. eight direct (four natural four anthropogenic) at least indirect drivers. Those modify conditions fluvial network promote movements, reproduction, their larvae survivor. Landscape, rains, floods, connectivity of net as land cover change, water pollution, h...

Small-scale and artisanal fisheries for sharks exist in most inshore, tropical regions of the world. Although often important in terms of food security, their low value and inherent complexity provides an imposing hurdle to sustainable management. An observer survey of a small-scale commercial gill-net fishery operating within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area revealed at least 38 spec...