OBJECTIVES To assess the physical strains of employees in the German offshore wind industry, according to job type and phase of the wind farm (under construction or operation). DESIGN Web-based cross-sectional survey. SETTING Offshore wind farm companies operating within the German exclusive economic zone. PARTICIPANTS Male workers with regular offshore commitments and at least 28 days sp...

The South Equatorial Counter Current (SECC) strongly influences the American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and changes strength on a seasonal and ENSO cycle. A strong SECC is associated with a predominantly anticyclonic eddy field as well as increased micronekton biomass and catchper-unit-effort (CPUE) for albacore tuna, the economically important target species of the local longline fish...

An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Naked Exclusion, Refusal to Deal, and Exclusive Contracts Robert Kulick1 We introduce a model of anticompetitive exclusive dealing that provides a unified treatment of two of the major categories of potentially anticompetitive single-firm conduct recognized by the FTC: refusal to deal and exclusive purchase agreements. The exclusionary mechanism succeeds by turning th...

China’s expansion in the South China Sea is not only important for today’s political climate, but also crucial international relations arena. has been able to claim nearly eighty percent of Sea, affecting one third global maritime trade routes that occur Sea. Additionally, building up shoals and islets expand Exclusive Economic Zone beyond its natural coastal shores militarizing them, add desta...

The Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) is one of the most commercially crucial epipelagic scombrid where it caught in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off South China Sea (SCS). High demand for fisheries resources a challenge fishers to achieve optimal fish landing targets. By using R. kanagurta catch data, and high resolution satellite data chl-a SST (MODIS-Aqua) SSH (AVISO) from 2018 toget...

Abstract The deep-sea anglerfishes of the suborder Ceratioidei (Lophiiformes) are represented by about 170 valid species with some most extraordinary morphological and reproductive adaptations among vertebrates, including extreme sexual dimorphism male parasitism. Here we report on diversity distribution rare ceratioids collected during ABRACOS (Acoustics along BRAzilian COaSt) expeditions off ...