Sea cucumbers are important resources for coastal livelihoods and ecosystems. At least 60 species are fished from more than 40 countries and most of the harvests are processed then exported to Asian markets. Sea cucumbers generally appear to have slow rates of population turnover and are easily harvested in shallow waters in the tropics. With retail prices of up to USD300–500 per kg (dried), ex...

(continued on page 2) Introduction The unmistakable trend toward ecosystem approaches to fisheries management is documented in a wide range of official declarations, national and international guidelines, and national-level legislation. The central motivation for this movement is the view that a more holistic ecological perspective on fisheries can lead to more robust management strategies. Eco...

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Dept. Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Berlin, Germany 2 European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), AGRIFISH Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Dept. of Inland Fisheries, Silkeborg, Denmark Radboud University Nijmegen, In...

Emma L. Orlova, Andrey V. Dolgov*, Paul E. Renaud, Michael Greenacre, Claudia Halsband and Victor A. Ivshin 1 Laboratory of Trophology, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Murmansk, Russia 2 Akvaplan-niva, Fram Centre for Climate and Environment, Tromsø, Norway 3 Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway 4 Barcelona Graduate Sch...

1 Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China 2 Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, China 3 Division of Fish Pathology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China 4 Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, Hubei, Chin...

1 Dept. of Meat Science, Faculty of Food Science and Fisheries, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland 2 Center of Bioimmobilization and Innovative Packaging Materials, Faculty of Food Science and Fisheries, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland 3 Division of Sciences of Commoditives and Food Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Fisheries, West Pomerania...

1 Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 100 Eighth Avenue SE St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 2 Population Biology Branch Fisheries and Ecosystems Monitoring Division Northeast Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 166 Water Street Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 3 Florida Sea Grant University of Florida Institute of Food ...

Worm et al. (Research Articles, 3 November 2006, p. 787) reported an increasing proportion of fisheries in a "collapsed" state. We show that this may be an artifact of their definition of collapse as a fixed percentage of the maximum and that an increase in the number of managed fisheries could produce similar patterns as an increase in fisheries with catches below 10% of the maximum.

Negar Taleschian Tabrizi, Barmak Yaaghoubian, Fariba Pashazadeh, Sakineh Hajebrahimi. Students’ Research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Urology, Iran...

Previous studies highlight the winners and losers in fisheries under climate change based on shifts in biomass, species composition and potential catches. Understanding how climate change is likely to alter the fisheries revenues of maritime countries is a crucial next step towards the development of effective socio-economic policy and food sustainability strategies to mitigate and adapt to cli...