Aquaculture of groupers is carried out in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world,
but most production is from Asia, with three countries responsible for an estimated 92% of …

Marine megafauna has always elicited contrasting feelings. In the past, large marine
animals were often depicted as fantastic mythological creatures and dangerous monsters …

The freshwater and marine fish faunas of South America are the most diverse on Earth, with
current species richness estimates standing above 9100 species. In addition, over the last …

COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL specimens for scientific studies came under scrutiny when BA
Minteer et al.[“Avoiding (re) extinction,” Perspectives, 18 April, p. 260] suggested that this …

Marine ecosystem management has traditionally been divided between fisheries
management and biodiversity conservation approaches, and the merging of these disparate …

Well-managed and enforced no-take marine reserves generate important larval subsidies to
neighboring habitats and thereby contribute to the long-term sustainability of fisheries …

Sawfish are arguably the world's most imperilled marine fishes. All five species are classified
as highly threatened with extinction: three are Critically Endangered (smalltooth sawfish …

Larval dispersal is a critically important yet enigmatic process in marine ecology, evolution,
and conservation. Determining the distance and direction that tiny larvae travel in the open …

Small-scale capture fisheries have a very important place globally, but unfortunately are still
mostly unregulated. Typically, they are defined based on capture fisheries characteristics …

Extinction risk has been linked to biological and anthropogenic variables. Prediction of
extinction risk in valuable fauna may not follow mainstream drivers when species are …