Maintenance of genetic diversity in marine fishes targeted by commercial fishing is a grand
challenge for the future. Most of these species are abundant and therefore important for …

Highlights•Human disturbances are driving the current biodiversity crisis.•Fundamental
biodiversity challenges include biodiversity discovery, loss, and preservation.•The omics …

The Earth's ecosystems are increasingly deprived of large animals. Global simulations
suggest that this downsizing of nature has serious consequences for biosphere functioning …

Local adaptation leads to differences between populations within a species. In many
systems, similar environmental contrasts occur repeatedly, sometimes driving parallel …

Coastal marine ecosystems are highly productive and important for global fisheries. To
mitigate over exploitation and to establish efficient conservation management plans for …

Ghost fishing, the continued catch of fishes and invertebrates by lost fishing gear, represents
an animal welfare issue as well as a waste of both potential food and ecosystem resources …

Stock structure is of paramount importance for sustainable management of exploited
resources. In that context, genetic markers have been used for more than two decades to …

Chromosomal inversions are theorized to play an important role in adaptation by preventing
recombination, but testing this hypothesis requires an understanding of the rate of inversion …

To supplement catch and effort regulations with the purpose to rebuild the cod (Gadus
morhua) stock in Kattegat, Sweden and Denmark established a large (426 km2) year-round …

The Atlantic herring and Atlantic cod are two marine fish species that have successfully
adapted to the brackish Baltic Sea, and the former is able to spawn in near-freshwater …