The recent decline in the Mediterranean population of short‐beaked common dolphins
Delphinus delphis has been the subject of scientific controversy and political indifference …

Relatively little is known about the biology and ecology of the world's largest (heaviest) bony
fish, the ocean sunfish Mola mola, despite its worldwide occurrence in temperate and …

Since the 1970s the role of fishery bycatch as a factor reducing, or limiting the recovery of,
marine mammal populations has been increasingly recognized. The proceedings of a 1990 …

By-catch is one of the most significant issues affecting fisheries management today.
Incidental mortality of species which are long-lived and have low reproductive rates is a …

Evidence for severe declines in large predatory fishes is increasing around the world.
Because of its long history of intense fishing, the Mediterranean Sea offers a unique …

G reetings. This publication represents over three years of work by dozens of people around
the world, many of whom-like you-are MPA managers or practitioners of marine …

Sea turtle by‐catch data in the Mediterranean were reviewed and analysed with fishing
effort. The results indicate over 132 000 captures per year, with probably over 44 000 …

In February 2002, France, Italy and Monaco agreed to establish an international sanctuary
for Mediterranean marine mammals. The resulting Pelagos Sanctuary encompasses over …

Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea are probably as old
as the first human attempts to catch fish with a net. Countless leports and artefacts from the …

We detail the first direct, at sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian
artisanal drift gillnet and longline fisheries. A total of 253 small cetaceans were captured …