Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays

N Pacoureau, JK Carlson… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Overfishing is the most significant threat facing sharks and rays. Given the growth in
consumption of seafood, combined with the compounding effects of habitat loss, climate …

Overview of small-scale fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and prospects

M de Oliveira Leis, MJ Barragán-Paladines… - … and sustainability of …, 2019 - Springer
The importance of small-scale fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean has been widely
recognized in terms of income, livelihoods, and food security for more than two million …

Social indicators of vulnerability for fishing communities in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: implications for climate change

HN Morzaria-Luna, P Turk-Boyer, M Moreno-Baez - Marine policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Marine fisheries support the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. These fisheries and
the communities that depend on them are highly vulnerable to climate change and other …

La pesca en México: estado de la explotación y uso de los ecosistemas

F Arreguín-Sánchez, E Arcos-Huitrón - Hidrobiológica, 2011 - scielo.org.mx
A partir de información de las estadísticas oficiales de capturas comerciales de la pesca en
México para el periodo de 1956 al 2009, se realizó un análisis de la situación actual de la …

Advances in the study of Mexican fisheries with the social-ecological system (SES) perspective and its inclusion in fishery management policy

A del Carmen Peña-Puch, JC Pérez-Jiménez… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study describes the progress of the use of the SES perspective and/or the consideration
of users' participation in the scientific literature that study Mexican fisheries, and their …

Extinction risk, reconstructed catches and management of chondrichthyan fishes in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean

BS Talwar, B Anderson, CG Avalos‐Castillo… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chondrichthyan fishes are among the most threatened vertebrates on the planet because
many species have slow life histories that are outpaced by intense fishing. The Western …

The small-scale shark fisheries in the southern Gulf of Mexico: Understanding their heterogeneity to improve their management

JC Pérez-Jiménez, I Mendez-Loeza - Fisheries Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Fisheries targeting sharks in the southern Gulf of Mexico are generally restricted to a few
months or fish in several months but participate in other fisheries. Sharks are also part of the …

Historical reconstruction of Gulf of California shark fishery landings and species composition, 1939–2014, in a data-poor fishery context

LE Saldaña-Ruiz, O Sosa-Nishizaki, D Cartamil - Fisheries Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is one of the most historically important regions in
Mexico for shark fisheries. However, detailed historical shark landings are not available …

Fishing operations and adaptive strategies of small‐scale fishers: insights for fisheries management in data‐poor situations

A Saldaña, S Salas, AM Arce‐Ibarra… - Fisheries …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐scale fisheries' management is complex given its multigear, multispecies nature;
despite this, fishing effort has usually been controlled by nominal units, ignoring changes in …

Between uncertainty and hope: Young leaders as agents of change in sustainable small-scale fisheries

A Espinoza-Tenorio, RG Ehuan-Noh… - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
The path to sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF) is based on multiple learning processes
that must transcend generational changes. To understand young leaders from communities …