Attaining an equitable Blue Economy requires reconsidering historical extractive usages of
natural ocean capital in favor of more sustainable activities. Scuba diving is an expanding …

Economic activities in the ocean (that is, the 'blue economy') provide value to society, yet
also jeopardize marine ecosystems. For example, fisheries are an essential source of …

Over the past 4 decades there has been a growing concern for the conservation status of
elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). In 2002, the first elasmobranch species were added to …

Sustainable development in the tourism industry is a significant challenge requiring various
stakeholders' collaborative efforts. The tourism industry must adopt sustainable business …

Indonesian marine resources are among the richest on the planet, sustaining highly diverse
fisheries. These fisheries include the largest shark and ray landings in the world, making …

Sharks embody several major aspects of modern marine management: they are traditionally
antagonized, exploited or by‐caught by humans, typically vulnerable to extirpation, pursued …

Marine tourism is promoted as a substitute economic activity to unsustainable fishing, which
is compatible with conservation. However, benefits of marine tourism do not typically accrue …

Understanding wildlife markets is central to effective conservation: it can help managers and
policy‐makers to predict how interventions might influence supply and demand of wildlife …

Marine protected area (MPA) designs, including large-scale MPAs (LSMPAs;> 150,000 km
2), mobile MPAs (fluid spatiotemporal boundaries), and MPA networks, may offer different …

Shark-diving tourism is an emerging industry in the Azores Islands. However, this industry
directly competes with fishing, as both exploiting the same highly migratory shark species …