Observers of the Polynesian Shark Observatory (ORP), a citizen science network organized
mainly through the Polynesian dive centers, collected an unprecedented amount of data …

Social‐ecological systems like fisheries provide food, livelihoods and recreation. However,
lack of data and its integration into governance hinders their conservation and management …

Kelp forests have deteriorated globally due to anthropogenic stressors. There is an urgent
need to extend baselines, to understand the processes that underlie the persistence and …

Marine fisheries around the globe are increasingly exposed to external drivers of social and
ecological change. Though diversification and flexibility have historically helped marine …

Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) are regions where wind-driven coastal
upwelling brings deep cold, nutrient-rich water to the surface and may be characterized by a …

Fisheries are often conceptualized through a biophysical lens resulting in management
approaches that fail to account for stakeholder conflicts and sociopolitical inequities. Using a …

Deriving robust historical population trends for long-lived species subject to human
exploitation is challenging in scenarios where long-term scientific data are scarce or …

Despite the global proliferation of ocean governance frameworks that feature socioeconomic
variables, the inclusion of community needs and local ecological knowledge remains …

In the context of marine species declines in data‐limited regions, local ecological knowledge
(LEK) is a valuable source of information on species ecology and historical trends. LEK can …

The Peruvian sea represents one of the most productive ocean ecosystems and possesses
one of the largest elasmobranch fisheries in the Pacific Ocean. Ecosystem‐based …