Sharks support ecosystems' health, but their populations are facing severe declines
worldwide. Knowledge gaps on shark distribution and the negative human perception of …

Gathering comprehensive marine biodiversity data can be difficult, costly and time
consuming, preventing adequate knowledge of diversity patterns in many areas worldwide …

Animal body-size variation influences multiple processes in marine ecosystems, but habitat
heterogeneity has prevented a comprehensive assessment of size across pelagic …

There is growing evidence of the differential effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on small-
scale fisheries across the world, with predominantly decreased landings during the time of …

Elasmobranchs are among the marine species more threatened by overfishing. Their
conservation is often impaired by the lack of knowledge of species' life history traits. We filled …

Bycatch of non-target species is a pressing problem for ocean management. It is one of the
most concerning issues related to human-wildlife interactions and it affects numerous …

Fish movements are fundamental to their ecology and survival. Understanding the causes
and consequences of the spatial behaviour of fish is of high relevance as it provides critical …

Discarding is major issue globally in terms of conservation, fisheries management and
economics. To date, studies on fisheries discards have been primarily focused on large …

Patterns of Chondrichthyes species richness (CSR) are widely recognized as being
influenced by environmental conditions. However, untangling the intricate interplay between …

Abstract Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is a small island developing state in the Gulf of
Guinea (West Africa) and is considered a global hotspot of marine biodiversity. Still, detailed …