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Fishing activities within Spanish marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106686

María D. Castro-Cadenas , Martín Barreiros , Maria Bas , Miquel Ortega , Joachim Claudet , Marta Coll , Valerio Sbragaglia

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Fisher awareness is crucial for compliance with regulatory frameworks concerning endangered marine species

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106688

Márcio L.V. Barbosa-Filho , Gabriel Barros Gonçalves de Souza , Sérgio de Faria Lopes , Salvatore Siciliano , Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis , José da Silva Mourão

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Blue Nature-Based Solutions in marine and coastal EU policies: Challenges, recommendations and policy opportunities throughout the policy cycle

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106687

Frehen Lise , Ferraro Gianluca , Failler Pierre

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Out of habitat marine mammals – Identification, causes, and management recommendations

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106652

Laetitia Nunny , Mike Bossley , Rebecca M. Boys , Philippa Brakes , Tilen Genov , E.C.M. Parsons , Katharina J. Peters , Naomi A. Rose , Claire A. Simeone , Karen A. Stockin , Courtney S. Vail , Krista van der Linde , Ingrid N. Visser , Mark P. Simmonds

{"title":"Out of habitat marine mammals – Identification, causes, and management recommendations","authors":"Laetitia Nunny , Mike Bossley , Rebecca M. Boys , Philippa Brakes , Tilen Genov , E.C.M. Parsons , Katharina J. Peters , Naomi A. Rose , Claire A. Simeone , Karen A. Stockin , Courtney S. Vail , Krista van der Linde , Ingrid N. Visser , Mark P. Simmonds","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106652","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106652","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An out of habitat (OOH) marine mammal is an individual found outside of their natural range, e.g., an Atlantic walrus (<em>Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus</em>) along the coastline of mainland Europe, or an individual within their natural range in habitat that is not optimal for their health or survival due to a lack of suitable conditions and/or because of potential conflict with humans. As the number of OOH marine mammals appears to be increasing, and following on from two international workshops, here we define what constitutes an OOH marine mammal and provide a detailed assessment of potential drivers. Climate change, habitat loss and/or degradation, disturbance, changes in prey distribution, and morbidity may all be reasons for a marine mammal being OOH. Appropriate management of OOH marine mammals is considered. This may simply involve monitoring to better understand the situation, to protect the welfare of the animal(s) and to ensure that members of the public are kept safe. However, on occasion, further intervention may be required, such as providing safe areas for the OOH marine mammal(s), encouraging the animal(s) to move, capture and translocation, or euthanasia. Regardless of the action taken, educating and communicating with the public are key elements of OOH marine mammal management. Lessons can be learned from human-wildlife conflict and rewilding scenarios. The potential for OOH marine mammals to be pioneers seeking new habitat, contributing to species resilience in the face of rapidly changing environments, and how to include them in conservation legislation and management planning are considered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 106652"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143682462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Untangling the net: Redefining fisheries management with fully documented fisheries

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106684

Sissel Kolls Bertelsen , Jordan P. Feekings , Marie Storr-Paulsen

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Plague or cholera? Stakeholder perspectives on Norwegian salmon farming regulations

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106685

Juliana Figueira Haugen, Jon Olaf Olaussen

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Deciphering global marine product trade dynamics: Patterns, drivers, and policy insights

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106681

Yu Sun , Feng Lian , Zhongzhen Yang

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Leveraging EO 14801 to grow the U.S. seaweed industry

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106683

Martha Berman

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A practical framework to evaluate the feasibility of incentive-based approaches to reduce bycatch of marine mammals and other protected species

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106661

Manuel Bellanger , Benjamin Dudouet , Sophie Gourguet , Olivier Thébaud , Lisa T. Ballance , Nicolas Becu , Kathryn D. Bisack , Annie Cudennec , Fabienne Daurès , Sigrid Lehuta , Rebecca Lent , C. Tara Marshall , David Reid , Vincent Ridoux , Dale Squires , Clara Ulrich

{"title":"A practical framework to evaluate the feasibility of incentive-based approaches to reduce bycatch of marine mammals and other protected species","authors":"Manuel Bellanger , Benjamin Dudouet , Sophie Gourguet , Olivier Thébaud , Lisa T. Ballance , Nicolas Becu , Kathryn D. Bisack , Annie Cudennec , Fabienne Daurès , Sigrid Lehuta , Rebecca Lent , C. Tara Marshall , David Reid , Vincent Ridoux , Dale Squires , Clara Ulrich","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106661","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106661","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fisheries bycatch is one of the biggest threats to marine mammal populations and an important conservation and management problem worldwide. Conventional marine mammal bycatch mitigation approaches typically rely on top-down, command-and-control regulations that often fail to create desired incentives for fishers to avoid bycatch. There is growing recognition of the need to explore alternative approaches that encourage behavioral change through the creation of an appropriate set of incentives – both economic and social – towards bycatch reduction. This study introduces a practical framework that aims to evaluate a range of dimensions related to the feasibility and durability of incentive-based approaches to mitigate marine mammal bycatch. We use this framework to examine seven case studies where incentive-based measures have been implemented or proposed, demonstrating both its applicability in a variety of contexts and usefulness in <em>ex-ante</em> assessment of alternative bycatch mitigation options. Our analysis underscores important operational aspects to consider in implementing such approaches, including the need for fine-scale data collection, the importance of a credible threat such as a fishery closure or loss of market access, the involvement of fishers in solution development, and the pivotal role of collective organizations in addressing marine mammal bycatch issues which almost always are complex and multi-faceted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 106661"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143601454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Navigating the dual currents: Advanced insights into carbon emissions and economic growth in China's coastal marine fisheries

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106671

Yixiao Wang , Sufyan Ullah Khan , Dequan Kong , Ruijing Xu , Yao Zhang

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