Current Publications

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• "Comparative Influence of Ocean Conditions on Yellowfin and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Catch from Longlines in the Gulf of Mexico", PLoS ONE. Steven L.H. Teo and Barbara A. Block, 2010.



• "Fisheries observers as enforcement assets: Lessons from the North Pacific", Marine Policy. Read D. Porter, 2010.



• "Are Antarctic minke whales unusually abundant because of 20th century whaling?", Molecular Ecology. Kristen Ruegg, Eric Anderson, C. Scott Baker, Murdoch Vant, Jennifer Jackson and Stephen R. Palumbi, 2010.



• "Ecological indicators display reduced variation in North American catch share fisheries", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Essington, T. 2009.



• "Population Structure of Humpback Whales from Their Breeding Grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans", PLoS One, Howard C. Rosenbaum, Cristina Pomilla, Martin Mendez, Matthew S. Leslie, Peter B. Best, Ken P. Findlay, Gianna Minton, Peter J. Ersts, Timothy Collins, Marcia H. Engel, Sandro L. Bonatto, Deon P.G.H. Kotze, Mike Meyer, Jaco Barendse, Meredith Thornton, Yvette Razafindrakoto, Solange Ngouessono, Michel Vely, and Jeremy Kiszka, 2009.



• "Reassessing the Value of U.S. Coast Guard At-Sea Fishery Enforcement", Ocean Development and International Law, Dennis M. King, Read D. Porter and Elizabeth W. Price, 2009.



• "Fishing effort redistribution in response to area closures", Fisheries Research, Joseph E. Powers and Shane M. Abeare, 2009.



• "Fishing for Feed or Fishing for Food: Increasing Global Competition for Small Pelagic Forage Fish", AMBIO, Albert G. J. Tacon and Marc Metian, 2009.



• "Accounting for indirect effects and non-commensurate values in ecosystem based fishery management (EBFM)", Marine Policy, Kate Richerson, Phillip S. Levin and Marc Mangel, 2009.



• "Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances", Journal of Animal Ecology, Julia K. Baum and Boris Worm, 2009.



• "Historical baselines for large marine animals", Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Heike Lotze and Boris Worm, 2009.



• "Rational noncompliance and the liquidation of Northeast groundfish resources", Marine Policy, Dennis King and Jon Sutinen, 2009.



• "Quantification of U.S. marine fisheries subsidies", North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Renee Sharp and U. Rashid Sumaila, 2009.



• "Should Whales Be Culled to Increase Fishery Yield?", Science, Leah R. Gerber, Lyne Morissette, Kristin Kaschner, and Daniel Pauly, 2009.



• "Baseline Study of Marine Fisheries Catches From Arctic Alaska: 1950-2006", S. Booth, D. Zeller, and D. Pauly, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, November 2008.



• Atlantic Sharks at Risk: An Expert Working Group Report", C. Simpfendorfer, M. Heupel, E. Babcock, J.K. Baum, S.F.J. Dudley, J.D. Stevens, S. Fordham, and A. Soldo, 2008.



• "Loss of large predatory sharks from the Mediterranean Sea", Conservation Biology, Francesco Ferretti, Ransom A. Myers, Fabrizio Serena and Heike K. Lotze, 2008.



• "You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays", Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, N.K. Dulvy, J.K. Baum, S. Clarke, L.J.V. Compagno, E. Cortes, A. Domingo, S. Fordham, S. Fowler, M.P. Francis, C. Gibson, J. Martinez, J.A. Musick, A. Soldo, J.D. Stevens and S. Valenti, 2008.



• "Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines", Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Michael R. Heithaus, Alejandro Frid, Aaron J. Wirsing and Boris Worm, 2008.



• "A global assessment of salmon aquaculture impacts on wild salmonids", PLoS Bio, Jennifer S. Ford and Ransom A. Myers, 2008.



• "Declining wild salmon populations in relation to parasites from farmed salmon", Science, Martin Krkosek, Jennifer S. Ford, Alexandra Morton, Subhash Lele, Ransom A. Myers, and Mark A. Lewis, 2007.



• "Setting Annual Catch Limits for U.S. Fisheries: An Expert Working Group Report", A. Rosenberg, D. Agnew, E. Babcock, A. Cooper, C. Mogensen, R. O'Boyle, J. Powers, G. Stefansson, and J. Swasey, 2007.



• "Review of the Northeast Region Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology", Murdoch K. McAllister, PhD, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, September 2007.



• "The once and future gray whales: DNA evidence for historic population size and past ecosystem impacts", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, S.E. Alter, E. Rynes, and S.R. Palumbi, 2007.



• Strengthing European Fisheries Management: Options for Enforcing the Shark Finning Ban, N.R. Hareide, J. Carlson, M. Clarke, S. Clarke, J. Ellis, S. Fordham, S. Fowler, M. Pinho, C. Raymakers, F. Serena, B. Seret, and S. Polti, 2007.



• "Managing Bull Kelp Forests", Y. Springer, C. Hays, M. Carr and M. Mackey, 2006.



• "Do circle hooks reduce the mortality of sea turtles in pelagic longlines? A review of recent experiments", Biological Conservation, Andrew J. Read, 2007.



• "Saving Endangered Whales at No Cost", Current Biology, R.A. Myers, S.A. Boudreau, R.D. Kenney, M.J. Moore, R.A. Rosenberg, S.A. Sherrill-Mix, and B. Worm, 2007.



• "A Review of Rebuilding Plans for Overfished Stocks in the United States: Identifying Situations of Special Concern", J. Wiedenmann and M. Mangel, 2006.



• "Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas," Science, H. Lotze, H. Lenihan, B. Bourque, R. Bradbury, R. Cooke, M. Kay, S. Kidwell, M. Kirby, C. Peterson & J. Jackson, 2006.



• "Rebuilding U.S. Fisheries: Progress and Problems," Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, A.A. Rosenberg, J.H. Swasey & M. Bowman, 2006.



• "Moving Forward: A Snapshot of U.S. Activities in Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management", Amy Matthews Amos, Turnstone Consulting, June 2005.