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Echinoderms piggybacking on sea cucumbers: Benign effects on sediment turnover and movement of hosts
Type: Journal Article
Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) are known to host ectocommensal animals but echinoderm epibionts have never been reported nor their effects on hosts appraised quantitatively. At one location in New Caledonia, we found a high ...
Geography limits island small-scale fishery production
Type: Journal Article
Interacting social and ecological processes shape productivity and sustainability of island small-scale fisheries (SSF). Understanding limits to productivity through historical catches help frame future expectations and ...
Distribution of economic returns in small-scale fisheries for international markets: A value-chain analysis
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fishers are often believed to receive marginal earnings for seafood relative to other value- chain actors but proportionate incomes across different traded species are rarely compared. This study compares value ...
Rotational harvesting is a risky strategy for vulnerable marine animals
Type: Journal Article
Sea cucumber fisheries exemplify resource systems under intense exploitation pressure from lucrative Asian markets. Plagányi et al. (1) model the performance of rotational harvests of sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier ...
Lessons for resource conservation from two contrasting small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fisheries present challenges to management due to fishers' dependency on resources and the adaptability of management systems. The authors compared social-ecological processes in the sea cucumber fisheries of ...
Rotational zoning systems in multi-species sea cucumber fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Rotational zoning systems (RZSs) have been applied as a spatial management tool for fisheries in developed countries. Fishing grounds are divided into numerous plots and assigned a cyclical periodicity for harvest. This ...
Governance structures and sustainability in Indian Ocean sea cucumber fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Good governance is paramount to the sustainability of fisheries, and inclusiveness of stakeholder groups has become the centerpiece in the ethos of managing small-scale fisheries. Understanding the effect of governance ...
Chinese market responses to overexploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers
Type: Journal Article
Global exploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers to meet consumer demand in China is motivating a rising conservation concern. In order to analyze trends in resource exploitation and market dynamics, this paper reviews ...