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Addressing the Biodiversity Paradox: Mismatch between the Co-occurrence of biological diversity and the human, financial and institutional resources to address its decline

Rodríguez, J. P., Sucre, B., Mileham, K., Sánchez-Mercado, A., De Andrade, N.,..., Vincent, A.C.J. & Y. Xie

Rodríguez, J. P., Sucre, B., Mileham, K., Sánchez-Mercado, A., De Andrade, N., Bezeng, S. B., … Vincent, A. & Xie, Y. (2022). Addressing the Biodiversity Paradox: Mismatch between the Co-occurrence of biological diversity and the human, financial and institutional resources to address its decline. Diversity, 14(9), 708. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090708… Read more

Global extinction risk for seahorses, pipefishes and their near relatives (Syngnathiformes)

Pollom, R.A., Ralph, G.M., Pollock, C.M. & A.C.J. Vincent

Few marine taxa have been comprehensively assessed for their conservation status, despite heavy pressures from fishing, habitat degradation and climate change. Here we report on the first global assessment of extinction risk for 300 species of syngnathiform fishes known as of 2017, using the IUCN Red List criteria. This order of bony teleosts is dominated …

State of seahorse fisheries in India, nearly two decades after they were banned

Vaidyanathan, T. & A.C.J. Vincent

Implementing a ban on fishing specific taxa is difficult enough without the added complexity of the taxa being primarily obtained as incidental catch. Most measures for restricting capture and trade to sustainable levels are directed towards targeted species, while overlooking the needs of incidentally caught species. Our study investigates the exploitation and conservation of seahorses …

Holding governments accountable for their commitments: CITES Review of Significant Trade for a very high-volume taxon

Foster, S.J. & A.C.J. Vincent

Highlights CITES Review of Significant Trade (RST) is not improving implementation as intended. Our seahorse work shows that CITES needs to make five improvements to RST: Move beyond requesting outputs (e.g. reports) to recommend meaningful action. Scrutinize and track export suspensions declared during the process. Formally involve species experts, and fund such experts. Abstract Actions …

Measuring the long-term success of small-scale marine protected areas in a Philippine reef fishery

Bayley, D.T., Purvis, A., Nellas, A.C., Arias, M. & H.J. Koldewey

Tropical coral reefs are subject to multiple pressures from both natural and anthropogenic sources. These pressures have caused widespread declines in reef health, resulting in the increased use of spatial management tools such as marine protected areas (MPAs). MPAs have proven generally effective if well designed and enforced, but there are limited long-term studies investigating …

China’s policies on bottom trawl fisheries over seven decades (1949–2018)

Zhang, X. & A.C.J. Vincent

To pursue sustainable fisheries, the world needs to constrain bottom trawling (BT) through effective management. Such change is particularly urgent for China, which operates one of the largest bottom-trawl fisheries (BTF) both in and beyond its waters. We provide the first comprehensive review of China’s approach to BTF over seven decades (1949–2018) based on bibliometric …

Catch and trade bans for seahorses can be negated by non‐selective fisheries

Vaidyanathan, T., Zhang, X., Balakrishnanm, R. & A.C.J Vincent

All seahorse species (genus Hippocampus) are listed under Schedule I of India’s Wild Life Protection Act, making all capture and trade of seahorses illegal. In the more than 15 years since the ban, little work has been done to assess its effects on seahorse conservation. Between 2015 and 2017, fisheries and trade surveys were conducted …