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Voices From the Coast: Stakeholder Participation and Perception on Creating a Marine Protected Area

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores participatory processes in the context of marine conservation, with a specific focus on recent initiatives undertaken by the Apulia region in Italy to establish a new Marine Protected Area (MPA). Employing a qualitative cross‐sectional methodology, the study investigates how local communities perceive and engage with the ...
Giampiero Palazzo, Giuseppe Valenza, Massimo Zuccaro, Simone Pizzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relative abundance and use of elasmobranchs in artisanal fisheries of the Lesser Antilles

Marine and Fishery Sciences
Shark and ray populations continue to decline in many regions around the world. The contribution of artisanal fisheries to these declines remains poorly understood for many locations. A rapid assessment framework using fisheries-independent sampling and
Camila Cáceres, Lauren Ali, Oceane Beaufort, Welldon Mapp, Aljoscha Wothke, Bethan Roberts, Philip Matich, Michael Heithaus   +7 more
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Fisheries Policy in Brazil (2003-2011): the Choice for Production Growth and the Place of Artisanal Fisheries

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2014
This paper examines the Brazilian fisheries policy between 2003 and 2011, aiming at identifying the place of artisanal fisheries. The election of the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores), its popular basis and the announced government program ...
Natália Tavares de Azevedo, Naína Pierri   +1 more
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Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Roger Leonard Burritt, Katherine Leanne Christ   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seychelles artisanal fisheries statistics for 1996

, 1997
(1). During 1996 an estimated total of 4510 tonnes of fish was landed on Mahe, Praslinand La Digue by 327 fishing boats 83.5% of which was landed on Mahe alone. The catch volume has increased by 197 tonnes since 1995, and the number of boats operating has decreased by 10 over the same period. (2).
Azemia, R.T., Boulle, D.P.
openaire   +4 more sources

Food Contamination and Safety in Nigeria: A Systematic Synthesis of Heavy Metals, Microbial Pathogens, and Health Risk Metrics

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
This is an infographic driver of food contaminants and health effects. ABSTRACT Food safety remains a critical challenge in Nigeria due to rapid urbanization and weak regulatory enforcement. This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2015 to 2025 to characterize food contaminant profiles and associated human health risks in Nigeria ...
Cecilia Nwadiuto Obasi, Naomi A. Mogborukor, Baridoo Donatus Dooka, Polycarp Dauda Madaki, Chiara Frazzoli, Mohamed Haddad, Orish Ebere Orisakwe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of governance and access in artisanal marine fisheries in northern Brazil

Ecology and Society
Artisanal fisheries form the basis of the livelihoods of millions of people in the Brazilian Amazon. Few empirical studies have characterized, however, how the governance of marine small-scale artisanal fisheries (SSF) in the Amazon, under the ...
Lol Dahlet, Roberta Sá Leitão Barboza, Ingrid E. van Putten, Aniekan Akpan, Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa, Marion Glaser   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fish resources management in Brazil and overview of artisanal fisheries in Macaé, RJ

Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, 2013
The aim of this review is to highlight the sociocultural and environmental importance of artisanal fisheries for the city of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, providing information about the main artisanal fisheries methods applied by the fishers, a brief ...
Natalia Raposo da Silva, Alexandre Azevedo, Maria Inês Paes Ferreira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Sensitivity Profile and Resistance Gene Research in Escherichia coli Isolated From Water and Fish From Lagoa da Conceição, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
This paper highlights a concerning scenario of environmental contamination by multidrug‐resistant bacteria, underscoring the need for integrated surveillance and control strategies to address antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments within the context of One Health.
Francisco Lucas de Amorim Nascimento, Luan Amaral Alexandre, Cynthia Farias Manassi, Alice Cristina da Silva, Luísa Aimée Schmitt Lobe, Gustavo Rocha, Mateus Rocha Ribas, Victor Wolleck, Gabriele Caroline Gottschalk de Abreu, Alessandra Valéria Vortmann, Sheila Mello da Silveira, Rodrigo Barcellos Hoff, Jussara Kasuko Palmeiro, Silvani Verruck   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source