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No escape from microplastics: Contamination of reef manta ray feeding areas in a remote, protected archipelago

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We found microplastic contamination of the upper water column around the Chagos Archipelago, a remote, protected archipelago in the central Indian Ocean. Key aggregation areas for reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) were contaminated, putting them at risk of microplastic ingestion.
J. Savage, J. L. Harris, H. J. Koldewey, T. B. Letessier, M. Rowcliffe, D. Morritt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Length matters: Effects of fishing gear and fishing behavior on the catch efficiency of demersal seines. [PDF]

Heliyon
Noack T, Berg F, Kindt-Larsen L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Participatory approaches to improving recreational fisheries management in a remote island system

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Marine recreational fisheries management is often impacted by data deficiencies and conflicting stakeholder views. Using participatory approaches can help to increase fisher engagement and identify trade‐offs to boost future management. Social science tools, including scenario‐based approaches, were used to explore recreational fisheries on a remote ...
Claire Collins, Anna Patel, Mario Cudiamat, Ana Nuno, Ronan Roche, Brett Taylor, David J. Curnick   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fishing gear prototype

Fishing gear ...
openaire   +1 more source

Monitoring small‐scale fisheries through participatory, app‐based surveys in the tropical archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Small Island Developing States have limited capacity to monitor Small Scale Fisheries, despite their high dependence on marine resources. Participatory monitoring of Small Scale Fisheries can fill data gaps while integrating resource users into fisheries management.
Guillermo Porriños, Philip D. Doherty, Ana Nuno, Manuel da Graça, Edson dos Santos, Sinaida Espírito Santo, Katy Walker, Albertino Santos, Márcio Guedes, Lodney Nazaré, Tiago Capela Lourenço, Luisa Madruga, Litoney Matos, Berry Mulligan, Mafalda Navas, Rita F. Ramos, Nina da Rocha, Kristian Metcalfe   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does nature shape risk preferences? Evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania

Economic Inquiry, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 568-590, April 2025.
Abstract Does exposure to a more risky environment affect risk preferences? Going beyond single‐case study evidence, we report results from five surveys conducted in three countries and link this with administrative data to study whether a link between exposure and preferences is detectable and widespread. We find no evidence for endogenous preferences
Florian Diekert, Robbert‐Jan Schaap
wiley   +1 more source

Ingestion of fishing gear and Anisakis sp. infection in a beached Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Jeju Island, Republic of Korea: findings from post-mortem computed tomography and necropsy. [PDF]

BMC Vet Res
Lee SB, Yuen AHL, Kim S, Jung WJ, Kim DG, Kim SW, Lee YM, Park D, Cho HS, Poon CTC, Kim SG, Giri SS, Jo SJ, Park JH, Hwang MH, Park EJ, Seo JP, Choe S, Baeck GW, Kim BY, Park SC.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Five‐Year Evaluation of Students' Profiles and Professional Perspectives in an Innovative Dental Education Modality: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study explored the effects of a novel dental education modality (evening enrolment) on the graduating dental students' profiles within a public university setting, encompassing both their curricular experiences and professional perspectives.
Fernando Valentim Bitencourt, Thaís Ostroski Olsson, Juliana Maciel de Souza Lamers, Irene Dige, Ramona Fernanda Ceriotti Toassi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Europe and Generational Replacement in Fishing: Analysis of the Scarcity of Studies and Proposals for Future Lines of Research

Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fishing sector is facing a major crisis, usually addressed from an economic and/or environmental perspective. However, at least in developed countries, the ageing of fishers and the lack of generational replacement is one of the main challenges to its survival. Although the sector has been calling for this problem to be addressed, there is
Andrea Márquez‐Escamilla, Meritxell Maimi‐Checa, Paloma Herrera‐Racionero, Lluís Miret‐Pastor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing ASL education: Perspectives from postsecondary ASL professionals

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract American Sign Language (ASL) education is experiencing significant growth and increased prominence in academic and public domains. ASL is now widely regarded as a valid option for fulfilling foreign language and general education requirements at postsecondary institutions across the US.
Jason D. Listman, John S. Pirone, Tracy Ivy, Kimberly K. Pudans‐Smith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source