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Fisheries Safety Management

Fisheries is one of the most dangerous professions in the world. Fatal accidents and injuries in the fisheries are characterized as well as particular circumstances that may cause or aggravate the risk of accidents.
Isabel Lopes Nunes, José Miquel Cabeças   +1 more
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Revised Swedish visual field standards for a driver's licence: Threshold perimetry as a predictor of eligibility according to the current Swedish and current Norwegian suprathreshold standards

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To explore whether threshold perimetry can predict fulfilment of the current Swedish and current Norwegian Esterman perimetry standards for Group 1 driver's licence, and differences in compliance between the former and current Swedish visual field standards.
Wid Saadi, Tomas Bro, Susanna Sagerfors
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of illegal fishing in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe

, 2012
Illegal fishing is a worldwide problem. In this study we present the first assessment of illegal fishing in Gonarezhou National Park (GNP), Zimbabwe. Information on illegal fishing was gathered from a total of 39 illegal fishers who were arrested within ...
Sandram, S., Zisadza-Gandiwa, P., Gandiwa, E., Mutandwa, M.   +3 more
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The politics of Bluefin tuna in Malta [PDF]

, 2013
This paper analyzes the politics of bluefin tuna in Malta within the first years of EU accession (2004-9). The paper concludes that despite making certain impacts, ENGOs were unsuccessful in creating a hegemonic formation to stop the fishing of bluefin ...
Briguglio, Michael
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Protection from illegal fishing and shark recovery restructures mesopredatory fish communities on a coral reef. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Speed CW, Rees MJ, Cure K, Vaughan B, Meekan MG.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Equity considerations in the proposed wildlife protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Chad Patrick Osorio
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Author Correction: Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2019
Nielsen EE, Cariani A, Aoidh EM, Maes GE, Milano I, Ogden R, Taylor M, Hemmer-Hansen J, Babbucci M, Bargelloni L, Bekkevold D, Diopere E, Grenfell L, Helyar S, Limborg MT, Martinsohn JT, McEwing R, Panitz F, Patarnello T, Tinti F, Van Houdt JKJ, Volckaert FAM, Waples RS, FishPopTrace Consortium, Carvalho GR.   +24 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Regulatory compliance and support for altered management of the exotic pet trade

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Globally, the exotic pet trade has contributed to species invasion, disease, and animal welfare risks. Although scientists have advocated for increased trade regulation, the success of management and regulatory efforts depends on compliance by participants in the exotic pet trade. We used a regulatory compliance framework to investigate exotic
Elizabeth N. Pratt, Julie L. Lockwood, Elizabeth G. King, Elizabeth F. Pienaar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing: an analysis of the legal, economic and historical factors relevant to its development and persistence

, 2004
The state of global marine fisheries is of common concern to humankind. The emergence and persistence of noncompliant fisheries practices conveniently (though sometimes confusingly) labelled 'Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing' ('IUU fishing ...
Baird, Rachel
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