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THE ECONOMICS OF ILLEGAL FISHING: A BEHAVIORAL MODEL [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes the microeconomic behavior of fishers responding to imperfectly enforced regulations through illegal fishing and efforts to avoid detection.
Cross, Melvin L.   +2 more
core  

Progress and challenges in eliminating illegal fishing

open access: yes, 2020
Illegal fishing is a widespread, global phenomenon that is affecting already heavily depleted wild fish stocks, threatening marine habitats and contributing to marine pollution through discarded fishing gear. Many different measures have been implemented
Chris Wilcox (14752771)   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
wiley   +1 more source

Barents Sea Fisheries – the IUU Struggle

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2010
Considerable fishing operations occur in the European part of the Arctic Ocean, especially in waters under Norwegian and Russian jurisdiction, and regional states have recently made important advances in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated ...
Olav Schram Stokke
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative evaluation of a community‐based approach to protected area law enforcement

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract People living in and around terrestrial and marine protected areas can contribute to protected area law enforcement in different ways. While the involvement of local residents is considered important for bringing benefits to both conservation and people, evaluations of community‐based approaches to protected area law enforcement are limited ...
William Sharkey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experts call for coordinated action to tackle illegal shark fishing and trade Agro Spectrum dated 14th July 2025 [PDF]

open access: yes
Experts have called for coordinated action and increased awareness to tackle the illegal shark fishing and trade. An interactive workshop and panel discussion, organised by ICAR-CMFRI, highlighted the importance of collaboration among various agencies to
CMFRI, Library
core   +1 more source

Nature‐based solutions for protected area governance: A systematic review

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NBSs) have been introduced as an effective approach for climate change resilience and a set of actions to conserve, restore and sustainably manage natural or modified ecosystems, while simultaneously providing benefits to human well‐being and biodiversity.
Ghader Arabi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Widespread Bomb Fishing in Indo‐Pacific Archipelago Revealed Through Machine Learning Accelerated Passive Acoustic Monitoring

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
AI‐accelerated passive acoustic monitoring reveals extensive bomb fishing within the Spermonde Archipelago, with annual incidents numbering in the thousands. ABSTRACT Bomb fishing is recognised as the most destructive fishing practice that can be performed in our oceans.
Ben Williams   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cetacean by-Catch in the Korean Peninsula—by Chance or by Design? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Whaling remains one of the most contentious issues in global conservation. In South Korea, where commercial and subsistence whaling are both illegal, domestic sales of cetacean products such as skin, blubber and red meat are allowed if they are ...
MacMillan, Douglas C.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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