Marine Policy

Article	Citations
Blue growth and blue justice: Ten risks and solutions for the ocean economy	213
The key challenges and critical success factors of blockchain implementation: Policy implications for Singapore’s maritime industry	96
Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining	91
COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains	79
How do environmental regulation and technological innovation affect the sustainable development of marine economy: New evidence from China’s coastal provinces and cities	78
Ecological security evaluation of marine ranching with AHP-entropy-based TOPSIS: A case study of Yantai, China	69
Estimating the effect of COVID-19 epidemic on shipping trade: An empirical analysis using panel data	67
Life in a drop: Sampling environmental DNA for marine fishery management and ecosystem monitoring	63
Nonlinear effects of marine economic growth and technological innovation on marine pollution: Panel threshold analysis for China's 11 coastal regions	61
Data-driven approach for highlighting priority areas for protection in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction	61
Two decades of progress in Marine Spatial Planning	59
Recent ship traffic and developing shipping trends on the Northern Sea Route—Policy implications for future arctic shipping	58
The opening of the Transpolar Sea Route: Logistical, geopolitical, environmental, and socioeconomic impacts	58
Do political promotion incentive and fiscal incentive of local governments matter for the marine environmental pollution? Evidence from China’s coastal areas	57
Financial development, productivity, and high-quality development of the marine economy	54
Major challenges in developing marine spatial planning	53
Assessing impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food system and small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh	52
Carbon Emission Trading Scheme in the shipping sector: Drivers, challenges, and impacts	49
A blue carbon ecosystems qualitative assessment applying the DPSIR framework: Local perspective of global benefits and contributions	45
From Blue Economy to Blue Communities: reorienting aquaculture expansion for community wellbeing	45
Carbon emission and economic output of China’s marine fishery – A decoupling efforts analysis	44
Implementation of blue carbon offset crediting for seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and macroalgae farming in Japan	43
COVID-19 restrictions amidst cyclones and volcanoes: A rapid assessment of early impacts on livelihoods and food security in coastal communities in Vanuatu	43
COVID-19 border closures cause humanitarian crew change crisis at sea	42
Marine spatial planning in areas beyond national jurisdiction	41

Exploring gender inclusion in small-scale fisheries management and development in Melanesia	41
Traditional knowledge and the BBNJ instrument	41
Survival of the Richest, not the Fittest: How attempts to improve governance impact African small-scale marine fisheries	40
Challenges and misperceptions around global fishing gear loss estimates	40
The oyster fishery in China: Trend, concerns and solutions	39
Evolutionary policy of trading of blue carbon produced by marine ranching with media participation and government supervision	38
Impacts of COVID-19 on the finfish aquaculture industry of Bangladesh: A case study	38
How do carbon trading platform participation and government subsidy motivate blue carbon trading of marine ranching? A study based on evolutionary equilibrium strategy method	38
A case for seaweed aquaculture inclusion in U.S. nutrient pollution management	38
Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles	38
Seaweeds farming for sustainable development goals and blue economy in Bangladesh	37
The ability of fish ecolabels to promote a change in the sustainability awareness	37
Can environmental regulation promote urban innovation in the underdeveloped coastal regions of western China?	37
Small-scale fisheries development in Africa: Lessons learned and best practices for enhancing food security and livelihoods	37
More than fish: Policy coherence and benefit sharing as necessary conditions for equitable aquaculture development	36
The blue economy as a boundary object for hegemony across scales	36
Increasing Ghanaian fish farms’ productivity: Does the use of the internet matter?	36
Developing sustainable small-scale fisheries livelihoods in Indonesia: Trends, enabling and constraining factors, and future opportunities	36
Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean	35
The usual suspects? Distribution of collaboration capital in marine biodiversity research	35
Synergistic analysis of the resilience and efficiency of China’s marine economy and the role of resilience policy	35
Research on the ecologicalization efficiency of mariculture industry in China and its influencing factors	35
Impact of novel coronavirus pandemic on aquaculture and fisheries in developing countries and sustainable recovery plans: Case of Bangladesh	34
Combining offshore wind farms, nature conservation and seafood: Lessons from a Dutch community of practice	33
The model of early warning for China's marine ecology-economy symbiosis security	33
The impacts of carbon pricing on maritime transport costs and their implications for developing economies	33
Evolution of the coupling coordination between the marine economy and urban resilience of major coastal cities in China	32
Using citizen science to evaluate extended producer responsibility policy to reduce marine plastic debris shows no reduction in pollution levels	32
Rights of Nature: Perspectives for Global Ocean Stewardship	32
Ocean science, data, and services for the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals	32
Community participation in assessment of fisheries related ecosystem services towards the establishment of marine protected area in the Greater Cape Three Points area in Ghana	32
How blue financing can sustain ocean conservation and development: A proposed conceptual framework for blue financing mechanism	32
Influence of marine industrial agglomeration and environmental regulation on marine innovation efficiency—From an innovation value chain perspective	31
The Marine Plan Partnership: Indigenous community-based marine spatial planning	31
Local practices and production confer resilience to rural Pacific food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Does digital technology promote the sustainable development of the marine equipment manufacturing industry in China?	31
Potential spatial effects of opening Arctic shipping routes on the shipping network of ports between China and Europe	30
COVID-19 impacts on coastal communities in Kenya	30
Spatio-temporal evolutionary characteristics of carbon emissions and carbon sinks of marine industry in China and their time-dependent models	30
Port competitiveness: Do container terminal operators and liner shipping companies see eye to eye?	30
The Ross Sea, Antarctica: A highly protected MPA in international waters	30
Implementation of the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index: An important but costly step towards ocean protection	30
Marine conservation beyond MPAs: Towards the recognition of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in Indonesia	29
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on seafarers’ mental health and chronic fatigue: Beneficial effects of onboard peer support, external support and Internet access	29
Analysis and discussion of 28 recent marine protected area governance (MPAG) case studies: Challenges of decentralisation in the shadow of hierarchy	29
Beyond static spatial management: Scientific and legal considerations for dynamic management in the high seas	29
The voice of Mexican small-scale fishers in times of COVID-19: Impacts, responses, and digital divide	29
Blue bonds for marine conservation and a sustainable ocean economy: Status, trends, and insights from green bonds	29
A bibliometric assessment of progress in marine spatial planning	29
Towards sustainable small-scale fisheries in China: A case study of Hainan	28

Planning marine protected areas under the CCAMLR regime – The case of the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)	28
IMO off course for decarbonisation of shipping? Three challenges for stricter policy	28
Policy outlook: Recent evolutions of maritime spatial planning in the European Union	28
Adapting our sea ports to the challenges of climate change: Development and validation of a Port Resilience Index	28
Impact of working capital management on profitability for Spanish fish canning companies	27
Aquaculture policy: Designing licenses for environmental regulation	27
Engagement of stakeholders in the marine/maritime spatial planning process	27
Critical gaps in the protection of the second largest exclusive economic zone in the world	27
Coral reef restoration in Indonesia: A review of policies and projects	27
Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments	27
Maritime dependency and economic prosperity: Why access to oceanic trade matters	27
Research on cooperation mechanism of marine plastic waste management based on complex network evolutionary game	27
Gender and Blue Justice in small-scale fisheries governance	27
Monitoring coastal reclamation changes across Jiangsu Province during 1984–2019 using landsat data	27
Strategies, actions, and policies by Taiwan’s ENGOs, media, and government to reduce plastic use and marine plastic pollution	27
Environmental response to growth in the marine economy and urbanization: A heterogeneity analysis of 11 Chinese coastal regions using a panel vector autoregressive model	27
Innovative financing mechanism for blue economy projects	27
Sustainable shipping: A critical review for a unified framework and future research agenda	27
Coastal tourism, market segmentation and contested landscapes	27
The ocean, climate change and resilience: Making ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction more resilient to climate change and other anthropogenic activities	26
The evolution of the port network along the Maritime Silk Road: From a sustainable development perspective	26
A preliminary survey to assess the awareness, attitudes/behaviours, and opinions pertaining to plastic and microplastic pollution among students in India	26
Assessing the potential areas for developing offshore wind energy in Japanese territorial waters considering national zoning and possible social conflicts	26
Unpacking legal and policy frameworks: A step ahead for implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines	26
Has environmental regulation facilitated the green transformation of the marine industry?	26
Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy	26
Promoting pro-environmental behavior through citizen science? A case study with Chilean schoolchildren on marine plastic pollution	26
Increased maritime traffic in the Arctic: Implications for governance of Arctic sea routes	26
Has China's Free Trade Zone policy expedited port production and development?	26
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing impacts: A systematic review of evidence and proposed future agenda	25
On the use of deep learning for fish species recognition and quantification on board fishing vessels	25
Institutional arrangements for the new BBNJ agreement: Moving beyond global, regional, and hybrid	25
Measurement of carbon emissions from marine fisheries and system dynamics simulation analysis: China’s northern marine economic zone case	25
Alternative seafood marketing systems foster transformative processes in Mediterranean fisheries	25
Operationalisation of ecosystem services in support of ecosystem-based marine spatial planning: insights into needs and recommendations	25
Implementing marine functional zoning in China	25
Securing a sustainable future for US seafood in the wake of a global crisis	25
Understanding the public attitude towards sharks for improving their conservation	25
Ship first: Seafarers’ adjustment of records on work and rest hours	25
Impact of sci-tech finance on the innovation efficiency of China's marine industry	25
Monitoring the COVID-19-affected Indonesian seaweed industry using remote sensing data	25
Adjustment trend of China’s marine fishery policy since 2011	25
Social-ecological vulnerability to climate change in small-scale fisheries managed under spatial property rights systems	25
The complex relationships between marine protected areas and marine spatial planning: Towards an analytical framework	24
Knowledge, practice, and economic impacts of COVID-19 on small-scale coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh: Policy recommendations for improved livelihoods	24
Social-ecological shifts, traps and collapses in small-scale fisheries: Envisioning a way forward to transformative changes	24
Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth	24
Factors influencing catch and support for the implementation of the closed fishing season in Davao Gulf, Philippines	24
Not ‘undermining’ who? Unpacking the emerging BBNJ regime complex	23
A study on transnational regulatory governance for marine plastic debris: Trends, challenges, and prospect	23
Marine reserve more sustainable than gear restriction in maintaining long-term coral reef fisheries yields	23
Exploring the relationship among marine science and technology innovation, marine finance, and marine higher education using a coupling analysis: A case study of China's coastal areas	23
A better understanding of social-ecological systems is needed for adapting fisheries to climate change	23
Cultural heritage and environmental ethical values in governance models: Conflicts between recreational fisheries and other maritime activities in Mediterranean marine protected areas	22
Oceans justice: Trade-offs between Sustainable Development Goals in the Seychelles	22
The evolution of China's marine economic policy and the labor productivity growth momentum of marine economy and its three economic industries	22
Potential spatial intersection between high-seas fisheries and deep-sea mining in international waters	22
Effects of marine ranching policies on the ecological efficiency of marine ranching—Based on 25 marine ranching in Shandong Province	22
Navigating risks and uncertainties: Risk perceptions and risk management strategies in the Philippine seaweed industry	22
Exploring diversity and engagement of divers in citizen science: Insights for marine management and conservation	22
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on aquatic environment and fishing community: Boon or bane?	22
Shark and ray trade in and out of Indonesia: Addressing knowledge gaps on the path to sustainability	22
Hot fish: The response to climate change by regional fisheries bodies	21
Ghost fishing gear and their effect on ecosystem services – Identification and knowledge gaps	21
Application of scientific criteria for identifying hydrothermal ecosystems in need of protection	21
Regulating the Blue Economy? Challenges to an effective Canadian aquaculture act	21
Invasive blue crabs and small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean sea: Local ecological knowledge, impacts and future management	21
The Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast – MaPP: A collaborative and co-led marine planning process in British Columbia	21
China’s 21st century maritime silk road: Challenges and opportunities to coastal livelihoods in ASEAN countries	21
Research is needed to inform environmental management of hydrothermally inactive and extinct polymetallic sulfide (PMS) deposits	21
The BRUVs workshop – An Australia-wide synthesis of baited remote underwater video data to answer broad-scale ecological questions about fish, sharks and rays	21
Shipyard site selection by raster calculation method and AHP in GIS environment, İskenderun, Turkey	21
Opening the black box of conservation philanthropy: A co-produced research agenda on private foundations in marine conservation	20
Consumer seafood preferences related to alternative food networks and their value chains	20
Matching fishery-specific drivers of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear to relevant interventions	20
Arctic transshipment hub planning along the Northern Sea Route: A systematic literature review and policy implications of Arctic port infrastructure	20
Valuing marine ecosystem service damage caused by land reclamation: Insights from a deliberative choice experiment in Jiaozhou Bay	20
Challenges and opportunities for sustainable development and management of marine recreational and sport fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean	20
Decarbonisation of the shipping sector – Time to ban fossil fuels?	20
Toward an environmentally responsible offshore aquaculture industry in the United States: Ecological risks, remedies, and knowledge gaps	20

The current status of deep-sea mining governance at the International Seabed Authority	20
Vessel monitoring systems as a tool for mapping fishing effort for a small inshore fishery operating within a marine protected area	20
Blue carbon: A new paradigm of mangrove conservation and management in Indonesia	20
Understanding and evidencing a broader range of ‘successes’ that can occur at the interface of marine science and policy	20
A question of standards: Adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation	19
Perceptions of plastic pollution in a prominent fishery: Building strategies to inform management	19
"Are the working principles of fisheries management at work in Indonesia?"	19
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish trade and the coping strategies: An initial assessment from China’s perspective	19
Blue Justice and the co-production of hermeneutical resources for small-scale fisheries	19
Capacity building and technology transfer for improving governance of marine areas both beyond and within national jurisdiction	19
Labels on seafood products in different European countries and their compliance to EU legislation	19
Residents’ acceptance of using desalinated water in China based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB)	19
Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)	19
Resilience and adaptive capacity of Oregon’s fishing community: Cumulative impacts of climate change and the graying of the fleet	19
Using western science and Inuit knowledge to model ship-source noise exposure for cetaceans (marine mammals) in Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound), Nunavut, Canada	19
Evaluation of China's marine economic growth quality based on set pair analysis	19
The functional territorialization of the high seas	19
Safety management in remotely controlled vessel operations	19
Optimistic with reservations: The impacts of the United States’ first offshore wind farm on the recreational fishing experience	19
Resilience of small-scale marine fishers of Bangladesh against the COVID-19 pandemic and the 65-day fishing ban	19
Integrating cultural and natural heritage approaches to Marine Protected Areas in the MENA region	19
Critical factor identification of marine ranching ecological security with hierarchical DEMATEL	19
The impact of news media portrayals of sharks on public perception of risk and support for shark conservation	19
Policy options for offshore wind power in Vietnam	18
A novel FMEA approach for risk assessment of air pollution from ships	18
Practical policy solutions for the final stage of BBNJ treaty negotiations	18
Growing industrialization and poor conservation planning challenge natural resources' management in the Amazon Shelf off Brazil	18
Increasing polarisation in attitudes to aquaculture: Evidence from sequential government inquiries	18
Diving tourism in Mexico – Economic and conservation importance	18
Emissions in maritime transport: A decomposition analysis from the perspective of production-based and consumption-based emissions	18
The fisheries of the South China Sea: Major trends since 1950	18
The two-year deadline to complete the International Seabed Authority’s Mining Code: Key outstanding matters that still need to be resolved	18
Marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean: Is the Antarctic Treaty System ready to co-exist with a new United Nations instrument for areas beyond national jurisdiction?	18
Ecosystem-based management for kelp forest ecosystems	18
Quantification of influence and interest at IMO in Maritime Safety and Human Element matters	18
Gender equality for sustainability in ports: Developing a framework	18
Untangling worldwide conflicts in marine protected areas: Five lessons from the five continents	18
Impacts of COVID-19 on the value chain of the hake small scale fishery in northern Peru	18
Changes in angler demography and angling patterns during the Covid-19 lockdown in spring 2020 measured through a citizen science platform	18
The issue of microplastic in the oceans: Preferences and willingness to pay to tackle the issue in Australia	17
How to control cruise ship disease risk? Inspiration from the research literature	17
More than just a carding system: Labour implications of the EU’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing policy in Thailand	17
Using aerial surveys to fill gaps in AIS vessel traffic data to inform threat assessments, vessel management and planning	17
Governance implications for the implementation of biodegradable gillnets in Norway	17
Beyond slavery scandals: Explaining working conditions among fish workers in Taiwan and Thailand	17
COVID-19 and small-scale fisheries in Africa: Impacts on livelihoods and the fish value chain in Cameroon and Liberia	17
Whale-watch vessel noise levels with applications to whale-watching guidelines and conservation	17
The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high seas	17
Communicating Maritime Spatial Planning: The MSP Challenge approach	17
Getting on board with biosecurity: Evaluating the effectiveness of marine invasive alien species biosecurity policy for England and Wales	17
Opportunities for fishery partnerships to advance climate-ready fisheries science and management	17
The current developments and impact of land reclamation control in China	17
Towards a prioritization of alternative energy sources for sustainable shipping	17
The inclusion of fisheries and tourism in marine protected areas to support conservation in Indonesia	17
Initial insights on the impact of COVID-19 on boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia	17
Pathways to establishing managed access and networks of reserves	17
A systematic review of integrated coastal and marine management progress reveals core governance characteristics for successful implementation	17
Turning the tide on protection illusions: The underprotected MPAs of the ‘OSPAR Regional Sea Convention’	17
Namibia's way to Marine Spatial Planning – Using existing practices or instigating its own approach?	17
Mesopelagics–New gold rush or castle in the sky?	16
Transboundary cooperation and mechanisms for Maritime Spatial Planning implementation. SIMNORAT project	16
Transparency in fisheries governance: Achievements to date and challenges ahead	16
Re-framing salmon aquaculture in the aftermath of the ISAV crisis in Chile	16
Risk analysis of ship detention defects based on association rules	16
Recreational boaters’ preferences for boating trips associated with offshore wind farms in US waters	16
Direction, not detail: Progress towards consensus at the fourth intergovernmental conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction	16
A tiered approach to the marine genetic resource governance framework under the proposed UNCLOS agreement for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)	16
Innovation policy in the Norwegian aquaculture industry: Reshaping aquaculture production innovation networks	16
Seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An examination of current supportive measures and their perceived effectiveness	16
China’s fish maw demand and its implications for fisheries in source countries	16
The psychology of cruise service usage post COVID-19: Health management and policy implications	16
Small pelagic fish in Senegal: a multi-usage resource	16
Fisheries science and marine education catalyze the renaissance of traditional management (rahui) to improve an artisanal fishery in French Polynesia	16
Exploring future research and innovation directions for a sustainable blue economy	16
The urgency to address the occupational health of chinese seafarers for sustainable development	16
Ship scrappage records reveal disturbing environmental injustice	16
Understanding Chinese consumers’ purchase intention towards traceable seafood using an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model	16
Research on dynamic comprehensive evaluation of allocation efficiency of green science and technology resources in China’s marine industry	16
China’s policies on bottom trawl fisheries over seven decades (1949–2018)	16
Accelerating sustainable ocean policy: The dynamics of multiple stakeholder priorities and actions for oceans and human health	16
From open access regime to closed fishing season: Lessons from small-scale coastal fisheries in the Western Region of Ghana	16
Critical gaps in the implementation of Coastal Ecological and Economic Zoning persist after 30 years of the Brazilian coastal management policy	16
Comparing the Marine Protected Area Network Planning Process in British Columbia, Canada and New Zealand – Planning for cooperative partnerships with Indigenous communities	16
Market incentives for shark fisheries	16
‘Hooks’ and ‘Anchors’ for relational ecosystem-based marine management	16
Consequences of terminating mangrove’s protection in Brazil	16
A multifaceted approach to building capacity for marine/maritime spatial planning based on European experience	16
Marine litter: Institutionalization of attitudes and practices among Fishers in Northern Norway	16
Safety behaviour at sea: Policy implications for managing seafarers through positive psychology	16
Driving factors on implementation of seasonal marine fishing moratorium system in China using evolutionary game	16
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects	15
Spatial-temporal evaluation of marine ecological civilization of Zhejiang Province, China	15
Exploring the goals and objectives of policies for marine ranching management: Performance and prospects for China	15
Utilising IPCC assessments to support the ecosystem approach to fisheries management within a warming Southern Ocean	15
Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic	15