Marine Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of Marine Policy is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Over 30 years of monitoring and implementing the Bern Convention's recommendations for the protection of Mediterranean sea turtles110
The implications of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective89
Towards a combined human-natural system approach in the Northern Red Sea Region: Ecological challenges, sustainable development, and community engagement87
Understanding vulnerability and sustainable livelihood factors from coastal residents in Taiwan83
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)75
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation68
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach67
Local ecological knowledge of fisheries charts decline of sharks in data-poor regions66
Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area61
Marine reserves and resilience in the era of COVID-1961
Human rights at sea: The limits of inter-state cooperation in addressing forced labour on fishing vessels57
Encouraging proactive governance of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)55
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives52
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management51
Pescatourism’s contribution to the management effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza” (Algeria, Southwestern Mediterranean)51
Short and long-term solutions for mitigating black carbon emissions in Arctic shipping: Implications for stakeholders51
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties50
Irregular migration and its impact on the marine environment: Legal aspects49
The ecological and socioeconomic implications of future total allowable catch decisions and illegal fishing scenarios for South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery49
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence49
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)49
Biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices: Current status and future prospects47
Shipyard site selection by raster calculation method and AHP in GIS environment, İskenderun, Turkey47
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean46
UNCLOS and its contributions to the development of international law: An editorial note44
Evolution of support policies for the development of distant-water fishing bases in China: Review, performance, challenges and prospects44
Mapping the nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas of the Balearic Islands’ coast43
Understanding the link between climate change adaptation and household food security among shrimp farmers in Indonesia43
An Analysis of Policy Options Available to the International Maritime Organization to Protect the Costa Rica Thermal Dome: Building the Case for a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area42
Policy impacts of intellectual property and academic research trends in marine-derived collagen and chitin/chitosan value chains42
COVID-19 border closures cause humanitarian crew change crisis at sea42
Illegal fishing threatens the sustainability of future tuna commodities in Indonesia42
A social cost-benefit analysis of shellfish beds on the Dutch coast as a nature-based measure against climate change42
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ41
Harvest strategies and allocation – A chicken and egg scenario?41
Small-scale low-tropic ocean farming and coastal rural landscapes: Why the logistics of seaweed matter? Insights from Ireland for collaborative planning41
The current developments and impact of land reclamation control in China41
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions41
Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation40
Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic40
A review of migrant labour rights protection in distant water fishing in Taiwan: From laissez-faire to regulation and challenges behind40
Integrating cultural and natural heritage approaches to Marine Protected Areas in the MENA region39
Breaking Blue: Establishing comprehensive policy for a just and inclusive transition for the Blue Economy39
The necessity of justice for a fair, legitimate, and effective treaty on plastic pollution38
Hazard and catch composition of ghost fishing gear revealed by a citizen science clean-up initiative38
Towards non-entangling and biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices – Baselines and transition in the world’s largest tuna purse seine fishery38
A blue carbon ecosystems qualitative assessment applying the DPSIR framework: Local perspective of global benefits and contributions38
Potential determinants affecting the growth of China’s ocean economy: An input-output structural decomposition analysis38
On the provisions of the BBNJ Agreement addressing the impacts of climate change38
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish trade and the coping strategies: An initial assessment from China’s perspective37
Management of spatial data integrity including stakeholder feedback in Maritime Spatial Planning37
Port competitiveness: Do container terminal operators and liner shipping companies see eye to eye?37
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects36
Is Maritime Spatial Planning a tool to mitigate the impacts of underwater noise? A review of adopted and upcoming maritime spatial plans in Europe36
Improved traceability in seafood supply chains is achievable by minimising vulnerable nodes in processing and distribution networks35
Conflicting governance realities: Aligning historical and cultural practices with formal marine protected area co-management in Senegal35
Fisheries in flux: Bridging science and policy for climate-resilient management of US fisheries under distributional change35
Mapping fisheries value chains to facilitate their sustainability assessment: Case studies in The Gambia and Mali35
Beyond bluewashing: A critical examination of labeling blue bonds35
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels34
Smokescreen or groundwork? The paradox of ecological monitoring in the management of Marine Protected Areas34
The oyster fishery in China: Trend, concerns and solutions34
Saving two fish with one wreck: Maximizing synergies in marine biodiversity conservation and underwater cultural heritage protection34
How blue financing can sustain ocean conservation and development: A proposed conceptual framework for blue financing mechanism34
Understanding core determinants in LNG bunkering port selection: Policy implications for the maritime industry34
Reconsidering the longline ban in the Galapagos Marine Reserve34
Impacts of COVID-19 on the value chain of a small-scale fishery system in a tropical metropolitan city33
Local knowledge and official landing data point to decades of fishery stock decline in West Africa33
Assessing the need for the designation of the Yellow Sea Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)33
Limited support for Global North-Global South inequality in regulating international trade in scalloped hammerhead sharks33
A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports33
Different perspectives of stakeholders on the sustainable development of fishery-based communities in Northeast Taiwan32
Preparing for climate related impacts: Knowledge assessment of the life history of key exploited fish species managed in a climate hotspot32
Lobster reserves as a management tool in coastal waters: Two decades of experience in Norway32
A global review of MSC certification: Why fisheries withdraw?31
Oceans justice: Trade-offs between Sustainable Development Goals in the Seychelles31
A national assessment of the economic and wellbeing impacts of recreational surfing in Australia31
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing impacts: A systematic review of evidence and proposed future agenda31
The BBNJ agreement and liability30
Family-run or business-oriented fisheries? Integrating socioeconomic and environmental aspects to assess the societal impact30
Worker-less social responsibility: How the proliferation of voluntary labour governance tools in seafood marginalise the workers they claim to protect30
Advantages and disadvantages of introducing strong user rights in fisheries. A literature review30
Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURF) in central-southern Chile: Their sustainability status from a transdisciplinary holistic approach29
Catch-rate triggers as a fisheries management tool for short lived species: Can they achieve MEY?29
Halophytes as novel marine products – A consumers’ perspective in Portugal and policy implications29
Shoreline master programs: A hindrance or a help to kelp conservation in Puget Sound?29
Differences and similarities between Indigenous and conventional marine conservation planning: The case of the Songhees Nation, Canada29
Sustainable use of ocean resources29
Gilt Dragons, porcelain and plundered doubloons: A comparative analysis of Taiwan and Australian underwater cultural heritage protection laws29
Preferences for derelict gear mitigation strategies by commercial fishers29
Amendment process and comments of the provisions of underwater cultural heritage in the Draft Exploitation Regulations in the Area28
Documenting fisheries co-management in action: Case of the Grand Cape Mount County Co-Management Association, Liberia28
Veiled costs, concealed incentives: Rethinking market approaches to address institutional marginalization and reduce vulnerability of artisanal fishers to power abuses in the Peruvian dolphinfish fish28
“Akili zetu ziwe moja / Let our minds be one”: Emergent strategy for adapting to seafood insecurity in coastal Kenyan fishing communities28
Reflections on the settlement of fisheries disputes between the EU-UK in the post-Brexit era: Lessons for China’s fishery enforcement disputes settlement28
Advancing fisheries sustainability and access through community fisheries trusts28
Building a maritime community with a shared future: Scholarly reflections on China’s new ocean vision27
Historical changes in conservation measurements on target, predictable bycatch and bycatch species caught by pelagic longline fisheries in Southwest Atlantic Ocean27
Participatory scenario planning as a useful method for transforming ocean conflicts: Insights from a small-scale fishing conflict in São Paulo coast, Brazil27
Brazil and regional fisheries management organizations - What is at stake?27
Normative beliefs and economic life: A case study of the fishing industry in two communities in rural newfoundland27
Effects of stock collapse and management on price dynamics of blackspot seabream27
The complementary relationship between illegal fishing and maritime piracy: A case study of the Gulf of Guinea26
Jellyfish fisheries along the Gujarat coast, India: Status and challenges26
Managing abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (Derelict Gear) in Eastern Caribbean small-scale fisheries: An assessment of legislative, regulatory and policy gaps26
A critical appraisal of the BBNJ agreement not to recognise the high seas decline as a common concern of humankind26
The influence of public sentiment on the price of aquatic products under the influence of nuclear wastewater discharge in Japan26
Promoting gender equity in marine protected areas: A self-assessment tool26
Fishery improvement projects: A voluntary, corporate “tool” not fit for the purpose of mitigating labour abuses and guaranteeing labour rights for workers26
Seeking clarity on transparency in fisheries governance and management26
Responsible use of social media data is needed: A reply to Maya-Jariego et al. “Plenty of black money: Netnography of illegal recreational underwater fishing in southern Spain”26
Introduction to the special issue on “International merchant shipping in the 21st century: Social science perspectives”26
Transversal policy between the protection of marine fishery resources and fisheries subsidies to address overfishing in Indonesia26
IMO 2023 strategy-Where are we and what’s next?25
Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles25
Valuing habitat quality for managing mangrove ecosystem services in coastal Tangerang District, Indonesia25
Trends in a European coastal fishery with a special focus on small-scale fishers – Implications for fisheries policies and management25
Ocean predators: Squids, Chinese fleets and the geopolitics of high seas fishing25
Research on the cooperative network game model of marine plastic waste management25
Global marine conservation priorities for sustaining marine productivity, preserving biodiversity and addressing climate change25
Derelict gear from an illegal fishery: Lessons from gear retrieval efforts in the Upper Gulf of California25
Guidance on marine protected area protection level assignments when faced with unknown regulatory information25
Institutionalising science and knowledge under the agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ): Stakeholder perspectives on a25
Differences in deficiency types causing ship detentions at the Black Sea Region during the Covid-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic25
Spatial assessment of benthic habitats vulnerability to bottom fishing in a Mediterranean seamount25
Policy making for sharks and the role and contribution of non-governmental organisations in the fulfilment of international legal obligations25
Unravelling the deep: Assessing the bycatch of deep-sea elasmobranchs in crustacean bottom trawl fisheries in Portugal25
Changing climates in a blue economy: Assessing the climate-responsiveness of Canadian fisheries and oceans policy25
Corrigendum to: From sea-level rise to seabed grabbing: The political economy of climate change in Kiribati [Mar. Policy 97 (2018) 244–252]25
Seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An examination of current supportive measures and their perceived effectiveness24
Developing an integrated framework for Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) and Marine Protected Areas (MPA) across Africa and the Middle East24
Protection of the global ocean rights24
Maritime cybersecurity and the IMO legal instruments: Sluggish response to an escalating threat?24
Humanizing marine spatial planning: A salutogenic approach24
Assessing the impacts of strong user rights in fisheries: The case of the Philippines marine fisheries24
Sowing potential transformative changes in the fishing and agrifood systems – Conference report24
The impact of climate change and economic development on the catches of small pelagic fisheries24
Caught in a vicious cycle: Connecting forced labour and environmental exploitation through a case study of Asia–Pacific24
Stakeholders’ perception on consumption, fishing, and conservation of Red grouper, Epinephelus morio, off the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico24
Editorial Board23
Who asked you? A systematic review exploring the origin of primary research into attitudes to marine protected areas in Australia23
Multiple paths towards Eco islands and blue development: Conference report23
Fact or fiction? Unpacking the terminologies used in fisheries allocation discussions23
Evaluating factors influencing compliance with vessel regulations to minimize disturbances to endangered killer whales (Orcinus orca)23
Charting sustainable waters: Governance challenges and opportunities for fisheries and coastal beach resources in a West African country23
Sale price flexibilities of Mediterranean hake and red shrimp23
Disaster risk in Caribbean fisheries: How vulnerability is shaped and how it can be reduced in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda23
Conceptualizing maritime constabulary effectiveness (MCE)23
International transparency obligations in fisheries conservation and management: Inter-state and intra-state dimensions23
Disentangling politics in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission23
Sediment quality in the Polish part of the trans-boundary Vistula Lagoon: implications for deposition management23
From design to implementation: Lessons from planning the first marine protected area network in Canada23
Negotiating fair and equitable sharing of benefits in the BBNJ agreement: Role of the Group of 77 and China22
Understanding the spatio-temporal variability of fisheries data for better bottom trawling management practices in the Catalan margin (NW Mediterranean Sea)22
Implementing the Port State Measures Agreement to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Caribbean22
Spatial patterns of fishing activity inside the Gorringe bank MPA based on VMS, AIS and e-logbooks data22
Poor online information on European marine protected areas impairs public participation under the Aarhus Convention22
Based on stakeholder questionnaires of ship-derived waste, waste management re-planning in Ports and determining the need for inspection22
The emergence of artisanal fishing as a strategic response in the Chilean fishing field22
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Climate Change Resolution: A quiet interaction of ocean and climate change legal regimes22
Towards smart government for sustainable fisheries and marine development: An intelligent web-based support system approach in small islands22
Fuel Intensity in Icelandic fisheries and opportunities to reduce emissions22
Impact evaluation of cooperative membership on welfare: Evidence from captured fishery households in Indonesia22
Voluntary commitments for ocean sustainability: Comparing the UN Ocean Conference and Our Ocean Conference platforms22
A Governance analysis of Con Dao National Park, Vietnam22
Editorial Board21
Conceptualizing maritime spatial planning – A pilot study on viewpoints across Northern European Seas21
Community attitudes towards marine parks in South Australia21
Book review21
Ecosystem-based sustainable management of chum salmon in Japan’s warming climate21
Communicating Maritime Spatial Planning: The MSP Challenge approach21
Contributing to sustainable development pathways in the South Pacific through transdisciplinary research: Conference report21
Prospects of fish supply-demand and its implications for food and nutrition security in Egypt21
Policy evolution and analysis of characteristics and values of China’s marine seed industry development under the food security strategy21
State led social security and inclusion of marine fisherfolk: Analyzing the case of Kerala, India21
Corrigendum to “An evaluation of Regional Fisheries Management Organization at-sea compliance monitoring and observer programs” [Mar. Policy 115 (2020) 103842]21
Co-building a new landscape of global shipping based on openness, cooperation, and innovation: Conference report21
Potential spatial intersection between high-seas fisheries and deep-sea mining in international waters21
Recreational harvesting of the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in southern Portugal: Characterization of the activity based on harvesters’ perception and local ecological knowledge21
Realising the potential of interoperable data products to improve the outlook for marine biodiversity: Lessons from the European marine observation and data network20
The potential interactions between the BBNJ Agreement and RFMOs in the establishment of ABMTs: Implications for RFMOs20
Women lead small-scale fisheries to sustainability in Surigao del Sur, Philippines20
Corrigendum to ‘Fishery harvest control rules from bioeconomic optimization’ [Mar. Policy Vol. 115, May 2020, 103865]20
The prosecution of fisheries crime in Spanish criminal law: The impact of European Union regulations20
Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: Initial steps within the framework20
Space launches and the UK marine environment20
Marine zoning for the Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) in British Columbia, Canada20
A comparative study of residents and tourists' valuation for a heterogeneous environmental good: The case of coastal erosion20
Gender equality for sustainability in ports: Developing a framework20
International good practices for facilitating transboundary collaboration in Marine Spatial Planning20
Aquaculture PPP development in China-case study from Hani Terrace20
Resource security strategies and preferences for deep ocean mining from a community survey in Japan20
Mobilizing for change: Assessing Social adaptive capacity in Micronesian fishing communities20
Governance Analysis of St Anne Marine National Park, Seychelles20
Persistence of fisheries production: a disaggregated analysis in 31 OECD Countries20
A quantitative and qualitative decision-making process for selecting indicators to track ecosystem condition19
Coastal disaster protection and hazard perceptions of the residents of Orchid Island, Taiwan19
Distinction between law enforcement activity and military activity in article 298(1)(b) of UNCLOS: Commentary on recent international decisions19
Science advice for international governance – An evidence-based perspective on the role of SCAR in the Antarctic Treaty System19
Corrigendum to “Large sardine resource discovered off south-eastern Australia: Potential risks, challenges and benefits of establishing a new fishery” [Mar. Policy 155 (2023) 105739]19
Diversity, challenges, and opportunities of Fishery Improvement Projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean region19
One well-planned and executed exchange is better than two: Lessons learned from a reciprocal fisheries learning exchange between Madagascar and Mexico19
Interstate hostility and maritime crime: Evidence from South East Asia19
Combatting illegal fishing through transparency initiatives : Lessons learned from comparative analysis of transparency initiatives in seafood, apparel, extractive, and timber supply chains19
Mariculture high-quality development process and spatial differences: A case study of China19
Aquaculture policy: Designing licenses for environmental regulation19
Why do state interventions in artisanal fisheries often fail in Chile? Misalignment to the way of life of fishers19
Seafood consumption and the management of shellfish aquaculture19
Discrepancies in the portrayal of Japan’s nuclear water release in Chinese and US media outlets: A corpus-based news values analysis of marine disputes19
No logo? The failure of ASC salmon labeling in Norway and the UK19
Oceans sing, are you listening? Sounding out potentials for artistic audio engagements with science through the Polar Sounds project19
International cooperation and coordination in the Global Legislation of High Seas ABMTs including MPAs: Taking OSPAR practice as reference19
Lessons learnt on the management of short-lived fish from the Bay of Biscay anchovy case study: Satisfying fishery needs and sustainability under recruitment uncertainty18
The ‘Paper Park Index’: Evaluating Marine Protected Area effectiveness through a global study of stakeholder perceptions18
Blue carbon: A new paradigm of mangrove conservation and management in Indonesia18
Editorial Board18
Dynamic strategies offer potential to reduce lethal ship collisions with large whales under changing climate conditions18
China and Indonesia's responses to maritime disputes in the South China Sea: forming a tacit understanding on security18
Policy outlook: Recent evolutions of maritime spatial planning in the European Union18
Tracking shifts in the vulnerability and resiliency of commercial fishing vessel crew and hired captains in New England and the Mid-Atlantic18
Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear in coastal fisheries: A case study in the Baltic Sea coastal waters of Latvia18
Maritime laws and sustainable development of Blue Economy: Conference report18
Integrated coastal zone management in Colombia: 25 years of implementing an environmental planning policy18
Mind the gap and close it: Regulating greenhouse gas emissions from deep-sea mining in the Area18
Protecting the ‘blue heart of the planet’: Strengthening the governance framework for marine protected areas beyond national jurisdiction18
The impacts of COVID-19 on the cruise industry based on an empirical study in China18
Controversial opening of a limited fishery for Atlantic Goliath Grouper in the United States: Implications for population recovery18
Offshore energy structures in the North Sea: Past, present and future18
Mangrove ecosystem services: Contribution to the well-being of the coastal communities in Klang Islands18
Legal regime of residual liability in decommissioning: The importance of role of states18
Where is ocean literacy in oceanic islands’ schools? The Azores case18
Editorial Board18
Comparing multi-criteria decision analysis to group negotiations in fisheries co-management18
Understanding transformations in the marine coastal realm: The explanatory potential of theories of institutional change18
Commercial whale-watching reduces vessel incidents in the vicinity of killer whales in Washington State17
Analysis of marine incidents and policy implications: Case study of the South Korea17
Interactions between small-scale fisheries and marine mammals from the perspective of fishers in the Mexican tropical pacific coast17
The role of marine aquaculture in contributing to the diversity and stability of U.S. seafood production17
Linking small-scale fisheries performance to governance attributes: A quantitative assessment from stakeholders' perceptions in the Americas and Europe17
Editorial Board17
Australia’s jurisdiction and law enforcement in combating IUU fishing in the Southern Ocean17
Sustainability of tunas and swordfish exploitation in the equatorial tropical Atlantic Ocean17
Provisions for nullification of conservation and management measures in RFMO objection procedures17
Climate change in the Southern Ocean: Is the Commission for the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources doing enough?17
Editorial Board17
Geospatial identification of stakeholders to support dynamic ocean management in transboundary areas17
Towards an international legal definition of the notion of fisheries crime17
Resilience and adaptation: Galician canning fish industry evolution17
Shifting demand to sustainable fishing practices in Darwin's Archipelago: a discrete choice experiment application for Galapagos' certified Yellow-fin tuna17
Use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess management alternatives in the presence of multiple objectives17
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