OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fish and Fisheries is 13. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Early effects of COVID‐19 on US fisheries and seafood consumption	103
Microplastics in freshwater fishes: Occurrence, impacts and future perspectives	76
Recreational angler satisfaction: What drives it?	65
Important questions to progress science and sustainable management of anguillid eels	55
Computer vision and deep learning for fish classification in underwater habitats: A survey	48
Small‐scale fisheries and local food systems: Transformations, threats and opportunities	48
The status of climate change adaptation in fisheries management: Policy, legislation and implementation	47
Attributes of climate resilience in fisheries: From theory to practice	46
Updating the consensus on fishway efficiency: A meta‐analysis	43
Reconciling sustainability, economic efficiency and equity in marine fisheries: Has there been progress in the last 20 years?	42
Fish and hyperoxia—From cardiorespiratory and biochemical adjustments to aquaculture and ecophysiology implications	39
Digital fisheries data in the Internet age: Emerging tools for research and monitoring using online data in recreational fisheries	35
The early marine distribution of Atlantic salmon in the North‐east Atlantic: A genetically informed stock‐specific synthesis	35
The influence of seafloor terrain on fish and fisheries: A global synthesis	33
Implementing the precautionary approach into fisheries management: Biomass reference points and uncertainty buffers	32
A history and evaluation of catch‐only stock assessment models	32
Improving estimates of the state of global fisheries depends on better data	32
Fish larvae dynamics in temperate estuaries: A review on processes, patterns and factors that determine recruitment	30
Opportunities to improve ecosystem‐based fisheries management by recognizing and overcoming path dependency and cognitive bias	30
Highly mixed impacts of near‐future climate change on stock productivity proxies in the North East Atlantic	30
Climate change adaptation in fisheries	30
Dried fish at the intersection of food science, economy, and culture: A global survey	28
Global meta‐analysis reveals diverse effects of microplastics on freshwater and marine fishes	28
Are we any closer to understanding why fish can die after severe exercise?	28
Close‐kin methods to estimate census size and effective population size	27

Ghosts of the deep – Biodiversity, fisheries, and extinction risk of ghost sharks	27
Monitoring fish using imaging sonar: Capacity, challenges and future perspective	27
Movescapes and eco‐evolutionary movement strategies in marine fish: Assessing a connectivity hotspot	27
Sustainable fisheries are essential but not enough to ensure well‐being for the world’s fishers	27
Plastic gear loss estimates from remote observation of industrial fishing activity	26
Redistribution of salmon populations in the northeast Pacific ocean in response to climate	26
Continental‐scale acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal new insights into stock structure	25
Considerations for management strategy evaluation for small pelagic fishes	25
Recent trends in abundance and fishing pressure of agency‐assessed small pelagic fish stocks	25
Fishing for health: Do the world’s national policies for fisheries and aquaculture align with those for nutrition?	24
It is past time to use ecosystem models tactically to support ecosystem‐based fisheries management: Case studies using Ecopath with Ecosim in an operational management context	24
Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield	24
Multidecadal changes in fish growth rates estimated from tagging data: A case study from the Eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua, Gadidae)	24
Parental care and reproductive strategies in notothenioid fishes	23
Global insights on managing fishery systems for the three pillars of sustainability	23
Cormorant predation effects on fish populations: A global meta‐analysis	23
Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems	23
Impact of the 2014–2016 marine heatwave on US and Canada West Coast fisheries: Surprises and lessons from key case studies	23
The long and narrow path for novel cell‐based seafood to reduce fishing pressure for marine ecosystem recovery	22
Multisectoral one health approach to make aquaculture and fisheries resilient to a future pandemic‐like situation	21
Area‐based management of blue water fisheries: Current knowledge and research needs	21
A review and tests of validation and sensitivity of geolocation models for marine fish tracking	20
Changes to the structure and function of an albacore fishery reveal shifting social‐ecological realities for Pacific Northwest fishermen	20
Global status of groundfish stocks	19
Sifting environmental DNA metabarcoding data sets for rapid reconstruction of marine food webs	19
Contrasting climate velocity impacts in warm and cool locations show that effects of marine warming are worse in already warmer temperate waters	19
Shut up or shout loudly: Predation threat and sound production in fishes	19
A unifying hypothesis for the spawning migrations of temperate anguillid eels	18
Projecting species distributions using fishery‐dependent data	18
Achieving sustainable and climate‐resilient fisheries requires marine ecosystem forecasts to include fish condition	18
Strength and consistency of density dependence in marine fish productivity	18
Environmental requirements and heterogeneity of rheophilic fish nursery habitats in European lowland rivers: Current insights and future challenges	18
Sustainable development outcomes of livelihood diversification in small‐scale fisheries	17
Behavioural thermoregulation in cold‐water freshwater fish: Innate resilience to climate warming?	17
Progress and challenges in eliminating illegal fishing	17
Conservation risks and portfolio effects in mixed‐stock fisheries	17
Ontogenetic spatial constraints of sub‐arctic marine fish species	17
Basin‐scale approach needed for Yangtze River fisheries restoration	17
Reviving the unique potential of recreational fishers as environmental stewards of aquatic ecosystems	17
Physiology and aquaculture: A review of ion and acid‐base regulation by the gills of fishes	17
Incorporating knowledge of changes in climatic, oceanographic and ecological conditions in Canadian stock assessments	17
The search for blue transitions in aquaculture‐dominant countries	17
Mapping small‐scale fisheries through a coordinated participatory strategy	16
Life in the fast lane: Revisiting the fast growth—High survival paradigm during the early life stages of fishes	16
Do small‐scale fisheries have the capacity to provide food security to coastal populations?	16
Fragmentation of lateral connectivity and fish population dynamics in large rivers	16
Ecological vulnerability of the chondrichthyan fauna of southern Australia to the stressors of climate change, fishing and other anthropogenic hazards	16
Estimating fine‐scale movement rates and habitat preferences using multiple data sources	16
Assessing progress in data reporting by tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations	16
Tracking industrial fishing activities in African waters from space	16

Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by‐catch	16
Global assessment of shark strandings	15
Accelerated extractions of North Atlantic cod and herring, 1520–1790	15
To EBFM or not to EBFM? that is not the question	15
Functional erosion and trait loss in fish assemblages from Neotropical reservoirs: The man beyond the environment	15
Unveiling unselective fishing in China: A nationwide meta‐analysis of multispecies fisheries	15
Integrative approach on the diversity of nesting behaviour in fishes	15
The influence of habitat association on swimming performance in marine teleost fish larvae	15
Overturning stereotypes: The fuzzy boundary between recreational and subsistence inland fisheries	15
Effects of artificial light at night on fishes: A synthesis with future research priorities	14
Prospects for the future of pink salmon in three oceans: From the native Pacific to the novel Arctic and Atlantic	14
A global assessment of fish estuary associations: A numerical approach to assessing estuary‐associated fish functional guilds	14
Women’s experiences in influencing and shaping small‐scale fisheries governance	14
Atlantic salmon in regulated rivers: Understanding river management through the ecosystem services lens	14
Understanding societal approval of the fishing industry and the influence of third‐party sustainability certification	13
Where land meets sea: Intertidal areas as key‐habitats for sharks and rays	13
Climate change projections of commercial fish distribution and suitable habitat around north western Europe	13
Mesoscale eddies modulate the dynamics of human fishing activities in the global midlatitude ocean	13
Fisher behaviour in coastal and marine fisheries	13
Rapidly increasing eco‐certification coverage transforming management of world’s tuna fisheries	13
Global distribution of the South American peacock bassesCichlaspp. follows human interference	13
Asymmetry across international borders: Research, fishery and management trends and economic value of the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)	13
The contribution of macroalgae‐associated fishes to small‐scale tropical reef fisheries	13