1. Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries.
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Queiroz N, Humphries NE, Couto A, Vedor M, da Costa I, Sequeira AMM, Mucientes G, Santos AM, Abascal FJ, Abercrombie DL, Abrantes K, Acuña-Marrero D, Afonso AS, Afonso P, Anders D, Araujo G, Arauz R, Bach P, Barnett A, Bernal D, Berumen ML, Bessudo Lion S, Bezerra NPA, Blaison AV, Block BA, Bond ME, Bonfil R, Bradford RW, Braun CD, Brooks EJ, Brooks A, Brown J, Bruce BD, Byrne ME, Campana SE, Carlisle AB, Chapman DD, Chapple TK, Chisholm J, Clarke CR, Clua EG, Cochran JEM, Crochelet EC, Dagorn L, Daly R, Cortés DD, Doyle TK, Drew M, Duffy CAJ, Erikson T, Espinoza E, Ferreira LC, Ferretti F, Filmalter JD, Fischer GC, Fitzpatrick R, Fontes J, Forget F, Fowler M, Francis MP, Gallagher AJ, Gennari E, Goldsworthy SD, Gollock MJ, Green JR, Gustafson JA, Guttridge TL, Guzman HM, Hammerschlag N, Harman L, Hazin FHV, Heard M, Hearn AR, Holdsworth JC, Holmes BJ, Howey LA, Hoyos M, Hueter RE, Hussey NE, Huveneers C, Irion DT, Jacoby DMP, Jewell OJD, Johnson R, Jordan LKB, Jorgensen SJ, Joyce W, Keating Daly CA, Ketchum JT, Klimley AP, Kock AA, Koen P, Ladino F, Lana FO, Lea JSE, Llewellyn F, Lyon WS, MacDonnell A, Macena BCL, Marshall H, McAllister JD, McAuley R, Meÿer MA, Morris JJ, Nelson ER, Papastamatiou YP, Patterson TA, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Pepperell JG, Pierce SJ, Poisson F, Quintero LM, Richardson AJ, Rogers PJ, Rohner CA, Rowat DRL, Samoilys M, Semmens JM, Sheaves M, Shillinger G, Shivji M, Singh S, Skomal GB, Smale MJ, Snyders LB, Soler G, Soria M, Stehfest KM, Stevens JD, Thorrold SR, Tolotti MT, Towner A, Travassos P, Tyminski JP, Vandeperre F, Vaudo JJ, Watanabe YY, Weber SB, Wetherbee BM, White TD, Williams S, Zárate PM, Harcourt R, Hays GC, Meekan MG, Thums M, Irigoien X, Eguiluz VM, Duarte CM, Sousa LL, Simpson SJ, Southall EJ, and Sims DW
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- Animals, Population Density, Risk Assessment, Sharks classification, Ships, Time Factors, Animal Migration, Fisheries statistics & numerical data, Geographic Mapping, Oceans and Seas, Sharks physiology, Spatio-Temporal Analysis
- Abstract
Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. However, this information is lacking at a global scale. Here we show, using a big-data approach that combines satellite-tracked movements of pelagic sharks and global fishing fleets, that 24% of the mean monthly space used by sharks falls under the footprint of pelagic longline fisheries. Space-use hotspots of commercially valuable sharks and of internationally protected species had the highest overlap with longlines (up to 76% and 64%, respectively), and were also associated with significant increases in fishing effort. We conclude that pelagic sharks have limited spatial refuge from current levels of fishing effort in marine areas beyond national jurisdictions (the high seas). Our results demonstrate an urgent need for conservation and management measures at high-seas hotspots of shark space use, and highlight the potential of simultaneous satellite surveillance of megafauna and fishers as a tool for near-real-time, dynamic management.
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- 2019
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