Marine Policy

Papers
(The median citation count of Marine Policy is 4. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
The implications of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective115
Understanding vulnerability and sustainable livelihood factors from coastal residents in Taiwan91
Towards a combined human-natural system approach in the Northern Red Sea Region: Ecological challenges, sustainable development, and community engagement91
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)85
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation77
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach69
Marine reserves and resilience in the era of COVID-1968
Human rights at sea: The limits of inter-state cooperation in addressing forced labour on fishing vessels67
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives65
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management64
Short and long-term solutions for mitigating black carbon emissions in Arctic shipping: Implications for stakeholders60
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties59
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence54
Irregular migration and its impact on the marine environment: Legal aspects53
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)53
The ecological and socioeconomic implications of future total allowable catch decisions and illegal fishing scenarios for South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery52
An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis51
Evolution of support policies for the development of distant-water fishing bases in China: Review, performance, challenges and prospects51
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions50
Policy impacts of intellectual property and academic research trends in marine-derived collagen and chitin/chitosan value chains50
A social cost-benefit analysis of shellfish beds on the Dutch coast as a nature-based measure against climate change50
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ48
The current developments and impact of land reclamation control in China47
Harvest strategies and allocation – A chicken and egg scenario?47
Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation46
Management of spatial data integrity including stakeholder feedback in Maritime Spatial Planning45
Biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices: Current status and future prospects44
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels44
Over 30 years of monitoring and implementing the Bern Convention's recommendations for the protection of Mediterranean sea turtles44
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean44
A review of migrant labour rights protection in distant water fishing in Taiwan: From laissez-faire to regulation and challenges behind44
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 Area43
Is Maritime Spatial Planning a tool to mitigate the impacts of underwater noise? A review of adopted and upcoming maritime spatial plans in Europe43
UNCLOS and its contributions to the development of international law: An editorial note43
Towards non-entangling and biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices – Baselines and transition in the world’s largest tuna purse seine fishery42
Understanding the link between climate change adaptation and household food security among shrimp farmers in Indonesia42
The oyster fishery in China: Trend, concerns and solutions42
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects42
Integrating cultural and natural heritage approaches to Marine Protected Areas in the MENA region41
Mapping fisheries value chains to facilitate their sustainability assessment: Case studies in The Gambia and Mali41
Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic41
Pescatourism’s contribution to the management effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza” (Algeria, Southwestern Mediterranean)41
Beyond bluewashing: A critical examination of labeling blue bonds40
Local ecological knowledge of fisheries charts decline of sharks in data-poor regions40
Fisheries in flux: Bridging science and policy for climate-resilient management of US fisheries under distributional change40
Mapping the nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas of the Balearic Islands’ coast40
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish trade and the coping strategies: An initial assessment from China’s perspective40
The necessity of justice for a fair, legitimate, and effective treaty on plastic pollution39
On the provisions of the BBNJ Agreement addressing the impacts of climate change39
Breaking Blue: Establishing comprehensive policy for a just and inclusive transition for the Blue Economy39
Conflicting governance realities: Aligning historical and cultural practices with formal marine protected area co-management in Senegal38
A blue carbon ecosystems qualitative assessment applying the DPSIR framework: Local perspective of global benefits and contributions38
Small-scale low-tropic ocean farming and coastal rural landscapes: Why the logistics of seaweed matter? Insights from Ireland for collaborative planning38
Potential determinants affecting the growth of China’s ocean economy: An input-output structural decomposition analysis38
Hazard and catch composition of ghost fishing gear revealed by a citizen science clean-up initiative37
Understanding core determinants in LNG bunkering port selection: Policy implications for the maritime industry37
Encouraging proactive governance of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)37
Port competitiveness: Do container terminal operators and liner shipping companies see eye to eye?36
COVID-19 border closures cause humanitarian crew change crisis at sea36
Illegal fishing threatens the sustainability of future tuna commodities in Indonesia36
Improved traceability in seafood supply chains is achievable by minimising vulnerable nodes in processing and distribution networks35
Limited support for Global North-Global South inequality in regulating international trade in scalloped hammerhead sharks35
Smokescreen or groundwork? The paradox of ecological monitoring in the management of Marine Protected Areas35
How blue financing can sustain ocean conservation and development: A proposed conceptual framework for blue financing mechanism35
Lobster reserves as a management tool in coastal waters: Two decades of experience in Norway34
Assessing the need for the designation of the Yellow Sea Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)34
Different perspectives of stakeholders on the sustainable development of fishery-based communities in Northeast Taiwan34
Local knowledge and official landing data point to decades of fishery stock decline in West Africa34
Worker-less social responsibility: How the proliferation of voluntary labour governance tools in seafood marginalise the workers they claim to protect33
The complementary relationship between illegal fishing and maritime piracy: A case study of the Gulf of Guinea33
A national assessment of the economic and wellbeing impacts of recreational surfing in Australia33
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing impacts: A systematic review of evidence and proposed future agenda33
The influence of public sentiment on the price of aquatic products under the influence of nuclear wastewater discharge in Japan32
Differences and similarities between Indigenous and conventional marine conservation planning: The case of the Songhees Nation, Canada32
Preferences for derelict gear mitigation strategies by commercial fishers32
Spatial assessment of benthic habitats vulnerability to bottom fishing in a Mediterranean seamount32
Sustainable use of ocean resources32
Effects of stock collapse and management on price dynamics of blackspot seabream31
Reflections on the settlement of fisheries disputes between the EU-UK in the post-Brexit era: Lessons for China’s fishery enforcement disputes settlement31
Veiled costs, concealed incentives: Rethinking market approaches to address institutional marginalization and reduce vulnerability of artisanal fishers to power abuses in the Peruvian dolphinfish fish31
“Akili zetu ziwe moja / Let our minds be one”: Emergent strategy for adapting to seafood insecurity in coastal Kenyan fishing communities31
Amendment process and comments of the provisions of underwater cultural heritage in the Draft Exploitation Regulations in the Area31
Catch-rate triggers as a fisheries management tool for short lived species: Can they achieve MEY?31
Advancing fisheries sustainability and access through community fisheries trusts31
Documenting fisheries co-management in action: Case of the Grand Cape Mount County Co-Management Association, Liberia31
Introduction to the special issue on “International merchant shipping in the 21st century: Social science perspectives”30
Fishery improvement projects: A voluntary, corporate “tool” not fit for the purpose of mitigating labour abuses and guaranteeing labour rights for workers30
Promoting gender equity in marine protected areas: A self-assessment tool30
Policy making for sharks and the role and contribution of non-governmental organisations in the fulfilment of international legal obligations30
Brazil and regional fisheries management organizations - What is at stake?30
Participatory scenario planning as a useful method for transforming ocean conflicts: Insights from a small-scale fishing conflict in São Paulo coast, Brazil30
Gilt Dragons, porcelain and plundered doubloons: A comparative analysis of Taiwan and Australian underwater cultural heritage protection laws29
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”29
Preparing for climate related impacts: Knowledge assessment of the life history of key exploited fish species managed in a climate hotspot29
Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURF) in central-southern Chile: Their sustainability status from a transdisciplinary holistic approach29
Impacts of COVID-19 on the value chain of a small-scale fishery system in a tropical metropolitan city29
The BBNJ agreement and liability28
Reconsidering the longline ban in the Galapagos Marine Reserve28
Family-run or business-oriented fisheries? Integrating socioeconomic and environmental aspects to assess the societal impact28
Jellyfish fisheries along the Gujarat coast, India: Status and challenges28
Oceans justice: Trade-offs between Sustainable Development Goals in the Seychelles28
Shoreline master programs: A hindrance or a help to kelp conservation in Puget Sound?28
Advantages and disadvantages of introducing strong user rights in fisheries. A literature review27
A critical appraisal of the BBNJ agreement not to recognise the high seas decline as a common concern of humankind27
IMO 2023 strategy-Where are we and what’s next?27
Valuing habitat quality for managing mangrove ecosystem services in coastal Tangerang District, Indonesia27
A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports27
Differences in deficiency types causing ship detentions at the Black Sea Region during the Covid-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic27
Halophytes as novel marine products – A consumers’ perspective in Portugal and policy implications27
Research on the cooperative network game model of marine plastic waste management27
Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles26
A global review of MSC certification: Why fisheries withdraw?26
Trends in a European coastal fishery with a special focus on small-scale fishers – Implications for fisheries policies and management26
Corrigendum to: From sea-level rise to seabed grabbing: The political economy of climate change in Kiribati [Mar. Policy 97 (2018) 244–252]26
Historical changes in conservation measurements on target, predictable bycatch and bycatch species caught by pelagic longline fisheries in Southwest Atlantic Ocean26
Transversal policy between the protection of marine fishery resources and fisheries subsidies to address overfishing in Indonesia26
Global marine conservation priorities for sustaining marine productivity, preserving biodiversity and addressing climate change26
Saving two fish with one wreck: Maximizing synergies in marine biodiversity conservation and underwater cultural heritage protection26
Seeking clarity on transparency in fisheries governance and management26
Building a maritime community with a shared future: Scholarly reflections on China’s new ocean vision26
Managing abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (Derelict Gear) in Eastern Caribbean small-scale fisheries: An assessment of legislative, regulatory and policy gaps26
Maritime cybersecurity and the IMO legal instruments: Sluggish response to an escalating threat?25
Protection of the global ocean rights25
Seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An examination of current supportive measures and their perceived effectiveness25
Fact or fiction? Unpacking the terminologies used in fisheries allocation discussions25
Conceptualizing maritime constabulary effectiveness (MCE)25
Caught in a vicious cycle: Connecting forced labour and environmental exploitation through a case study of Asia–Pacific25
Assessing the impacts of strong user rights in fisheries: The case of the Philippines marine fisheries25
Implementing the Port State Measures Agreement to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Caribbean25
The impact of climate change and economic development on the catches of small pelagic fisheries25
Editorial Board24
Charting sustainable waters: Governance challenges and opportunities for fisheries and coastal beach resources in a West African country24
Sediment quality in the Polish part of the trans-boundary Vistula Lagoon: implications for deposition management24
The emergence of artisanal fishing as a strategic response in the Chilean fishing field24
International transparency obligations in fisheries conservation and management: Inter-state and intra-state dimensions24
From design to implementation: Lessons from planning the first marine protected area network in Canada24
Disaster risk in Caribbean fisheries: How vulnerability is shaped and how it can be reduced in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda24
Sale price flexibilities of Mediterranean hake and red shrimp24
Who asked you? A systematic review exploring the origin of primary research into attitudes to marine protected areas in Australia24
Evaluating factors influencing compliance with vessel regulations to minimize disturbances to endangered killer whales (Orcinus orca)24
Poor online information on European marine protected areas impairs public participation under the Aarhus Convention24
Impact evaluation of cooperative membership on welfare: Evidence from captured fishery households in Indonesia23
Guidance on marine protected area protection level assignments when faced with unknown regulatory information23
Unravelling the deep: Assessing the bycatch of deep-sea elasmobranchs in crustacean bottom trawl fisheries in Portugal23
Disentangling politics in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission23
Negotiating fair and equitable sharing of benefits in the BBNJ agreement: Role of the Group of 77 and China23
Spatial patterns of fishing activity inside the Gorringe bank MPA based on VMS, AIS and e-logbooks data23
Towards smart government for sustainable fisheries and marine development: An intelligent web-based support system approach in small islands23
Multiple paths towards Eco islands and blue development: Conference report23
Based on stakeholder questionnaires of ship-derived waste, waste management re-planning in Ports and determining the need for inspection23
Voluntary commitments for ocean sustainability: Comparing the UN Ocean Conference and Our Ocean Conference platforms23
Understanding the spatio-temporal variability of fisheries data for better bottom trawling management practices in the Catalan margin (NW Mediterranean Sea)23
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Climate Change Resolution: A quiet interaction of ocean and climate change legal regimes23
Developing an integrated framework for Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) and Marine Protected Areas (MPA) across Africa and the Middle East23
Ocean predators: Squids, Chinese fleets and the geopolitics of high seas fishing22
Book review22
Contributing to sustainable development pathways in the South Pacific through transdisciplinary research: Conference report22
Changing climates in a blue economy: Assessing the climate-responsiveness of Canadian fisheries and oceans policy22
Derelict gear from an illegal fishery: Lessons from gear retrieval efforts in the Upper Gulf of California22
Policy evolution and analysis of characteristics and values of China’s marine seed industry development under the food security strategy22
Sowing potential transformative changes in the fishing and agrifood systems – Conference report22
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 a22
Humanizing marine spatial planning: A salutogenic approach22
Co-building a new landscape of global shipping based on openness, cooperation, and innovation: Conference report22
Stakeholders’ perception on consumption, fishing, and conservation of Red grouper, Epinephelus morio, off the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico22
Community attitudes towards marine parks in South Australia22
Marine zoning for the Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) in British Columbia, Canada21
Corrigendum to “An evaluation of Regional Fisheries Management Organization at-sea compliance monitoring and observer programs” [Mar. Policy 115 (2020) 103842]21
International good practices for facilitating transboundary collaboration in Marine Spatial Planning21
Corrigendum to ‘Fishery harvest control rules from bioeconomic optimization’ [Mar. Policy Vol. 115, May 2020, 103865]21
Science advice for international governance – An evidence-based perspective on the role of SCAR in the Antarctic Treaty System21
Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: Initial steps within the framework21
Communicating Maritime Spatial Planning: The MSP Challenge approach21
Space launches and the UK marine environment21
Women lead small-scale fisheries to sustainability in Surigao del Sur, Philippines21
A comparative study of residents and tourists' valuation for a heterogeneous environmental good: The case of coastal erosion21
Realising the potential of interoperable data products to improve the outlook for marine biodiversity: Lessons from the European marine observation and data network21
Editorial Board21
Mobilizing for change: Assessing Social adaptive capacity in Micronesian fishing communities21
Resource security strategies and preferences for deep ocean mining from a community survey in Japan21
The prosecution of fisheries crime in Spanish criminal law: The impact of European Union regulations21
Aquaculture PPP development in China-case study from Hani Terrace21
Diversity, challenges, and opportunities of Fishery Improvement Projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean region20
One well-planned and executed exchange is better than two: Lessons learned from a reciprocal fisheries learning exchange between Madagascar and Mexico20
Distinction between law enforcement activity and military activity in article 298(1)(b) of UNCLOS: Commentary on recent international decisions20
Controversial opening of a limited fishery for Atlantic Goliath Grouper in the United States: Implications for population recovery20
Tracking shifts in the vulnerability and resiliency of commercial fishing vessel crew and hired captains in New England and the Mid-Atlantic20
Coastal disaster protection and hazard perceptions of the residents of Orchid Island, Taiwan20
Lessons learnt on the management of short-lived fish from the Bay of Biscay anchovy case study: Satisfying fishery needs and sustainability under recruitment uncertainty20
International cooperation and coordination in the Global Legislation of High Seas ABMTs including MPAs: Taking OSPAR practice as reference20
Combatting illegal fishing through transparency initiatives : Lessons learned from comparative analysis of transparency initiatives in seafood, apparel, extractive, and timber supply chains20
Interstate hostility and maritime crime: Evidence from South East Asia20
A quantitative and qualitative decision-making process for selecting indicators to track ecosystem condition20
Offshore energy structures in the North Sea: Past, present and future20
Gender equality for sustainability in ports: Developing a framework20
Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear in coastal fisheries: A case study in the Baltic Sea coastal waters of Latvia20
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]20
No logo? The failure of ASC salmon labeling in Norway and the UK20
Mariculture high-quality development process and spatial differences: A case study of China20
Why do state interventions in artisanal fisheries often fail in Chile? Misalignment to the way of life of fishers20
State led social security and inclusion of marine fisherfolk: Analyzing the case of Kerala, India20
Potential spatial intersection between high-seas fisheries and deep-sea mining in international waters20
Prospects of fish supply-demand and its implications for food and nutrition security in Egypt19
Policy outlook: Recent evolutions of maritime spatial planning in the European Union19
Maritime laws and sustainable development of Blue Economy: Conference report19
Mangrove ecosystem services: Contribution to the well-being of the coastal communities in Klang Islands19
Recreational harvesting of the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in southern Portugal: Characterization of the activity based on harvesters’ perception and local ecological knowledge19
Persistence of fisheries production: a disaggregated analysis in 31 OECD Countries19
Ecosystem-based sustainable management of chum salmon in Japan’s warming climate19
The ‘Paper Park Index’: Evaluating Marine Protected Area effectiveness through a global study of stakeholder perceptions19
Understanding transformations in the marine coastal realm: The explanatory potential of theories of institutional change19
The potential interactions between the BBNJ Agreement and RFMOs in the establishment of ABMTs: Implications for RFMOs19
Aquaculture policy: Designing licenses for environmental regulation19
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
Conceptualizing maritime spatial planning – A pilot study on viewpoints across Northern European Seas19
Oceans sing, are you listening? Sounding out potentials for artistic audio engagements with science through the Polar Sounds project19
Blue carbon: A new paradigm of mangrove conservation and management in Indonesia19
Seafood consumption and the management of shellfish aquaculture19
Where is ocean literacy in oceanic islands’ schools? The Azores case18
China and Indonesia's responses to maritime disputes in the South China Sea: forming a tacit understanding on security18
Editorial Board18
Exploring the gender gap in marine affairs in Taiwan18
Assessing the economic effects of the European landing obligation on the Spanish fishery in the Celtic Sea18
Integrated coastal zone management in Colombia: 25 years of implementing an environmental planning policy18
Comparing multi-criteria decision analysis to group negotiations in fisheries co-management18
Commercial whale-watching reduces vessel incidents in the vicinity of killer whales in Washington State18
Socio-economic analysis of the trawl fleet targeting Deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) and European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in North Tunisia (2015–2017)18
The impacts of COVID-19 on the cruise industry based on an empirical study in China18
Editorial Board18
Editorial Board18
Editorial Board18
Compulsory insurance for cruise vessels as a preparation for the next pandemic: Law of the sea perspective17
Sustainability of tunas and swordfish exploitation in the equatorial tropical Atlantic Ocean17
Benefits of measurable population connectivity metrics for area-based marine management17
Unveiling the hidden hands: Analysis of corporate ownership of industrial tuna fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean17
Geospatial identification of stakeholders to support dynamic ocean management in transboundary areas17
Analysis of marine incidents and policy implications: Case study of the South Korea17
Assessing the effectiveness of 18 years of Israel’s “Clean Coast” program17
Interactions between small-scale fisheries and marine mammals from the perspective of fishers in the Mexican tropical pacific coast17
Navigating the waves of change—Assessing the evolving landscape of China’s revised marine environmental protection law17
Measuring the international ocean economy trade: Method and application17
Shifting demand to sustainable fishing practices in Darwin's Archipelago: a discrete choice experiment application for Galapagos' certified Yellow-fin tuna17
What are the factors that enable or hinder gender equality? Lessons and experiences on gender dynamics in Mexican small-scale fisheries17
Resilience and adaptation: Galician canning fish industry evolution17
Everything comes at a price: The impact of eliminating harmful subsidies in the Spanish marine resources industry17
Towards an international legal definition of the notion of fisheries crime17
Direction, not detail: Progress towards consensus at the fourth intergovernmental conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction17
The social licence of salmon aquaculture in Tasmania: Fulfilling the social bargain17
Australia’s jurisdiction and law enforcement in combating IUU fishing in the Southern Ocean17
Overcoming policy gaps for effective plastic waste management: A case study of Dikkowita Fishery Harbour, Sri Lanka17
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