Marine Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of Marine Policy is 11. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The implications of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective121
Understanding vulnerability and sustainable livelihood factors from coastal residents in Taiwan99
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)78
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation77
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives69
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management68
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties67
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence63
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)59
Irregular migration and its impact on the marine environment: Legal aspects59
Evolution of support policies for the development of distant-water fishing bases in China: Review, performance, challenges and prospects58
Towards non-entangling and biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices – Baselines and transition in the world’s largest tuna purse seine fishery54
Small-scale low-tropic ocean farming and coastal rural landscapes: Why the logistics of seaweed matter? Insights from Ireland for collaborative planning53
Policy impacts of intellectual property and academic research trends in marine-derived collagen and chitin/chitosan value chains51
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish trade and the coping strategies: An initial assessment from China’s perspective51
COVID-19 border closures cause humanitarian crew change crisis at sea51
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean50
Illegal fishing threatens the sustainability of future tuna commodities in Indonesia49
The ecological and socioeconomic implications of future total allowable catch decisions and illegal fishing scenarios for South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery49
Integrating cultural and natural heritage approaches to Marine Protected Areas in the MENA region48
Mapping fisheries value chains to facilitate their sustainability assessment: Case studies in The Gambia and Mali48
Towards a combined human-natural system approach in the Northern Red Sea Region: Ecological challenges, sustainable development, and community engagement48
Fisheries in flux: Bridging science and policy for climate-resilient management of US fisheries under distributional change47
How blue financing can sustain ocean conservation and development: A proposed conceptual framework for blue financing mechanism47
The current developments and impact of land reclamation control in China45
Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation45
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ45
Harvest strategies and allocation – A chicken and egg scenario?45
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions45
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels44
Mapping the nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas of the Balearic Islands’ coast44
UNCLOS and its contributions to the development of international law: An editorial note44
Understanding the link between climate change adaptation and household food security among shrimp farmers in Indonesia44
Pescatourism’s contribution to the management effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza” (Algeria, Southwestern Mediterranean)44
Breaking Blue: Establishing comprehensive policy for a just and inclusive transition for the Blue Economy44
On the provisions of the BBNJ Agreement addressing the impacts of climate change43
Encouraging proactive governance of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)42
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
Potential determinants affecting the growth of China’s ocean economy: An input-output structural decomposition analysis42
Is Maritime Spatial Planning a tool to mitigate the impacts of underwater noise? A review of adopted and upcoming maritime spatial plans in Europe42
An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis42
A social cost-benefit analysis of shellfish beds on the Dutch coast as a nature-based measure against climate change41
The necessity of justice for a fair, legitimate, and effective treaty on plastic pollution41
Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic41
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects41
Human rights at sea: The limits of inter-state cooperation in addressing forced labour on fishing vessels41
Understanding core determinants in LNG bunkering port selection: Policy implications for the maritime industry40
Hazard and catch composition of ghost fishing gear revealed by a citizen science clean-up initiative40
Management of spatial data integrity including stakeholder feedback in Maritime Spatial Planning39
Conflicting governance realities: Aligning historical and cultural practices with formal marine protected area co-management in Senegal39
Beyond bluewashing: A critical examination of labeling blue bonds39
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach39
Improved traceability in seafood supply chains is achievable by minimising vulnerable nodes in processing and distribution networks39
A review of migrant labour rights protection in distant water fishing in Taiwan: From laissez-faire to regulation and challenges behind39
Local ecological knowledge of fisheries charts decline of sharks in data-poor regions38
Marine reserves and resilience in the era of COVID-1938
Port competitiveness: Do container terminal operators and liner shipping companies see eye to eye?38
Over 30 years of monitoring and implementing the Bern Convention's recommendations for the protection of Mediterranean sea turtles37
Limited support for Global North-Global South inequality in regulating international trade in scalloped hammerhead sharks36
Biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices: Current status and future prospects36
Assessing the need for the designation of the Yellow Sea Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)36
Short and long-term solutions for mitigating black carbon emissions in Arctic shipping: Implications for stakeholders36
Lobster reserves as a management tool in coastal waters: Two decades of experience in Norway35
A national assessment of the economic and wellbeing impacts of recreational surfing in Australia35
Different perspectives of stakeholders on the sustainable development of fishery-based communities in Northeast Taiwan35
Sustainable use of ocean resources34
Participatory scenario planning as a useful method for transforming ocean conflicts: Insights from a small-scale fishing conflict in São Paulo coast, Brazil34
Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURF) in central-southern Chile: Their sustainability status from a transdisciplinary holistic approach34
Halophytes as novel marine products – A consumers’ perspective in Portugal and policy implications34
Brazil and regional fisheries management organizations - What is at stake?34
Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles34
Global marine conservation priorities for sustaining marine productivity, preserving biodiversity and addressing climate change34
Historical changes in conservation measurements on target, predictable bycatch and bycatch species caught by pelagic longline fisheries in Southwest Atlantic Ocean34
Smokescreen or groundwork? The paradox of ecological monitoring in the management of Marine Protected Areas34
Catch-rate triggers as a fisheries management tool for short lived species: Can they achieve MEY?33
Veiled costs, concealed incentives: Rethinking market approaches to address institutional marginalization and reduce vulnerability of artisanal fishers to power abuses in the Peruvian dolphinfish fish33
Documenting fisheries co-management in action: Case of the Grand Cape Mount County Co-Management Association, Liberia33
Reflections on the settlement of fisheries disputes between the EU-UK in the post-Brexit era: Lessons for China’s fishery enforcement disputes settlement33
Preferences for derelict gear mitigation strategies by commercial fishers33
Amendment process and comments of the provisions of underwater cultural heritage in the Draft Exploitation Regulations in the Area33
Reconsidering the longline ban in the Galapagos Marine Reserve32
Promoting gender equity in marine protected areas: A self-assessment tool32
Spatial assessment of benthic habitats vulnerability to bottom fishing in a Mediterranean seamount32
Effects of stock collapse and management on price dynamics of blackspot seabream32
Introduction to the special issue on “International merchant shipping in the 21st century: Social science perspectives”32
“Akili zetu ziwe moja / Let our minds be one”: Emergent strategy for adapting to seafood insecurity in coastal Kenyan fishing communities32
Managing abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (Derelict Gear) in Eastern Caribbean small-scale fisheries: An assessment of legislative, regulatory and policy gaps31
Jellyfish fisheries along the Gujarat coast, India: Status and challenges31
Fishery improvement projects: A voluntary, corporate “tool” not fit for the purpose of mitigating labour abuses and guaranteeing labour rights for workers30
A critical appraisal of the BBNJ agreement not to recognise the high seas decline as a common concern of humankind30
Family-run or business-oriented fisheries? Integrating socioeconomic and environmental aspects to assess the societal impact29
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
Gilt Dragons, porcelain and plundered doubloons: A comparative analysis of Taiwan and Australian underwater cultural heritage protection laws29
Oceans justice: Trade-offs between Sustainable Development Goals in the Seychelles29
The BBNJ agreement and liability29
Shoreline master programs: A hindrance or a help to kelp conservation in Puget Sound?29
Transversal policy between the protection of marine fishery resources and fisheries subsidies to address overfishing in Indonesia28
Worker-less social responsibility: How the proliferation of voluntary labour governance tools in seafood marginalise the workers they claim to protect28
The complementary relationship between illegal fishing and maritime piracy: A case study of the Gulf of Guinea28
Advancing fisheries sustainability and access through community fisheries trusts28
Policy making for sharks and the role and contribution of non-governmental organisations in the fulfilment of international legal obligations28
Advantages and disadvantages of introducing strong user rights in fisheries. A literature review28
Local knowledge and official landing data point to decades of fishery stock decline in West Africa28
Valuing habitat quality for managing mangrove ecosystem services in coastal Tangerang District, Indonesia28
Research on the cooperative network game model of marine plastic waste management28
Saving two fish with one wreck: Maximizing synergies in marine biodiversity conservation and underwater cultural heritage protection28
A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports27
Seeking clarity on transparency in fisheries governance and management27
Impacts of COVID-19 on the value chain of a small-scale fishery system in a tropical metropolitan city27
Preparing for climate related impacts: Knowledge assessment of the life history of key exploited fish species managed in a climate hotspot27
A global review of MSC certification: Why fisheries withdraw?27
IMO 2023 strategy-Where are we and what’s next?27
The influence of public sentiment on the price of aquatic products under the influence of nuclear wastewater discharge in Japan27
Fact or fiction? Unpacking the terminologies used in fisheries allocation discussions27
Building a maritime community with a shared future: Scholarly reflections on China’s new ocean vision27
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing impacts: A systematic review of evidence and proposed future agenda27
Differences in deficiency types causing ship detentions at the Black Sea Region during the Covid-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic27
Contributing to sustainable development pathways in the South Pacific through transdisciplinary research: Conference report26
Multiple paths towards Eco islands and blue development: Conference report26
Caught in a vicious cycle: Connecting forced labour and environmental exploitation through a case study of Asia–Pacific26
Changing climates in a blue economy: Assessing the climate-responsiveness of Canadian fisheries and oceans policy26
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 a26
Derelict gear from an illegal fishery: Lessons from gear retrieval efforts in the Upper Gulf of California26
The impact of climate change and economic development on the catches of small pelagic fisheries26
Disentangling politics in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission26
Assessing the impacts of strong user rights in fisheries: The case of the Philippines marine fisheries25
Ocean predators: Squids, Chinese fleets and the geopolitics of high seas fishing25
International transparency obligations in fisheries conservation and management: Inter-state and intra-state dimensions25
Conceptualizing maritime constabulary effectiveness (MCE)25
From design to implementation: Lessons from planning the first marine protected area network in Canada25
Maritime cybersecurity and the IMO legal instruments: Sluggish response to an escalating threat?25
Evaluating factors influencing compliance with vessel regulations to minimize disturbances to endangered killer whales (Orcinus orca)25
Protection of the global ocean rights25
Implementing the Port State Measures Agreement to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Caribbean25
The emergence of artisanal fishing as a strategic response in the Chilean fishing field25
Seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An examination of current supportive measures and their perceived effectiveness25
Editorial Board25
Sale price flexibilities of Mediterranean hake and red shrimp24
Negotiating fair and equitable sharing of benefits in the BBNJ agreement: Role of the Group of 77 and China24
Who asked you? A systematic review exploring the origin of primary research into attitudes to marine protected areas in Australia24
Poor online information on European marine protected areas impairs public participation under the Aarhus Convention24
Sediment quality in the Polish part of the trans-boundary Vistula Lagoon: implications for deposition management24
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
Sowing potential transformative changes in the fishing and agrifood systems – Conference report23
Towards smart government for sustainable fisheries and marine development: An intelligent web-based support system approach in small islands23
Impact evaluation of cooperative membership on welfare: Evidence from captured fishery households in Indonesia23
Unravelling the deep: Assessing the bycatch of deep-sea elasmobranchs in crustacean bottom trawl fisheries in Portugal23
Enhancing the livelihood of small-scale fishers in the context of vulnerability23
Trends in a European coastal fishery with a special focus on small-scale fishers – Implications for fisheries policies and management23
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
Stakeholders’ perception on consumption, fishing, and conservation of Red grouper, Epinephelus morio, off the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico23
Blue Nature-Based Solutions in marine and coastal EU policies: Challenges, recommendations and policy opportunities throughout the policy cycle23
Co-building a new landscape of global shipping based on openness, cooperation, and innovation: Conference report22
Editorial Board22
Realising the potential of interoperable data products to improve the outlook for marine biodiversity: Lessons from the European marine observation and data network22
Community attitudes towards marine parks in South Australia22
Spatial patterns of fishing activity inside the Gorringe bank MPA based on VMS, AIS and e-logbooks data22
Guidance on marine protected area protection level assignments when faced with unknown regulatory information22
Communicating Maritime Spatial Planning: The MSP Challenge approach22
Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: Initial steps within the framework22
Humanizing marine spatial planning: A salutogenic approach22
Disaster risk in Caribbean fisheries: How vulnerability is shaped and how it can be reduced in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda22
Policy evolution and analysis of characteristics and values of China’s marine seed industry development under the food security strategy22
Corrigendum to “An evaluation of Regional Fisheries Management Organization at-sea compliance monitoring and observer programs” [Mar. Policy 115 (2020) 103842]22
Book review22
Developing an integrated framework for Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) and Marine Protected Areas (MPA) across Africa and the Middle East22
Charting sustainable waters: Governance challenges and opportunities for fisheries and coastal beach resources in a West African country22
A comparative study of residents and tourists' valuation for a heterogeneous environmental good: The case of coastal erosion21
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]21
Oceans sing, are you listening? Sounding out potentials for artistic audio engagements with science through the Polar Sounds project21
Aquaculture PPP development in China-case study from Hani Terrace21
Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear in coastal fisheries: A case study in the Baltic Sea coastal waters of Latvia21
Science advice for international governance – An evidence-based perspective on the role of SCAR in the Antarctic Treaty System21
Diversity, challenges, and opportunities of Fishery Improvement Projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean region21
One well-planned and executed exchange is better than two: Lessons learned from a reciprocal fisheries learning exchange between Madagascar and Mexico21
Corrigendum to ‘Fishery harvest control rules from bioeconomic optimization’ [Mar. Policy Vol. 115, May 2020, 103865]21
Distinction between law enforcement activity and military activity in article 298(1)(b) of UNCLOS: Commentary on recent international decisions21
Seafood consumption and the management of shellfish aquaculture21
Women lead small-scale fisheries to sustainability in Surigao del Sur, Philippines20
Why do state interventions in artisanal fisheries often fail in Chile? Misalignment to the way of life of fishers20
No logo? The failure of ASC salmon labeling in Norway and the UK20
State led social security and inclusion of marine fisherfolk: Analyzing the case of Kerala, India20
Discrepancies in the portrayal of Japan’s nuclear water release in Chinese and US media outlets: A corpus-based news values analysis of marine disputes20
Policy outlook: Recent evolutions of maritime spatial planning in the European Union20
Conceptualizing maritime spatial planning – A pilot study on viewpoints across Northern European Seas20
International cooperation and coordination in the Global Legislation of High Seas ABMTs including MPAs: Taking OSPAR practice as reference20
Understanding transformations in the marine coastal realm: The explanatory potential of theories of institutional change20
Coastal disaster protection and hazard perceptions of the residents of Orchid Island, Taiwan20
Controversial opening of a limited fishery for Atlantic Goliath Grouper in the United States: Implications for population recovery20
The prosecution of fisheries crime in Spanish criminal law: The impact of European Union regulations20
Persistence of fisheries production: a disaggregated analysis in 31 OECD Countries20
Maritime laws and sustainable development of Blue Economy: Conference report20
International good practices for facilitating transboundary collaboration in Marine Spatial Planning20
Combatting illegal fishing through transparency initiatives : Lessons learned from comparative analysis of transparency initiatives in seafood, apparel, extractive, and timber supply chains20
The ‘Paper Park Index’: Evaluating Marine Protected Area effectiveness through a global study of stakeholder perceptions20
Gender equality for sustainability in ports: Developing a framework20
Mangrove ecosystem services: Contribution to the well-being of the coastal communities in Klang Islands20
Interstate hostility and maritime crime: Evidence from South East Asia20
Marine zoning for the Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) in British Columbia, Canada20
Recreational harvesting of the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in southern Portugal: Characterization of the activity based on harvesters’ perception and local ecological knowledge19
Tracking shifts in the vulnerability and resiliency of commercial fishing vessel crew and hired captains in New England and the Mid-Atlantic19
Offshore energy structures in the North Sea: Past, present and future19
Integrated coastal zone management in Colombia: 25 years of implementing an environmental planning policy19
Editorial Board19
The potential interactions between the BBNJ Agreement and RFMOs in the establishment of ABMTs: Implications for RFMOs19
Prospects of fish supply-demand and its implications for food and nutrition security in Egypt19
Aquaculture policy: Designing licenses for environmental regulation19
China and Indonesia's responses to maritime disputes in the South China Sea: forming a tacit understanding on security19
Editorial Board19
Lessons learnt on the management of short-lived fish from the Bay of Biscay anchovy case study: Satisfying fishery needs and sustainability under recruitment uncertainty19
Blue carbon: A new paradigm of mangrove conservation and management in Indonesia19
Mariculture high-quality development process and spatial differences: A case study of China19
Ecosystem-based sustainable management of chum salmon in Japan’s warming climate19
Comparing multi-criteria decision analysis to group negotiations in fisheries co-management19
Getting our sea back: Indigenous governance and biocultural conservation of coastal and marine commons19
Towards an international legal definition of the notion of fisheries crime18
Editorial Board18
Assessing the economic effects of the European landing obligation on the Spanish fishery in the Celtic Sea18
Sustainability of tunas and swordfish exploitation in the equatorial tropical Atlantic Ocean18
Analysis of marine incidents and policy implications: Case study of the South Korea18
Resilience and adaptation: Galician canning fish industry evolution18
Climate change in the Southern Ocean: Is the Commission for the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources doing enough?18
Unveiling the hidden hands: Analysis of corporate ownership of industrial tuna fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean18
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
Geospatial identification of stakeholders to support dynamic ocean management in transboundary areas18
Exploring the gender gap in marine affairs in Taiwan18
The impacts of COVID-19 on the cruise industry based on an empirical study in China18
Interactions between small-scale fisheries and marine mammals from the perspective of fishers in the Mexican tropical pacific coast18
Commercial whale-watching reduces vessel incidents in the vicinity of killer whales in Washington State18
Editorial Board18
Shifting demand to sustainable fishing practices in Darwin's Archipelago: a discrete choice experiment application for Galapagos' certified Yellow-fin tuna18
Provisions for nullification of conservation and management measures in RFMO objection procedures18
Assessing the effectiveness of 18 years of Israel’s “Clean Coast” program18
Mind the gap and close it: Regulating greenhouse gas emissions from deep-sea mining in the Area17
Initial insights on the impact of COVID-19 on boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia17
Monitoring benthic habitats in English Marine Protected Areas: Lessons learned, challenges and future directions17
Legal regime of residual liability in decommissioning: The importance of role of states17
A conceptual framework for risk management in aquaculture17
Direction, not detail: Progress towards consensus at the fourth intergovernmental conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction17
The status of Blue Economy development in Africa17
Open science for the ocean. Recommendations from the perspective of marine carbon observations in Germany, Brazil, and beyond17
Coral reefs and climate change: Examining two institutional approaches to managing a novel marine ecosystem17
What are the factors that enable or hinder gender equality? Lessons and experiences on gender dynamics in Mexican small-scale fisheries17
Socio-economic development of marine ornamental reef fish fishers in eastern Sri Lanka through the lenses of Human Development Index17
Errors and bias in marine conservation and fisheries literature: Their impact on policies and perceptions17
Benefits of measurable population connectivity metrics for area-based marine management17
Use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess management alternatives in the presence of multiple objectives17
The long-term evolution of news media in defining socio-ecological conflict: A case study of expanding aquaculture17
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