References for briefings / fact sheets

Saving seahorses, saving the seas

[1] IUCN (2020) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-1.

[2] Foster, S.J. (2020) Seahorses as an index of global fishing pressure. Project Seahorse.

[3] Foster, S. J. and A.C.J. Vincent. (2004) Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management. Journal of Fish Biology 65:1-61.

[4] Vincent, A.C.J, S.J. Foster and H.J. Koldewey. (2011) Conservation and management of seahorses and other syngnathids. Journal of Fish Biology 78(6):1681-1724.

[5] Waycott, M., Duarte, C. M., Carruthers, T. J., et al (2009) Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(30):12377-12381.

[6] Thomas, N., Bunting, P., Lucas, R., et al (2018) Mapping mangrove extent and change: A globally applicable approach. Remote Sensing 10(9):1466.

[7] Bruno, J. F., Côté, I. M., & Toth, L. T. (2019) Climate change, coral loss, and the curious case of the parrotfish paradigm: Why don’t marine protected areas improve reef resilience? Annual Review of Marine Science 11:307-334.

End bottom trawling

[1] There are an estimated 83,000 trawl vessels in the member countries of the Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission alone; Funge-Smith, S., Briggs, M. and Miao, W. (2012) Regional overview of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific 2012. FAO RAP Publication, Bangkok. pp. 154.

[2] Amoroso, R. O., Pitcher, C. R., Rijnsdorp, A. D., et al (2018) Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(43):E10275-E10282.

[3] Sumaila, R. & Cheung, W. W. L. (2015) Boom or Bust: The Future of Fish in the South China Sea. Vancouver, Canada: Fisheries Centre, The University of British Columbia.

[4] Amoroso, R. O., Pitcher, C. R., Rijnsdorp, A. D., et al (2018) Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(43):E10275-E10282.

[5] Noranarttragoon 2014 as cited in Sadovy de Mitcheson,Y., Leadbitter, D. and Law, C. (2018) History, profiles and implications of feed fish and fishmeal supply from domestic trawlers in the East and South China Seas. Final Report to ADMCF. pp. 131.

[6] Changing Markets (2019) Fishing for Catastrophe. Changing Markets Foundation, Netherlands. pp 46.

[6] Guo, 2015 as cited in Zhang, W., Liu, M., Sadovy de Mitcheson,Y., et al (2020) Fishing for feed in China: Facts, impacts and implications. Fish and Fisheries 21(1):47-62.

[7] Dureuil, M., Boerder, K., Burnett, K. A., Froese, R., & Worm, B. (2018) Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot. Science 362(6421):1403-1407.

[8] Foster, S.J. (2020) Seahorses as an index of global fishing pressure. Project Seahorse.

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[Updated 6 July 2023]