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Monitoring small‐scale fisheries through participatory, app‐based surveys in the tropical archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe Open

Guillermo Porriños, Philip D. Doherty, Ana Nuño, Manuel da Graça, Eliza de Jesus Barros dos Santos , et al. · 2025

In Small Island Developing States (SIDS), coastal marine resources are particularly vulnerable to overexploitation, with small‐scale fisheries (SSF) providing an irreplaceable source of income and food. However, the decentralized and compl…

Correction: Fish community composition in the tropical archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe Open

Guillermo Porriños, Kristian Metcalfe, Ana Nuño, Manuel da Graça, Katherine E. Walker , et al. · 2025

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312849.].

Spatial footprint of maritime vessels in the waters of a fast-growing coastal megalopolis Open

Stephen D. J. Lang, Philip D. Doherty, Brendan J. Godley, Shing Yip Lee, Felix Leung , et al. · 2025

Effects of illumination and pot design on catch and bycatch when targeting northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) using white LED PotLights Open

Thomas W. Horton, Robert Enever, Brendan J. Godley, Pete Kibel, Donald A. Malone , et al. · 2025

A synthesis of the current state of knowledge of the marine fisheries sector in the Republic of the Congo Open

Kristian Metcalfe, Philip D. Doherty, Baudelaire Dissondet Moundzoho, Emmanuel Dilambaka, Chris Kerry , et al. · 2025

Animal-borne sensors reveal high human impact on soundscapes near a critical sea turtle nesting beach Open

Francesco Garzon, Pierre Didier Agamboué, Jack Boyle, Philip D. Doherty, Ángela Formia , et al. · 2024

Fish community composition in the tropical archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe Open

Guillermo Porriños, Kristian Metcalfe, Ana Nuño, Manuel da Graça, Katherine E. Walker , et al. · 2024

Understanding species distribution across habitats and environmental variables is important to inform area-based management. However, observational data are often lacking, particularly from developing countries, hindering effective conserv…

Artisanal fisheries catch highlights hotspot for threatened sharks and rays in the <span>Republic of the Congo</span> Open

Philip D. Doherty, Godefroy De Bruyne, Baudelaire Dissondet Moundzoho, Emmanuel Dilambaka, Gaston Ngassiki Okondza , et al. · 2023

Global catch rates of sharks and rays from artisanal fisheries are underreported, leading to a lack of data on population status. This forms a major barrier to developing effective management plans, such is the case in Central and West Afr…

Rise and fall of an avian oasis: Tracking the impacts of land use change in a key coastal wetland in the world's largest megalopolis Open

Felix Leung, Philip D. Doherty, Mingfeng Liu, Kristian Metcalfe, Brendan J. Godley , et al. · 2023

Conservation‐relevant reproductive parameters from long‐term tagging of two globally important sea turtle nesting aggregations in Central Africa Open

Paolo Casale, Gaspard Abitsi, Pierre Didier Agamboué, Eric Augowet, Jean Pierre Bayet , et al. · 2023

Assessing abundance and monitoring ecology and population trends are of critical importance for animal species of conservation concern. For sea turtles, annual nest counts represent the most common method of estimating population size. How…

Rise and Fall of an Avian Oasis: Tracking the Impacts of Land Use Change in a Key Coastal Wetland in the World's Largest Megalopolis Open

Felix W. Leung, Philip D. Doherty, Mingfeng Liu, Kristian Metcalfe, Brendan J. Godley , et al. · 2023

Efficacy of a novel shark bycatch mitigation device in a tuna longline fishery Open

Philip D. Doherty, Robert Enever, Lucy C. M. Omeyer, Lydia Tivenan, Grant Course , et al. · 2022

Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, and skates) are caught throughout fisheries globally, leading to over one-third of species being threatened with extinction¹. Oceanic shark populations have undergone an average 71% decline over the …

Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology Open

Samantha Andrzejaczek, Tim Lucas, Maurice C. Goodman, Nigel E. Hussey, Amelia J. Armstrong , et al. · 2022

Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused on…

Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas Open

Melinda G. Conners, Nicholas B. Sisson, Pierre Didier Agamboué, Philip W. Atkinson, Alastair M. M. Baylis , et al. · 2022

Marine protected areas (MPAs), particularly large MPAs, are increasing in number and size around the globe in part to facilitate the conservation of marine megafauna under the assumption that large-scale MPAs better align with vagile life …

Scallop potting with lights: A novel, low impact method for catching European king scallop (Pecten maximus) Open

Robert Enever, Philip D. Doherty, Jon Ashworth, Mark Duffy, Pete Kibel , et al. · 2022

This is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this record

Fulfilling global marine commitments; lessons learned from Gabon Open

Kristian Metcalfe, Lee White, Michelle E. Lee, J. Michael Fay, Gaspard Abitsi , et al. · 2022

As part of the Post‐2020 Biodiversity Framework, nations are assessing progress over the past decade in addressing the underlying drivers that influence direct pressures on biodiversity and formulating new policies and strategies for the d…

Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology Open

David J. Curnick, Samantha Andrzejaczek, Tim Lucas, Maurice C. Goodman, Nigel E. Hussey , et al. · 2022

Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understanding their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused…

Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology Open

David J. Curnick, Samantha Andrzejaczek, Tim Lucas, Maurice C. Goodman, Nigel E. Hussey , et al. · 2022

Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understanding their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused…

Threats of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing to biodiversity and food security in the Republic of the Congo Open

Philip D. Doherty, Benoit C. Atsango, Gaston Ngassiki, Appolinaire Ngouembe, Nathalie Bréheret , et al. · 2021

Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing poses a major threat to effective management of marine resources, affecting biodiversity and communities dependent on these coastal resources. Spatiotemporal patterns of industrial fisheri…

Spatial Ecology of Sub-Adult Green Turtles in Coastal Waters of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Implications for Conservation Management Open

Philip D. Doherty, Annette C. Broderick, Brendan J. Godley, KM Hart, Quinton Phillips , et al. · 2020

Marine turtles are of conservation concern throughout their range, with past population declines largely due to exploitation through both legal and illegal take, and incidental capture in fisheries. Whilst much research effort has been foc…

Assessing the Effects of Banana Pingers as a Bycatch Mitigation Device for Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Open

Lucy C. M. Omeyer, Philip D. Doherty, Sarah J. Dolman, Robert Enever, Allan Reese , et al. · 2020

Bycatch is a significant cause of population declines of marine megafauna globally. While numerous bycatch mitigation strategies exist, acoustic alarms, or pingers, are the most widely adopted strategy for small cetaceans. Although pingers…

Tracking foraging green turtles in the Republic of the Congo: insights into spatial ecology from a data poor region Open

Kristian Metcalfe, Nathalie Bréheret, Gaëlle Bal, Eva Chauvet, Philip D. Doherty , et al. · 2020

Globally, marine turtles are considered threatened throughout their range, and therefore conservation practitioners are increasingly investing resources in marine protected areas to protect key life history stages and critical habitats, in…

Spatio-temporal genetic tagging of a cosmopolitan planktivorous shark provides insight to gene flow, temporal variation and site-specific re-encounters Open

Lilian Lieber, Graham L. Hall, Jackie Hall, Simon Berrow, Emmett M. Johnston , et al. · 2020

Using Cumulative Impact Mapping to Prioritize Marine Conservation Efforts in Equatorial Guinea Open

Brittany T. Trew, Hedley S. Grantham, Christian Barrientos, Tim Collins, Philip D. Doherty , et al. · 2019

Marine biodiversity is under extreme pressure from anthropogenic activity globally, leading to calls to protect at least 10% of the world’s oceans within marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures. F…

Seasonal changes in basking shark vertical space use in the north-east Atlantic Open

Philip D. Doherty, J. M. Baxter, Brendan J. Godley, Rachel T. Graham, Graham L. Hall , et al. · 2019

Mobile marine species can exhibit vast movements both horizontally and vertically. Spatial analysis of vertical movements may help improve an understanding of the processes that influence space use. Previously, vertical space use of baskin…

Predicting habitat suitability for basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) in UK waters using ensemble ecological niche modelling Open

Rebecca A. Austin, Lucy A. Hawkes, Philip D. Doherty, S. M. Henderson, Richard Inger , et al. · 2019

Assessing the impact of introduced infrastructure at sea with cameras: A case study for spatial scale, time and statistical power Open

Anthony W. J. Bicknell, Emma V. Sheehan, Brendan J. Godley, Philip D. Doherty, Matthew J. Witt · 2019

Detecting the effects of introduced artificial structures on the marine environment relies upon research and monitoring programs that can provide baseline data and the necessary statistical power to detect biological and/or ecological chan…

Informing Marine Protected Area Designation and Management for Nesting Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Using Satellite Tracking Open

Tiffany M. Dawson, Ángela Formia, Pierre Didier Agamboué, Georges Mba Asseko, François Boussamba , et al. · 2017

Understanding the horizontal and vertical habitat of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea), a threatened species, is critical for determining regions for protection and relevant gear modifications that may effectively reduce byc…

Long-term satellite tracking reveals variable seasonal migration strategies of basking sharks in the north-east Atlantic Open

Philip D. Doherty, J. M. Baxter, Fiona Gell, Brendan J. Godley, Rachel T. Graham , et al. · 2017

Testing the boundaries: Seasonal residency and inter-annual site fidelity of basking sharks in a proposed Marine Protected Area Open

Philip D. Doherty, J. M. Baxter, Brendan J. Godley, Rachel T. Graham, Graham L. Hall , et al. · 2017

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