Journal Publications

  • Florko, K. R. N., Shuert, C. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferguson, S. H., Jonsen, I. D., Rosen, D. A. S., Sumaila, U. R., Tai, T. C., Yurkowski, D. J., & Auger-Méthé, M. (2023). Linking movement and dive data to prey distribution models: new insights in foraging behaviour and potential pitfalls of movement analyses. Movement Ecology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00377-2

  • Liu, Y., Cao, L., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Global estimates of suitable areas for marine algae farming. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd398

  • Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., Deffor, E. W., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Blue Economy: Why they matter and how do we achieve them? Frontiers in Political Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.1067481

  • Brooks, C. M., Ainley, D. G., Jacquet, J., Chown, S. L., Pertierra, L. R., Francis, E., Rogers, A., Chavez-Molina, V., Teh, L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Protect global values of the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Science, 378(6619), 477–479. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add9480

  • Yang, H.-J., Peng, D., Liu, H., Mu, Y., & Kim, D.-H. (2022). Towards Sustainable Development of Fisheries in the Yellow and East China Seas Shared by South Korea and China. Sustainability, 14(20), 13537. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013537

  • Hicks, C. C., Gephart, J. A., Koehn, J. Z., Nakayama, S., Payne, H. J., Allison, E. H., Belhbib, D., Cao, L., Cohen, P. J., Fanzo, J., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Gelcich, S., Golden, C. D., Gorospe, K. D., Isaacs, M., Kuempel, Caitlin. D., Lee, K. N., MacNeil, M. A., Maire, E., … Naylor, R. L. (2022). Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems. Nature Food, 3(10), 851–861. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00618-4

  • Palacios‐Abrantes, J., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U. R., Tagliabue, A., Wabnitz, C. C. C., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2022). Timing and magnitude of climate‐driven range shifts in transboundary fish stocks challenge their management. Global Change Biology, 28(7), 2312–2326. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16058

  • Franco, A. C., Kim, H., Frenzel, H., Deutsch, C., Ianson, D., Sumaila, U. R., & Tortell, P. D. (2022). Impact of warming and deoxygenation on the habitat distribution of Pacific halibut in the Northeast Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography, 31(6), 601–614. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12610

  • Issifu, I., Alava, J. J., Lam, V. W. Y., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Impact of Ocean Warming, Overfishing and Mercury on European Fisheries: A Risk Assessment and Policy Solution Framework. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.770805

  • Sumaila, U. R., Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Villasante, S., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Sinan, H., Burnside, D., Abdallah, P. R., Abe, K., Addo, K. A., Adelsheim, J., Adewumi, I. J., Adeyemo, O. K., Adger, N., Adotey, J., Advani, S., Afrin, Z., Aheto, D., Akintola, S. L., … Zeller, D. (2021). WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies. Science, 374(6567), 544–544. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1680

  • Naylor, R. L., Kishore, A., Sumaila, U. R., Issifu, I., Hunter, B. P., Belton, B., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Gelcich, S., Gephart, J. A., Golden, C. D., Jonell, M., Koehn, J. Z., Little, D. C., Thilsted, S. H., Tigchelaar, M., & Crona, B. (2021). Author Correction: Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26063-8

  • Andrews, N., Bennett, N. J., Le Billon, P., Green, S. J., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Amongin, S., Gray, N. J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Oil, fisheries and coastal communities: A review of impacts on the environment, livelihoods, space and governance. Energy Research & Social Science, 75, 102009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102009

  • Cheung, W. W. L., Frölicher, T. L., Lam, V. W. Y., Oyinlola, M. A., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U. R., Tai, T. C., Teh, L. C. L., & Wabnitz, C. C. C. (2021). Marine high temperature extremes amplify the impacts of climate change on fish and fisheries. Science Advances, 7(40). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh0895

  • Issifu, I., Deffor, E. W., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). How COVID-19 Could Change the Economics of the Plastic Recycling Sector. Recycling, 6(4), 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling6040064

  • Rahman, L. F., Alam, L., Marufuzzaman, M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Traceability of Sustainability and Safety in Fishery Supply Chain Management Systems Using Radio Frequency Identification Technology. Foods, 10(10), 2265. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102265

  • Short, R. E., Gelcich, S., Little, D. C., Micheli, F., Allison, E. H., Basurto, X., Belton, B., Brugere, C., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Crona, B., Cohen, P. J., Defeo, O., Edwards, P., Ferguson, C. E., Franz, N., Golden, C. D., Halpern, B. S., Hazen, L., … Zhang, W. (2021). Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems. Nature Food, 2(9), 733–741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00363-0

  • Tigchelaar, M., Leape, J., Micheli, F., Allison, E. H., Basurto, X., Bennett, A., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Cheung, W. W. L., Crona, B., DeClerck, F., Fanzo, J., Gelcich, S., Gephart, J. A., Golden, C. D., Halpern, B. S., Hicks, C. C., Jonell, M., Kishore, A., … Wabnitz, C. C. C. (2022). The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system. Global Food Security, 33, 100637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100637

  • Crona, B. I., Wassénius, E., Jonell, M., Koehn, J. Z., Short, R., Tigchelaar, M., Daw, T. M., Golden, C. D., Gephart, J. A., Allison, E. H., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Cheung, W. W. L., DeClerck, F., Fanzo, J., Gelcich, S., Kishore, A., Halpern, B. S., Hicks, C. C., … Wabnitz, C. C. C. (2023). Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations. Nature, 616(7955), 104–112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05737-x

  • Arthur, R. I., Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Ebrahim, N., Friend, R. M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Small‐scale fisheries and local food systems: Transformations, threats and opportunities. Fish and Fisheries, 23(1), 109–124. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12602

  • Tigchelaar, M., Cheung, W. W. L., Mohammed, E. Y., Phillips, M. J., Payne, H. J., Selig, E. R., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Oyinlola, M. A., Frölicher, T. L., Gephart, J. A., Golden, C. D., Allison, E. H., Bennett, A., Cao, L., Fanzo, J., Halpern, B. S., Lam, V. W. Y., Micheli, F., Naylor, R. L., … Troell, M. (2021). Compound climate risks threaten aquatic food system benefits. Nature Food, 2(9), 673–682. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00368-9

  • Grégoire, M., Garçon, V., Garcia, H., Breitburg, D., Isensee, K., Oschlies, A., Telszewski, M., Barth, A., Bittig, H. C., Carstensen, J., Carval, T., Chai, F., Chavez, F., Conley, D., Coppola, L., Crowe, S., Currie, K., Dai, M., Deflandre, B., … Yasuhara, M. (2021). A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.724913

  • Villasante, S., Gianelli, I., Castrejón, M., Nahuelhual, L., Ortega, L., Sumaila, U. R., & Defeo, O. (2022). Social-ecological shifts, traps and collapses in small-scale fisheries: Envisioning a way forward to transformative changes. Marine Policy, 136, 104933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104933

  • Pacoureau, N., Carlson, J. K., Kindsvater, H. K., Rigby, C. L., Winker, H., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Charvet, P., Pollom, R. A., Barreto, R., Sherman, C. S., Talwar, B. S., Skerritt, D. J., Sumaila, U. R., Matsushiba, J. H., VanderWright, W. J., Yan, H. F., & Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(5). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216891120

  • Florko, K. R. N., Tai, T. C., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferguson, S. H., Sumaila, U. R., Yurkowski, D. J., & Auger‐Méthé, M. (2021). Predicting how climate change threatens the prey base of Arctic marine predators. Ecology Letters, 24(12), 2563–2575. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13866

  • Giron‐Nava, A., Lam, V. W. Y., Aburto‐Oropeza, O., Cheung, W. W. L., Halpern, B. S., Sumaila, U. R., & Cisneros‐Montemayor, A. M. (2021). Sustainable fisheries are essential but not enough to ensure well‐being for the world’s fishers. Fish and Fisheries, 22(4), 812–821. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12552

  • Georgian, S., Hameed, S., Morgan, L., Amon, D. J., Sumaila, U. R., Johns, D., & Ripple, W. J. (2022). Scientists’ warning of an imperiled ocean. Biological Conservation, 272, 109595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109595

  • Gallagher, A. J., Brownscombe, J. W., Alsudairy, N. A., Casagrande, A. B., Fu, C., Harding, L., Harris, S. D., Hammerschlag, N., Howe, W., Huertas, A. D., Kattan, S., Kough, A. S., Musgrove, A., Payne, N. L., Phillips, A., Shea, B. D., Shipley, O. N., Sumaila, U. R., Hossain, M. S., & Duarte, C. M. (2022). Tiger sharks support the characterization of the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem. Nature Communications, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33926-1

  • Machado, F. L. V., Halmenschlager, V., Abdallah, P. R., Teixeira, G. da S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). The relation between fishing subsidies and CO2 emissions in the fisheries sector. Ecological Economics, 185, 107057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107057

  • Cheung, W. W. L., Palacios‐Abrantes, J., Frölicher, T. L., Palomares, M. L., Clarke, T., Lam, V. W. Y., Oyinlola, M. A., Pauly, D., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U. R., Teh, L. C. L., & Wabnitz, C. C. C. (2022). Rebuilding fish biomass for the world’s marine ecoregions under climate change. Global Change Biology, 28(21), 6254–6267. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16368

  • Witter, A., Murray, G., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Consumer seafood preferences related to alternative food networks and their value chains. Marine Policy, 131, 104694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104694

  • Sumaila, U. R., Pierruci, A., Oyinlola, M. A., Cannas, R., Froese, R., Glaser, S., Jacquet, J., Kaiser, B. A., Issifu, I., Micheli, F., Naylor, R., & Pauly, D. (2022). Aquaculture over-optimism? Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.984354

  • Pereira, L. M., Ortuño Crespo, G., Amon, D. J., Badhe, R., Bandeira, S., Bengtsson, F., Boettcher, M., Carmine, G., Cheung, W. W. L., Chibwe, B., Dunn, D., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Johnson, D. E., Jouffray, J.-B., Juri, S., Keys, P. W., Lübker, H. M., Merrie, A. S., … Zhou, W. (2023). The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas. Marine Policy, 153, 105644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105644

  • Bohorquez, J. J., Dvarskas, A., Jacquet, J., Sumaila, U. R., Nye, J., & Pikitch, E. K. (2022). A New Tool to Evaluate, Improve, and Sustain Marine Protected Area Financing Built on a Comprehensive Review of Finance Sources and Instruments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.742846

  • Drivers of Seafood Consumption at Different Geographical Scales. (2022). Journal of Sustainability Research. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20220012

  • Laffoley, D., Baxter, J. M., Amon, D. J., Claudet, J., Downs, C. A., Earle, S. A., Gjerde, K. M., Hall‐Spencer, J. M., Koldewey, H. J., Levin, L. A., Reid, C. P., Roberts, C. M., Sumaila, R. U., Taylor, M. L., Thiele, T., & Woodall, L. C. (2021). The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(1), 217–228. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3751

  • Rahman, L. F., Marufuzzaman, M., Alam, L., Bari, M. A., Sumaila, U. R., & Sidek, L. M. (2021). Developing an Ensembled Machine Learning Prediction Model for Marine Fish and Aquaculture Production. Sustainability, 13(16), 9124. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169124

  • Bennett, N. J., Ban, N. C., Schuhbauer, A., Splichalova, D.-V., Eadie, M., Vandeborne, K., McIsaac, J., Angel, E., Charleson, J., Gavenus, E. R., Harper, S., Satterfield, T., Sutcliffe, T., & Sumaila, R. (2021). Access rights, capacities and benefits in small-scale fisheries: Insights from the Pacific Coast of Canada. Marine Policy, 130, 104581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104581

  • Kim, H., Franco, A. C., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). A Selected Review of Impacts of Ocean Deoxygenation on Fish and Fisheries. Fishes, 8(6), 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8060316

  • Tai, T. C., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2021). Ocean Acidification Amplifies Multi-Stressor Impacts on Global Marine Invertebrate Fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.596644

  • Sanjurjo-Rivera, E., Mesnick, S. L., Ávila-Forcada, S., Poindexter, O., Lent, R., Felbab-Brown, V., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Squires, D., Sumaila, U. R., Munro, G., Ortiz-Rodriguez, R., Rodriguez, R., & Sainz, J. F. (2021). An Economic Perspective on Policies to Save the Vaquita: Conservation Actions, Wildlife Trafficking, and the Structure of Incentives. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.644022

  • Skerritt, D. J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Broadening the global debate on harmful fisheries subsidies through the use of subsidy intensity metrics. Marine Policy, 128, 104507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104507

  • Vogel, J. M., Longo, C., Spijkers, J., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Mason, J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W., Sumaila, U. R., Munro, G., Glaser, S., Bell, J., Tian, Y., Shackell, N. L., Selig, E. R., Le Billon, P., Watson, J. R., Hendrix, C., Pinsky, M. L., van Putten, I., … Fujita, R. (2023). Drivers of conflict and resilience in shifting transboundary fisheries. Marine Policy, 155, 105740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105740

  • Predragovic, M., Cvitanovic, C., Karcher, D. B., Tietbohl, M. D., Sumaila, U. R., & Horta e Costa, B. (2023). A systematic literature review of climate change research on Europe’s threatened commercial fish species. Ocean & Coastal Management, 242, 106719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106719

  • Andersen, N. F., Cavan, E. L., Cheung, W. W. L., Martin, A. H., Saba, G. K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Good fisheries management is good carbon management. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00053-x

  • Scherrer, K. J. N., Rousseau, Y., Teh, L. C. L., Sumaila, U. R., & Galbraith, E. D. (2023). Diminishing returns on labour in the global marine food system. Nature Sustainability, 7(1), 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01249-8

  • Seto, K., Easterday, K., Aheto, D., Asiedu, G., Sumaila, U. R., & Gaynor, K. (2023). Evidence of spatial competition, over resource scarcity, as a primary driver of conflicts between small-scale and industrial fishers. Ecology and Society, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-13650-280106

  • Asiedu, B., Okpei, P., Amponsh, S. K. K., Failler, P., Deme, B., & Sumaila, R. U. (2022). The people’s fishery in perspective: Current analysis of the small pelagic fishery value chain of Ghana. Fisheries Research, 254, 106426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106426

  • Jin, X., Sumaila, U. R., Yin, K., & Qi, Z. (2021). Evaluation of the Policy Effect of China’s Environmental Interview System for Effective Air Quality Governance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9006. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179006

  • Bohorquez, J. J., Dvarskas, A., Jacquet, J., Sumaila, U. R., Nye, J. A., & Pikitch, E. K. (2023). A novel framework to evaluate the financial sustainability of marine protected areas. Biological Conservation, 283, 110083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110083

  • Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Sinan, H., Nguyen, T., Da Rocha, J. M., Sumaila, U. R., Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Sanjurjo, E., & Bailey, M. (2022). A constructive critique of the World Trade Organization draft agreement on harmful fisheries subsidies. Marine Policy, 135, 104872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104872

  • Segerson, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Sumaila, U. R., Cárdenas, J. C., Nyborg, K., Fenichel, E. P., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Crona, B., Daily, G., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kremen, C., Levin, S. A., … Weber, E. U. (2024). A cautious approach to subsidies for environmental sustainability. Science, 386(6717), 28–30. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado2615

  • Roberts, C., Béné, C., Bennett, N., Boon, J. S., Cheung, W. W. L., Cury, P., Defeo, O., De Jong Cleyndert, G., Froese, R., Gascuel, D., Golden, C. D., Hawkins, J., Hobday, A. J., Jacquet, J., Kemp, P., Lam, M. E., Le Manach, F., Meeuwig, J. J., Micheli, F., … O’Leary, B. C. (2024). Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00078-2

  • Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Reflections on Breaking Down Silos in Fisheries Science. Fisheries, 49(5), 207–210. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11076

  • Mansfield, E. J., Micheli, F., Fujita, R., Fulton, E. A., Gelcich, S., Battista, W., Bustamante, R. H., Cao, L., Daniels, B. N., Finkbeiner, E. M., Gaines, S., Peckham, H., Roche, K., Ruckelshaus, M., Salomon, A. K., Sumaila, U. R., White, C., & Naylor, R. (2024). Anticipating trade-offs and promoting synergies between small-scale fisheries and aquaculture to improve social, economic, and ecological outcomes. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00035-5

  • Oloko, A., Harper, S., Fakoya, K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). The multi-dimensional perspectives of taboos on gender roles of fisherfolk in the Global South. Maritime Studies, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-023-00340-2

  • Peng, D., Mu, Y., Zhu, Y., Chu, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Insights from Chinese Mariculture Development to Support Global Blue Growth. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 31(4), 453–457. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2023.2167515

  • Kadagi, N. I., Wambiji, N., Mann, B., Parker, D., Daly, R., Thoya, P., Rato, D. A. M., Halafo, J., Gaspare, L., Sweke, E. A., Ahmed, S., Raseta, S. B., Osore, M., Maina, J., Glaser, S., Ahrens, R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Status and challenges for sustainable billfish fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32(4), 1035–1061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09725-8

  • Sora, K. J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Steiner, N. S., Sumaila, U. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Niemi, A., Loseto, L. L., & Hoover, C. (2022). Evaluation of the Beaufort Sea shelf structure and function in support of the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area. Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0040

  • Teh, L. C. L., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, R. (2022). Assessing the Economic Contribution of Ocean-Based Activities Using the Pacific Coast of British Columbia as a Case Study. Sustainability, 14(14), 8662. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148662

  • Helm, R. R., Clark, N., Harden-Davies, H., Amon, D., Girguis, P., Bordehore, C., Earle, S., Gibbons, M. J., Golbuu, Y., Haddock, S. H. D., Houghton, J. D. R., Javidpour, J., McCauley, D. J., Morgan, L., Obura, D., Pakhomov, E. A., Pitt, K. A., Ramon, J. J., Sumaila, R., & Thiebot, J.-B. (2021). Protect high seas biodiversity. Science, 372(6546), 1048–1049. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj0581

  • García-Lorenzo, I., Varela-Lafuente, M., Garza-Gil, M. D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Social and solidarity economy in small-scale fisheries: An international analysis. Ocean & Coastal Management, 253, 107166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107166

  • Alger, J., Le Billon, P., Leinberger, E., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). What would Article 5.1 of the 2022 WTO Ministerial Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies accomplish? Marine Policy, 153, 105641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105641

  • Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, R. U. (2023). A dynamic game model for no-take marine reserves. Ecological Modelling, 481, 110360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110360

  • Vergara-Solana, F., Peñalosa-Martinell, D., Skerritt, D., Mejaes, A., Ponce-Diaz, G., Aranceta-Garza, F., González-Laxe, F., Seijo, J. C., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Volatility and vulnerability in Mexican fisheries and aquaculture: Enhancing resilience via public policy. Marine Policy, 136, 104888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104888

  • Oloko, A., Dahmouni, I., Le Billon, P., Teh, L., Cheung, W., Sánchez-Jiménez, A., Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Discover Sustainability, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01227-4

  • Chavez-Molina, V., Miller, S., Teh, L., Sumaila, U. R., Francis, E., & Brooks, C. (2025). Do subsidies drive Southern Ocean fishery operations? A comprehensive analysis of Southern Ocean fishery subsidies and the economics of distant water fleets. Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/focsu.2025.1499494

  • Wilson, J. A., Giske, J., & Brown, C. (2025). Overfishing Social Fish. Fish and Fisheries, 26(2), 278–290. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12880

  • Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Transparency in aquaculture subsidy reporting urgently needed. Science Advances, 10(42). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt5484

  • Peng, D., Liu, H., Zhang, W., Xu, L., Jiang, R., Zhu, Y., García-Lorenzo, I., Chu, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Global sustainability assessment of cephalopod fisheries based on pressure-state-response framework. IScience, 27(10), 110986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110986

  • Vogliano, C., Kennedy, G., Thilsted, S., Mbuya, M. N. N., Battista, W., Sadoff, C., White, G., Kim, J. K., Pucher, J., Koome, K., D’Cruz, G., Geagan, K., Chang, K., Sumaila, U. R., Palmer, S., & Alleway, H. (2024). Regenerative aquatic foods can be a win–win for human and planetary health. Nature Food, 5(9), 718–719. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01043-5

  • Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K. P., Flint, R. A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Deep-sea mining and its risks for social-ecological systems: Insights from simulation-based analyses. PLOS ONE, 20(3), e0320888. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320888

  • Wong, A., Frommel, A. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). A traits-based approach to assess aquaculture’s contributions to food, climate change, and biodiversity goals. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00065-7

  • Sora, K. J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Steiner, N. S., Sumaila, U. R., Hoover, C., Niemi, A., Loseto, L. L., Li, M.-L., Giang, A., Gillies, E., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Historical climate drivers and species’ ecological niche in the Beaufort Sea food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae062

  • Oloko, A., Teh, L., Le Billon, P., Cheung, W., Harper, S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Making the case for gender-inclusive fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation. Discover Oceans, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-024-00038-1

  • Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Abdallah, P. R., Aheto, D., Akintola, S. L., Alger, J., Andreoli, V., Bailey, M., Barnes, C., Ben-Hasan, A., Brooks, C. M., Carvalho, A. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Dempsey, J., Halim, S. A., Hilmi, N., Ilori, M. O., Jacquet, J., … Pauly, D. (2024). WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0

  • Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., García-Lorenzo, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Economics in Marine Spatial Planning: A Review of Issues in British Columbia and Similar Jurisdictions. Sustainability, 16(3), 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031210

  • Andreoli, V., Meeuwig, J. J., Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Sumaila, U. R., & Zeller, D. (2023). Fisheries subsidies exacerbate inequities in accessing seafood nutrients in the Indian Ocean. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00031-9

  • Peng, D., Zhu, Y., Shumway, S. E., Chu, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Supporting Global Blue Economy through Sustainable Molluscan Mariculture with a Focus on China. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 32(1), 152–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2023.2260489

  • Sinan, H., Willis, C., Swartz, W., Sumaila, U. R., Forsdyke, R., Skerritt, D. J., Le Manach, F., Colléter, M., & Bailey, M. (2022). Subsidies and allocation: A legacy of distortion and intergenerational loss. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2022.1044321

  • Rahman, L. F., Marufuzzaman, M., Alam, L., Bari, M. A., Sumaila, U. R., & Sidek, L. M. (2022). Application of Machine Learning to Investigate the Impact of Climatic Variables on Marine Fish Landings. National Academy Science Letters, 45(3), 245–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-022-01110-0

  • Bendriem, N., Roman, R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Enhancing land-based culture of coho salmon through genomic technologies: An economic analysis. Aquaculture Economics & Management, 25(1), 27–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1793822

  • Yu, L., Tan, X., Guan, X., Mu, Y., Lam, V., & Sumaila, R. (2023). Value chain of the data-poor Chinese bay scallop aquaculture. Marine Policy, 150, 105556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105556

  • Jin, X., Zhou, S., Sumaila, U. R., Yin, K., & Lv, X. (2021). Coevolution of Economic and Industrial Linkages within the Land-Sea Industrial Structure of China. Water, 13(23), 3452. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13233452

  • Peñalosa Martinell, D., Vergara-Solana, F. J., Araneda Padilla, M., Ponce Díaz, G., Mejaes, A., Varela Lafuente, M. M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Social effects of energy subsidies and taxes on CO2 emissions: The case of Mexican aquaculture public policies. Marine Policy, 128, 104481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104481

  • Siddiqui, Dr. S. J. (2024). Advancing Sustainability: Green Technology in the Automotive Industry. Interdisciplinary Research on Sustainability of Business, 210–222. https://doi.org/10.58532/nbennurirch13

  • Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K., Onifade, T. T., Karuaihe, S. T., Singh, P., Levin, L. A., & Flint, R. (2023). To engage in deep-sea mining or not to engage: what do full net cost analyses tell us? Npj Ocean Sustainability, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00030-w

  • Vaughan, D., Skerritt, D. J., Duckworth, J., Sumaila, U. R., & Duffy, M. (2023). Revisiting fuel tax concessions (FTCs): The economic implications of fuel subsidies for the commercial fishing fleet of the United Kingdom. Marine Policy, 155, 105763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105763

  • Cvitanovic, C., Blythe, J., Van Putten, I., Maddison, L., Bopp, L., Brodie, S., Fulton, B. A., Lopes, P. F. M., Pecl, G., Penca, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Building Successful International Summer Schools to Enhance the Capacity of Marine Early Career Researchers. Ocean and Society, 1. https://doi.org/10.17645/oas.9328

  • Sequeira, A. M. M., Rashid Sumaila, U., & Rogers, A. A. (2024). Ecosystem services “on the move” as a nature-based solution for financing the Global Biodiversity Framework. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00073-7

  • Yu, L., Ma, L., Lam, V., Guan, X., Zhao, Y., Wang, S., Mu, Y., & Sumaila, R. (2021). Local marine policy whacking the national Zhikong scallop fishery. Marine Policy, 124, 104352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104352

  • Sumaila, U. R., & VanderZwaag, D. L. (2020). Canada and transboundary fisheries management in changing oceans: taking stock, future scenarios. Ecology and Society, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-12209-250444

  • Kinds, A., Lazzari, N., Skerritt, D. J., Ainsworth, G. B., Carvalho, A. R., Roumbedakis, K., Majluf, P., Palomares, M. L., Sumaila, U. R., & Villasante, S. (2025). Unveiling the hidden hands: Analysis of corporate ownership of industrial tuna fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Policy, 171, 106474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106474

  • Mangubhai, S., Olguín-Jacobson, C., Charles, A., Cinner, J., de Vos, A., Graham, R. T., Ishimura, G., Mills, K. E., Naggea, J., Okamoto, D. K., O’Leary, J. K., Salomon, A. K., Rashid Sumaila, U., White, A., & Micheli, F. (2024). COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00100-7

  • Zeng, Z., Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Climate change alters social‐ecological trade‐offs in achieving ocean futures’ targets. Global Change Biology, 30(8). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17442

  • Sumaila, U. R., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, H., Cheung, W. W. L., Issifu, I., Hopewell, K., Cinner, J. E., Bennett, N. J., Folke, C., Gulati, S., & Polasky, S. (2024). Utilizing basic income to create a sustainable, poverty-free tomorrow. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(6), 100104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024.100104

  • Roberts, C. M., Dyer, E., Earle, S. A., Forrest, A., Hawkins, J. P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Meeuwig, J. J., Pauly, D., Pimm, S. L., Sumaila, U. R., Rockström, J., & Lynas, M. (2025). Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever. Nature, 642(8066), 34–37. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01665-0

  • Shea, L. A., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W. W. L., Pauly, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Spatial distribution of fishmeal and fish oil factories around the globe. Science Advances, 11(17). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6921

  • Predragovic, M., Assis, J., Sumaila, U. R., Gonçalves, J. M. S., Cvitanovic, C., & Horta e Costa, B. (2024). Up to 80% of threatened and commercial species across European marine protected areas face novel climates under high emission scenario. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00068-4

  • Sumaila, U. R. (2023). France’s short-haul flight ban to tackle carbon emissions. Nature, 619(7968), 34–34. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02133-3

  • Alam, L., Zolkaply, S. Z., Sumaila, U. R., Rusydy, I., Kutty, A. A., Bari, Md. A., Mokhtar, M., Pradhoshini, K. P., Krishnakumar, S., & Musthafa, M. S. (2023). Risk of extinction, variability in fish species composition, and factors influencing fish biodiversity in the Malacca Strait. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(29), 41355–41369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27101-2

  • Millage, K. D., Saccomanno, V. R., Warham, M. M., Rubino, L. L., Schuhbauer, A., Sumaila, U. R., & Costello, C. (2022). SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. PLOS ONE, 17(6), e0265829. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265829

  • Ospina-Alvarez, A., de Juan, S., Cáceres, C., Sumaila, U. R., Sant, G., Dulvy, N. K., Simpfendorfer, C. A., García, R., Niedermüller, S., & Villasante, S. (2025). Ocean leadership: Can the European Union influence the global shark meat trade? Marine Policy, 177, 106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106659

  • Maury, O., Tittensor, D. P., Eddy, T. D., Allison, E. H., Bahri, T., Barrier, N., Campling, L., Cheung, W. W. L., Frieler, K., Fulton, E. A., Guillotreau, P., Heneghan, R. F., Lam, V. W. Y., Leclère, D., Lengaigne, M., Lotze‐Campen, H., Novaglio, C., Ortega‐Cisneros, K., Rault, J., … Blanchard, J. (2025). The Ocean System Pathways (OSPs): A New Scenario and Simulation Framework to Investigate the Future of the World Fisheries. Earth’s Future, 13(3). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004851

  • Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Schneider, K. R., Béné, C., Covic, N. M., Guarin, A., Herforth, A. W., Herrero, M., Rashid Sumaila, U., Aburto, N. J., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., Barquera, S., Battersby, J., Beal, T., Bizzotto Molina, P., Brusset, E., Cafiero, C., Campeau, C., Caron, P., … Moncayo, J. R. (2022). Corrigendum to “Viewpoint: Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals” [Food Policy 104 (2021) 100784]. Food Policy, 107, 102233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102233

  • Sumaila, U. R. (2025). How to leverage trade to achieve a 2050 ocean dream. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00124-7

  • Sumaila, U. R., & Villasante, S. (2025). Surging blue economy, increasing conflict risks and mitigation strategies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1499386

  • Addo, K. A., Adeyemo, O., Adewumi, I. J., Blasiak, R., Juniper, S. K., Owens, D., Owens, T., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Informed selfishness – Practical reflections on building a sustainable ocean economy. Marine Policy, 133, 104735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104735

  • Teixeira, G. da S., Halmenschlager, V., Leivas, P. H. S., Abdallah, P. R., Sumaila, U. R., & Silva, L. C. S. (2024). The subsidy program for diesel oil prices for fishing vessels and its impacts on the labor market and fish production in Brazil. Marine Policy, 163, 106102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106102

  • Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Reducing the Impact of Subsidies on Fishing Activity: Advances and Challenges. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4652910

  • Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). A Dynamic Model for No-Take Marine Reserves. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4065243

  • Alam, L., Sumaila, U. R., Bari, M. A., Rusydy, I., Musthafa, M. S., & Mokhtar, M. (2021). Investigating fish contamination scenario and community willingness to adopt consumption advice proposing an advisory option. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(16), 24167–24179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17715-9

  • Bio-economics of fisheries Assessment and management. (2020). Journal of Marine Science Research and Oceanography, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.33140/jmsro.03.04.02

  • Villasante, S., Sumaila, U. R., Da-Rocha, J. M., Carvalho, N., Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Bennett, N. J., Hanich, Q., & Prellezo, R. (2022). Strengthening European Union fisheries by removing harmful subsidies. Marine Policy, 136, 104884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104884

  • Cheung, W. W. L., Pauly, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Hope or despair revisited: Assessing progress and new challenges in global fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 25(2), 257–269. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12877

  • Kinyua, D. N., Oyugi, D. O., Wamukota, A., Sumaila, U. R., Ater, S., & Kadagi, N. I. (2024). A supply chain analysis of artisanal billfish fishery along the Kenyan coast. Marine Policy, 180, 106762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106762

  • Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K. P., Flint, R. A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Deep-sea mining and its risks for social-ecological systems: Insights from simulation-based analyses. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0300888. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300888

  • Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Giron-Nava, A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Poverty line income and fisheries subsidies in developing country fishing communities. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00049-7

  • Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124104

  • Kim, H., Peterson, G. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J. J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L. A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., den Belder, E., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M. T. J., Leadley, P., Leclère, D., Lundquist, C. J., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R. J., Schoolenberg, M. A., Shin, Y.-J., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., van Vuuren, D., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Alava, J. J., Cuadros-Casanova, I., Davies, K. K., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B. W., Ohashi, H., Palomo, M. G., Popp, A., Remme, R. P., Saito, O., Sumaila, U. R., Willcock, S., & Pereira, H. M. (2023). Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change, 82, e102681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

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  • Costello, C., Millage, K., Eisenbarth, S., Galarza, E., Ishimura, G., Rubino, L. L., Saccomanno, V., Sumaila, U. R., & Strauss, K. (2020). Ambitious subsidy reform by the WTO presents opportunities for ocean health restoration. Sustainability Science, 16(4), 1391–1396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00865-z

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