Recent Publications

PUBLISHED REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS

Sole Authorship

Journal Publications

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

  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

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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Comparative valuation of fisheries in Asian Large Marine Ecosystems with emphasis on the East China Sea and South China Sea LMEs. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 163, 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.12.008

  7. Sumaila, U. R. (2019). A Carding System as an Approach to Increasing the Economic Risk of Engaging in IUU Fishing? Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00034

Books

  • Sumaila, U.R. (2021). Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries. Elsevier, Netherlands, Elsevier-Associated Press, 265pp.

Book Chapters

  1. Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Managing the high seas to achieve Infinity Fish. A Research Agenda for Sustainable Ocean Governance, 65-70. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035325757.00016

  2. Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Toward a Healthy Future for Canada's Oceans and Coasts. In Sea Change (pp. 236-245). University of British Columbia Press. https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774869058-019

  3. Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Fisheries Management. Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 5/10, 146-151. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.9561413.39

  4. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Epilogue-knowing the cost of everything but the value of nothing. Infinity Fish, 225-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00013-8

  5. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Rebuild depleted fish stocks to ensure Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00014-x

  6. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Good governance of ocean and fish stocks needed to ensure Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00015-1

  7. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Comprehensive valuation of benefits from restored ecosystems needed for Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00016-3

  8. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Getting values and valuation right is a must for achieving Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00017-5

  9. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Making future generations count via discounting to ensure Infinity Fish: a dynamic model. Infinity Fish, 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00018-7

  10. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Introduction. Infinity Fish, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00019-9

  11. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). The performance of different fisheries management systems in relation to Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00020-5

  12. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Making future generations count via discounting to ensure Infinity Fish: a static model. Infinity Fish, 27-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00021-7

  13. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Illegal and illicit trade in fish catch are incompatible with Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00022-9

  14. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). An ecological-economic model for spatial management in support of Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00023-0

  15. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Overfishing, climate change, and the chance of achieving Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00024-2

  16. Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Climate change is a huge challenge to Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 193-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00025-4

  17. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Fisheries subsidies are an obstacle to achieving Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 121-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00026-6

  18. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Making future generations count via discounting to ensure Infinity Fish: an example. Infinity Fish, 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00027-8

  19. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Addressing the common property nature of fish stocks in support of Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00028-x

  20. Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Avoid oil spills to support Infinity Fish. Infinity Fish, 159-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823816-5.00029-1

  21. Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Climate Change: Impact on Marine Ecosystems and World Fisheries. Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, 218-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-100596-5.22009-x

  22. Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Understanding potential impacts of subsidies disciplines and small-scale fisheries. Predicting Future Oceans, 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817945-1.00048-4

Joint Authorship

Journal Publications

  1. Peng, D., Zhu, Y., Willer, D. F., Humphries, A., Zhang, S., Zhai, Y., ... & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Four key reforms to enhance sustainable management of oyster reefs. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2(9).

  2. Doyen, L., Smith, M. D., Sumaila, U. R., Zaccour, G., Ekeland, I., et al. (2024). Mathematical Bio-Economics 2.0 for Sustainable Fisheries. Natural Resource Modeling, 38(4). 10.1111/nrm.70013.

  3. Pereira, L. M., Archibald, S., Selomane, O., Zoeller, K., Armani, M., Kairo, J., ... & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Six principles to get natural climate solutions right in Africa. Nature Sustainability, 1-4.

  4. Kinyua, D. N., Oyugi, D. O., Wamukota, A., Sumaila, U. R., Ater, S., & Kadagi, N. I. (2025). 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

  5. Issifu, Dahmouni, & Sumaila. (2025). 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

  6. Palacios-Abrantes, J., Santos, B. S., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U. R., Wabnitz, C. C. C., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2025). Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world's ocean. Science Advances, 11(31). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq5976

  7. Ospina-Alvarez, de Juan, Cáceres, Sumaila, U. R., Sant, Dulvy, Simpfendorfer, García, Niedermüller, & Villasante. (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

  8. Carvalho, A. R., Villasante, S., Lazzari, N., Issifu, I., Kinds, A., Majluf, P., Palomares, M. L., Skerritt, D. J., Alam, L., Lam, V. W. Y., Noleto-Filho, E. M., Reis-Filho, J. A., Teh, L., Teh, L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Unequal competition: the fate of domestic fisheries facing distant water fishing in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00135-4

  9. 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

  10. Oloko, Dahmouni, Le Billon, Teh, Cheung, W. W. L., Sánchez-Jiménez, Issifu, & 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

  11. Chavez-Molina, Miller, Teh, L. T., Sumaila, U. R., Francis, & Brooks. (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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Pereira, Leadley, Proença, Alkemade, Scharlemann, Fernandez-Manjarrés, Araújo, Balvanera, Biggs, Cheung, Chini, Cooper, Gilman, Guénette, Hurtt, Huntington, Mace, Oberdorff, Revenga, Rodrigues, Scholes, Sumaila, U. R., & Walpole. (2010). Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century. Science, 330(6010), 1496-1501. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1196624

  15. 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

  16. Sora, Wabnitz, Steiner, Sumaila, U. R., Hoover, Niemi, Loseto, Lea, Breiter, Palacios-Abrantes, J., Reygondeau, Farnole, Sou, & Cheung, W. W. L. (2025). Assessing vulnerability of Arctic fish species to climate change. Discover Oceans, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-025-00056-7

  17. Maury, O., Tittensor, D. P., Eddy, T. D., Sumaila U. R. et al. (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

  18. Schneider, K. R., Remans, R., Bekele, T. H., Aytekin, D., Sumaila U. R. et al. (2025). Author Correction: Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 6(4), 410-411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01143-w

  19. Issifu, I., Deffor, E. W., Deyshappriya, N. P. R., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Drivers of seafood consumption at different geographical scales. Journal of Sustainability Research, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20220012

  20. Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Abdallah, P. et al. (2024). WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0

  21. Roberts, Dyer, Earle, Forrest, Hawkins, Hoegh-Guldberg, Meeuwig, Pauly, Pimm, Sumaila, Rockström, & Lynas. (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

  22. 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

  23. 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., Sumaila, U. R., 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

  24. 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, 26(2), 257-269. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12877

  25. Oloko, A., Teh, L., Le Billon, P., Cheung, W. W. L., 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

  26. 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

  27. 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., et al. (2024). A cautious approach to subsidies for environmental sustainability. Science, 386(6717), 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado2615

  28. 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

  29. Roberts, C., Béné, C., Bennett, N., Boon, J. S., Cheung, W. W. L., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (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

  30. 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

  31. Sequeira, A. M. M., Sumaila, U. R. & 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. Schneider, Remans, Bekele, Aytekin, Conforti, Dasgupta, DeClerck, Dewi, Fabi, Gephart, Masuda, McLaren, Saisana, Aburto, Ambikapathi, Arellano Rodriguez, Barquera, Battersby, Beal, Béné, Cafiero, Campeau, Caron, Cattaneo, Candel, Covic, del Pino Alvarez, Dominguez Barreto, Elouafi, Frazier, Fremier, Foley, Golden, Gonzalez Fischer, Guarin, Hendriks, Herforth, Honorati, Huang, Getaneh, Kennedy, Laar, Lal, Lidder, Feye, Loken, Malapit, Marshall, Mulatu, Munguia, Nordhagen, Resnick, Suhardiman, Sumaila, U. R., Sun, Mengesha, Torero Cullen, Tubiello, Dooren, Valero Morales, Vivero-Pol, Webb, Wiebe, Haddad, Herrero, Rosero Moncayo, & Fanzo. (2025). Author Correction: Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 6(4), 410-411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01143-w

  40. Pereira, L. M., Gianelli, I., Achieng, T., Amon, D., Archibald, S., Arif, S., Castro, A., Chimbadzwa, T. P., Coetzer, K., Field, T.-L., Selomane, O., Sitas, N., Stevens, N., Villasante, S., Armani, M., Kimuyu, D. M., Adewumi, I. J., Lapola, D. M., Obura, D., … Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points. Earth System Dynamics, 15(2), 341-366. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-341-2024

  41. Pauly, D., Belhabib, Blomeyer, Cheung, W. W. L., Cisneros‐Montemayor, A., Copeland, Harper, Lam, Mai, Le Manach, Österblom, Mok, van der Meer, Sanz, Shon, Sumaila, U. R., Swartz, Watson, Zhai, & Zeller. (2014). China's distant‐water fisheries in the 21st century. Fish and Fisheries, 15(3), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12032

  42. 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

  43. Kim H., Sumaila, U. R., et al. (2023). Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

  44. 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). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00049-7

  45. Schneider, Sumaila, U. R., et al. (2025). Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 6(1), 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01109-4

  46. 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

  47. Mansfield, E. J., Micheli, F., Sumaila, U. R., et al. (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

  48. Schneider, K. R., Fanzo, J., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (2023). The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 4(12), 1090-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00885-9

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. Frazão Santos, C., Agardy, T., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (2023). Advancing interdisciplinary knowledge for ocean sustainability. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00026-6

  54. Hilmi, N., Chami, R., Fullenkamp, C., Jafari, M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Editorial: Nature-based solutions, climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Climate, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1308032

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. Palacios‐Abrantes, J., Frölicher, Reygondeau, Sumaila, U. R., Tagliabue, Wabnitz, & 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16058

  58. Vogel, J. M., Longo, C., Spijkers, J., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Mason, J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W., Sumaila, U. R., et al. (2023). Marine Policy, 155, 105740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105740

  59. 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

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  61. Prellezo, R., Da-Rocha, J. M., Palomares, M. L. D., Sumaila, U. R., & Villasante, S. (2023). Building climate resilience, social sustainability and equity in global fisheries. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00017-7

  62. 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

  63. 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

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

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  66. Pereira, L. M., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (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

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  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Villasante, S., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Bennett, N. J., Mallory, T. G., Lam, V. W. L., Arthur, R. I., Cheung, W. W. L., Teh, L. S. L., Roumbedakis, K., Palomares, M. L. D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Mapping the unjust global distribution of harmful fisheries subsidies. Marine Policy, 152, 105611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105611

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. Pereira, Gianelli, Achieng, Amon, Archibald, Arif, Castro, Chimbadzwa, Coetzer, Field, Selomane, Sitas, Stevens, Villasante, Armani, Kimuyu, Adewumi, Lapola, Obura, Pinho, Roa-Clavijo, Rocha, & Sumaila, U. R.. (2024). Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points. Earth System Dynamics, 15(2), 341-366. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-341-2024

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  75. 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

  76. Pacoureau, N., Carlson, J. K., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. Leape, Micheli, Tigchelaar, Allison, Basurto, Bennett, Bush, Cao, Crona, DeClerck, Fanzo, Gelcich, Gephart, Golden, Hicks, Kishore, Koehn, Little, Naylor, Selig, Short, Sumaila, U. R., Thilsted, Troell, & Wabnitz. (2023). The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System. Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation, 401-419. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_21

  80. 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

  81. Sora, K. J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Steiner, N. S., Sumaila, U. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Niemi, A., Loseto, L. L., Li, M.-L., Giang, A., Gillies, E., & Hoover, C. (2022). Evaluation of the Beaufort Sea shelf structure and function in support of the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area. Arctic Science, 8(4), 1252-1275. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0040

  82. 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/sciadv.add9480

  83. Gallagher, A. J., Brownscombe, J. W., Sumaila, U. R., et al, (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

  84. Hicks, C. C., Gephart, J. A., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (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

  85. Asiedu, B., Okpei, P., Amponsh, S. K. K., Failler, P., Deme, B., & Sumaila, U. R. (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

  86. 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

  87. 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

  88. 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

  89. 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

  90. 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

  91. Tigchelaar, M., Leape, J., Micheli, F., Sumaila U. R. et al. (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

  92. Sumaila, U. R., Walsh, M., Hoareau, K., Cox, A., Teh, L., Abdallah, P., Akpalu, W., Anna, Z., Benzaken, D., Crona, B., Fitzgerald, T., Heaps, L., Issifu, I., Karousakis, K., Lange, G. M., Leland, A., Miller, D., Sack, K., Shahnaz, D., … Zhang, J. (2022). Author Correction: Financing a sustainable ocean economy. Nature Communications, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29418-x

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

  94. 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

  95. 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

  96. 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

  97. 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

  98. 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

  99. Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Schneider, Sumaila, U. R. et al. (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

  100. 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

  101. 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

  102. 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

  103. Dahmouni, & Sumaila. (2021). A Two-Stage Fishery Game with an Aquaculture Facility. Trends in Mathematics, 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93616-7_4

  104. 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

  105. 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3751

  106. Sumaila, U. R., Skerritt, D., Schuhbauer, A. C., et al. (2021). WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies. Science, 374(6567), 544-544. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1680

  107. Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Schneider, K. R., Béné, C., Covic, N. M., Guarin, A., Herforth, A. W., Herrero, M., Sumaila, U. R., Aburto, N. J., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, M., Barquera, S., Battersby, J., Beal, T., Bizzotto Molina, P., Brusset, E., Cafiero, C., Campeau, C., Caron, P., … Rosero Moncayo, J. (2021). Viewpoint: Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals. Food Policy, 104, 102163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102163

  108. 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

  109. 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

  110. 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

  111. 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). Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25516-4

  112. 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

  113. 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

  114. 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

  115. 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

  116. 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

  117. 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

  118. 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

  119. 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

  120. 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

  121. 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

  122. 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

  123. Sumaila, U. R., Walsh, M., Hoareau, K., Cox, A., Teh, L., Abdallah, P., Akpalu, W., Anna, Z., Benzaken, D., Crona, B., Fitzgerald, T., Heaps, L., Issifu, I., Karousakis, K., Lange, G. M., Leland, A., Miller, D., Sack, K., Shahnaz, D., … Zhang, J. (2021). Financing a sustainable ocean economy. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23168-y

  124. 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/sciadv.abj0581

  125. 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

  126. 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

  127. 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

  128. 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

  129. Sumaila, U. R., Pierucci, A., Oyinlola, M., Cannas, R., Froese, R., Glasser, S., Jacquet, J., Kaiser, B., Issifu, I., Micheli, F., Naylor, R. L., & Pauly, D. (2021). Aquaculture Over-Optimism. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3802024

  130. Addo, Adeyemo, Adewumi, Blasiak, Juniper, Owens, Owens, & 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

  131. 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

  132. Costello, C., Millage, K., Eisenbarth, S., Galarza, E., Ishimura, G., Rubino, L. L., Saccomanno, V., Sumaila, U. R., & Strauss, K. (2020). Correction to: Ambitious subsidy reform by the WTO presents opportunities for ocean health restoration. Sustainability Science, 16(3), 1069–1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00900-z

  133. Sumaila, U. R., Palacios-Abrantes, J., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2020). Climate change, shifting threat points, and the management of transboundary fish stocks. Ecology and Society, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-11660-250440

  134. Palacios-Abrantes, J., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2020). Challenges to transboundary fisheries management in North America under climate change. Ecology and Society, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-11743-250441

  135. 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

  136. Zeller, D., Hood, L., Palomares, M. L. D., Sumaila, U. R., Khalfallah, M., Belhabib, D., Woroniak, J., & Pauly, D. (2020). Comparative fishery yields of African Large Marine Ecosystems. Environmental Development, 36, 100543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100543

  137. Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). A Review of the Production, Recycling and Management of Marine Plastic Pollution. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(11), 945. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8110945

  138. Schuhbauer, A., Skerritt, D. J., Ebrahim, N., Le Manach, F., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). The Global Fisheries Subsidies Divide Between Small- and Large-Scale Fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.539214

  139. 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

  140. Jin, X., Sumaila, U. R., & Yin, K. (2020). Direct and Indirect Loss Evaluation of Storm Surge Disaster Based on Static and Dynamic Input-Output Models. Sustainability, 12(18), 7347. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187347

  141. Skerritt, D. J., Arthur, R., Ebrahim, N., Le Brenne, V., Le Manach, F., Schuhbauer, A., Villasante, S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). A 20-year retrospective on the provision of fisheries subsidies in the European Union. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(7–8), 2741–2752. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa142

  142. Teh, L. S. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Assessing potential economic benefits from rebuilding depleted fish stocks in Canada. Ocean & Coastal Management, 195, 105289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105289

  143. Abbott, & Sumaila. (2019). Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution: Policy Insights from Economics. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 13(2), 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/rez007

  144. Bennett, Cisneros-Montemayor, Blythe, Silver, Singh, Andrews, Calò, Christie, Di Franco, Finkbeiner, Gelcich, Guidetti, Harper, Hotte, Kittinger, Le Billon, Lister, López de la Lama, McKinley, Scholtens, Solås, Sowman, Talloni-Álvarez, Teh, Voyer, & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy. Nature Sustainability, 2(11), 991-993. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0404-1

  145. Bellido, J. M., Sumaila, U. R., Sánchez-Lizaso, J. L., Palomares, M. L., & Pauly, D. (2020). Input versus output controls as instruments for fisheries management with a focus on Mediterranean fisheries. Marine Policy, 118, 103786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103786

  146. 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

  147. Chan, K. M. A., Boyd, D. R., Gould, R. K., Jetzkowitz, J., Liu, J., Muraca, B., Naidoo, R., Olmsted, P., Satterfield, T., Selomane, O., Singh, G. G., Sumaila, R., Ngo, H. T., Boedhihartono, A. K., Agard, J., de Aguiar, A. P. D., Armenteras, D., Balint, L., Barrington–Leigh, C., … Brondízio, E. S. (2020). Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability. People and Nature, 2(3), 693–717. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10124

  148. Lau, Shiran, Bailey, Cook, Stuchtey, Koskella, Velis, Godfrey, Boucher, Murphy, Thompson, Jankowska, Castillo Castillo, Pilditch, Dixon, Koerselman, Kosior, Favoino, Gutberlet, Baulch, Atreya, Fischer, He, Petit, Sumaila, Neil, Bernhofen, Lawrence, & Palardy. (2020). Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution. Science, 369(6510), 1455-1461. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba9475

  149. Sumaila, U. R., & Tai, T. C. (2020). End Overfishing and Increase the Resilience of the Ocean to Climate Change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00523

  150. Mendenhall, E., Hendrix, C., Nyman, E., Roberts, P. M., Hoopes, J. R., Watson, J. R., Lam, V. W. Y., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Climate change increases the risk of fisheries conflict. Marine Policy, 117, 103954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103954

  151. Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Ota, Y., Bailey, M., Hicks, C. C., Khan, A. S., Rogers, A., Sumaila, U. R., Virdin, J., & He, K. K. (2020). Changing the narrative on fisheries subsidies reform: Enabling transitions to achieve SDG 14.6 and beyond. Marine Policy, 117, 103970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103970

  152. Peñalosa Martinell, D., Cashion, T., Parker, R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Closing the high seas to fisheries: Possible impacts on aquaculture. Marine Policy, 115, 103854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103854

  153. Ben-Hasan, A., Walters, C., Christensen, V., Munro, G., Sumaila, U. R., & Al-Baz, A. (2020). Age-structured bioeconomic model for strategic interaction: an application to pomfret stock in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(5), 1787–1795. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa049

  154. Cinner, J. E., Zamborain-Mason, J., Gurney, G. G., Graham, N. A. J., MacNeil, M. A., Hoey, A. S., Mora, C., Villéger, S., Maire, E., McClanahan, T. R., Maina, J. M., Kittinger, J. N., Hicks, C. C., D’agata, S., Huchery, C., Barnes, M. L., Feary, D. A., Williams, I. D., Kulbicki, M., … Mouillot, D. (2020). Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world. Science, 368(6488), 307–311. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9412

  155. Teh, L. S. L., Cashion, T., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Taking stock: a Large Marine Ecosystem perspective of socio-economic and ecological trends in East China Sea fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 30(2), 269–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-020-09599-8

  156. Harper, S., Adshade, M., Lam, V. W. Y., Pauly, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Valuing invisible catches: Estimating the global contribution by women to small-scale marine capture fisheries production. PLOS ONE, 15(3), e0228912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228912

  157. Sumaila, U., Zeller, D., Hood, L., Palomares, M., Li, Y., & Pauly, D. (2020) Illicit trade in marine fish catch and its effects on ecosystems and people worldwide. Science Advances 6(9). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3801.

  158. Lam, V. Allison, E, H., Bell, Blythe, Cheung, W. W. L., Frölicher, Gasalla, & Sumaila, U. R.. (2020). Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1(9), 440-454. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0071-9

  159. Dempsey, J., Martin, T. G., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Subsidizing extinction? Conservation Letters, 13(1). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12705

  160. Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Ishimura, G., Munro, G. R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Ecosystem-based management can contribute to cooperation in transboundary fisheries: The case of pacific sardine. Fisheries Research, 221, 105401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105401

  161. Sumaila, U. R., Skerritt, D., Schuhbauer, A., Ebrahim, N., Li, Y., Kim, H. S., Mallory, T. G., Lam, V. W. L., & Pauly, D. (2019). A global dataset on subsidies to the fisheries sector. Data in Brief, 27, 104706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104706

  162. Thiault, L., Mora, C., Cinner, J. E., Cheung, W. W. L., Graham, N. A. J., Januchowski-Hartley, F. A., Mouillot, D., Sumaila, U. R., & Claudet, J. (2019). Escaping the perfect storm of simultaneous climate change impacts on agriculture and marine fisheries. Science Advances, 5(11). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw9976

  163. Singleton, R. L., Allison, E. H., Gough, C., Kamat, V., LeBillon, P., Robson, L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Conservation, contraception and controversy: Supporting human rights to enable sustainable fisheries in Madagascar. Global Environmental Change, 59, 101946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101946

  164. Hernández-García, J. A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Impact of the 2015-2016 El Niño on the Peruvian fisheries sector. Marine Policy, 102, 103601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103601

  165. Sumaila, U. R., Ebrahim, N., Schuhbauer, A., Skerritt, D., Li, Y., Kim, H. S., Mallory, T. G., Lam, V. W. L., & Pauly, D. (2019). Updated estimates and analysis of global fisheries subsidies. Marine Policy, 109, 103695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103695

  166. Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Busting myths that hinder an agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies. Marine Policy, 109, 103699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103699

  167. Bendriem, N., Roman, R., Gibson, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). A review of the fate of southern British Columbia coho salmon over time. Fisheries Research, 218, 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.04.002

  168. Tai, T. C., Steiner, N. S., Hoover, C., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Evaluating present and future potential of arctic fisheries in Canada. Marine Policy, 108, 103637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103637

  169. Laffoley, D., Baxter, J. M., Amon, D. J., Currie, D. E. J., Downs, C. A., Hall–Spencer, J. M., Harden–Davies, H., Page, R., Reid, C. P., Roberts, C. M., Rogers, A., Thiele, T., Sheppard, C. R. C., Sumaila, U. R., & Woodall, L. C. (2019). Eight urgent, fundamental and simultaneous steps needed to restore ocean health, and the consequences for humanity and the planet of inaction or delay. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(1), 194–208. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3182

  170. Bennett, N. J., Blythe, J., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Singh, G. G., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Just Transformations to Sustainability. Sustainability, 11(14), 3881. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143881

  171. Kleiven, A. R., Moland, E., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). No fear of bankruptcy: the innate self-subsidizing forces in recreational fishing. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(6), 2304–2307. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz128

  172. Sumaila, U. R., Villasante, S., & Le Manach, F. (2019). Fisheries subsidies wreck ecosystems, don’t bring them back. Nature, 571(7763), 36–36. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02054-0

  173. Ben-Hasan, A., Walters, C., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Effects of Management on the Profitability of Seasonal Fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00310

  174. Talloni-Álvarez, N. E., Sumaila, U. R., Le Billon, P., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2019). Climate change impact on Canada’s Pacific marine ecosystem: The current state of knowledge. Marine Policy, 104, 163–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.035

  175. Popova, E., Vousden, D., Sauer, W. H. H., Mohammed, E. Y., Allain, V., Downey-Breedt, N., Fletcher, R., Gjerde, K. M., Halpin, P. N., Kelly, S., Obura, D., Pecl, G., Roberts, M., Raitsos, D. E., Rogers, A., Samoilys, M., Sumaila, U. R., Tracey, S., & Yool, A. (2019). Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries. Marine Policy, 104, 90–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.050

  176. Schuhbauer, A., Cisneros-Montemayor, A., Chuenpagdee, R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Assessing the economic viability of small-scale fisheries: an example from Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 617–618, 365–376. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12942

  177. Steiner, N., Cheung, W. W. L., Cisneros-Montemayor, A., Drost, H., Hayashida, H., Hoover, C., et al. (2019) Impacts of the Changing Ocean-Sea Ice System on the Key Forage Fish Arctic Cod (Boreogadus Saida) and Subsistence Fisheries in the Western Canadian Arctic—Evaluating Linked Climate, Ecosystem and Economic (CEE) Models. Frontiers in Marine Science 6 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00179

  178. Sakai, Y., Yagi, N., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Fishery subsidies: the interaction between science and policy. Fisheries Science, 85(3), 439–447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-019-01306-2

  179. Belhabib, D., Sumaila, U. R., & Le Billon, P. (2019). The fisheries of Africa: Exploitation, policy, and maritime security trends. Marine Policy, 101, 80–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.12.021

  180. Stephenson, R. L., Wiber, M., Paul, S., Angel, E., Benson, A., Charles, A., Chouinard, O., Edwards, D., Foley, P., Lane, D., McIsaac, J., Neis, B., Parlee, C., Pinkerton, E., Saunders, M., Squires, K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Integrating diverse objectives for sustainable fisheries in Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76(3), 480–496. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0345

  181. Sumaila, U. R., Tai, T. C., Lam, V. W. Y., Cheung, W. W. L., Bailey, M., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Chen, O. L., & Gulati, S. S. (2019). Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and people. Science Advances, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau3855

  182. Meirelles Felizola Freire, K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Economic potential of the Brazilian marine recreational fishery. Boletim Do Instituto de Pesca, 45(1). https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2019.45.1.412

  183. Teh, L. S. L., Bond, N., KC, K., Fraser, E., Seng, R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). The economic impact of global change on fishing and non-fishing households in the Tonle Sap ecosystem, Pursat, Cambodia. Fisheries Research, 210, 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.005

Special Journal Issues

  1. Sumaila, U.R., de Fontaubert, C. and Palomares, M.L.D. (2023). Overfishing, ocean carbon function and the resilience of fish and fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science. Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture and Living Resources. Volume 10 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1250449.

  2. Hilmi N., Chami R., Fullenkamp C., Jafari M. and Sumaila, U.R. (2023) Editorial: Nature-based solutions, climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation. Front. Clim. 5:1308032. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1308032.

  3. Sumaila, U.R., and D. L. VanderZwaag (eds.) (2020). Canada and transboundary fisheries management in changing oceans: taking stock, future scenarios. Ecology and Society 25(4):44. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12209-250444.

Books

  1. Alger, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (Eds.). (2025). A Research Agenda for Sustainable Ocean Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035325757.

  2. Palomares, M. L. D., Sumaila, U. R., & De Fontaubert, C. (Eds.). (2024). How Overfishing Handicaps Resilience of Marine Resources Under Climate Change. Frontiers Research Topics. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-8325-5726-6

  3. Sumaila, U. R., Armitage, D., Bailey, M., & Cheung, W. (2024). SEA CHANGE: Charting a Sustainable Future for Oceans in Canada. UBC Press. ISBN:9780774869041.

Book Chapters

  1. Alger, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Future research for a healthy ocean. A Research Agenda for Sustainable Ocean Governance, 3-14. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035325757.00009

  2. Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., García-Lorenzo, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Rethinking cost-benefit analysis for sustainable marine spatial planning. A Research Agenda for Sustainable Ocean Governance, 175-184. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035325757.00027

  3. Alam, L., Mokhtar, M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). 5. Climate change impacts on the fisheries and aquaculture sectors with a focus on Malaysia. Navigating Our Way to Solutions in Marine Conservation, 75-92. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0395.05

  4. Sumaila, U. R., Armitage, D., Bailey, M., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). 1 A Partnership Approach to the Study of Canada's Oceans and Coasts. Sea Change, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774869058-005

  5. Tai, T. C., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Saltos, J. J. A., Ban, N. C., Bryndum-Buchholz, A., Cheung, W. W. L., Courtenay, S., Harper, S., Hoover, C., Lotze, H. K., Steiner, N. S., Sumaila, U. R., Talloni-Álvarez, N., & Whitney, C. K. (2024). 3 Rapid Changes across Canada's Oceans and Their Impact on Coastal Communities. Sea Change, 45-60. https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774869058-007

  6. Steiner, N. S., Bryndum-Buchholz, A., Cheung, W. W. L., Holdsworth, A. M., Lotze, H. K., Nagabhatla, N., . Newell, S. L., Okey, T. A., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Sumaila, U. R., Tai, T. C., & Wilson, K. L. (2024). 4 Large Changes in Canada's Oceans and Their Impacts on Ecosystems and Fisheries. In Sea Change (pp. 61-77). University of British Columbia Press. https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774869058-008

  7. Teh, L., Cheung, W. W. L., Ban, N., Jones, R., Ross, L., Steiner, N. S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). 5 Using Multiscale Scenarios to Investigate the Outlook for Marine Ecosystems and Coastal Communities. Sea Change, 78-102. https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774869058-009

  8. Sumaila, U. R., Walsh, M., Hoareau, K., Cox, A., Abdallah, P., Akpalu, W., Anna, Z., Benzaken, D., Crona, B., Fitzgerald, T., Heaps, L., Karousakis, K., Lange, G.-M., Leland, A., Miller, D., Sack, K., Shahnaz, D., Teh, L., et al. (2023). Ocean Finance: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy. The Blue Compendium, 309-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16277-0_9

  9. Villasante, S., Ainsworth, G. B., Pita, P., Belgrano, A., Bennett, N., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). The role of marine protected areas (MPAs) in providing ecosystem services to improve ocean and human health. Oceans and Human Health, 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-95227-9.00013-0

  10. Lange, G.-M., Beck, M. W., Lam, V. W. Y., Menéndez, P., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Blue Natural Capital: Mangroves and Fisheries. The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021: Managing Assets for the Future, 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1590-4_ch6

  11. Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). A Two-Stage Fishery Game with an Aquaculture Facility. Frontiers of Dynamic Games, 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93616-7_4

  12. Sumaila, U. R., & Lam, V. W. Y. (2020). Climate change and British Columbia's staple seafood supply and prices. Environmental Assessments. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976879.00020

  13. Teh, L. S. L., Cheung, W. L., & Sumaila, U.R. (2020). Developing national scale integrated social-ecological scenarios for Canada's oceans and marine fisheries. Environmental Assessments. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976879.00012

Other Articles

  • Sumaila, U. R., & Lam, V. W. Y. (2020). Climate change and British Columbia's staple seafood supply and prices. In Environmental Assessments. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Monograph) https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976879.00020

Non-refereed contributions

  1. Pauly, D., Nauen, C., Le Manach, F., Palomares, M.-L., Sumaila, U. R., & Lopez-Ahedo, I. (2025). From Science to Conscience: The Plunder of Senegal's Fisheries Resources, or Europe's Role in the Making of a Migration Crisis. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15833918.

  2. Amon, D., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (2025). Delivering benefits to humankind: The opportunity for the International Seabed Authority under a deep-sea mining moratorium. The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

  3. Cheung, W., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Morgante, I., Oyinlola, M., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (2025). Projecting pathways to achieve sustainable ocean targets for food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation. OOS2025.

  4. Palacios Abrantes, J., Santos, B. S., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila U. R. et al. (2025). Data for Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world's ocean. Borealis.

  5. Pauly, D., Nauen, C., Le Manach, F., Palomares, M. L., Sumaila, U. R., et al. (2025). From Science to Conscience: The Plunder of Senegal's Fisheries Resources, or Europe's Role in the Making of a Migration Crisis. Proceedings of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study.

  6. Wong, A., Frommel, A. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2025). A Traits-based assessment of aquaculture's sustainable development potential at the food-climate-biodiversity nexus. OOS2025.

  7. Sumaila, U.R. (2024). Fisheries - Trade, Climate, and Net Zero Pathways: Scenarios and Implications for Developing Countries and Climate-Resilient Development. Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS). (Link).

  8. Monaco, C., Sumaila, U. R., Armitage, D., Bailey, M., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Sea change: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada-An introduction. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien, 68(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12876

  9. Amon, D. J., Levin, L. A., Metaxas, A., Orcutt, B. N., Parson, L., Peacock, T., Ardron, J. A., ..., Sumaila, U. R., et al. (2024). Delivering benefits for humankind: The opportunity for the International Seabed Authority under a deep-sea mining moratorium. Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. https://www.savethehighseas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSCC-Report-Delivering-Benefits-For-Humankind-Feb-2024.pdf

  10. Veytia, D., Airoldi, L., Claudet, J., Cooley, S., Magnan, A., Barclay, V. M., Neill, S., Sumaila, U. R., Thébaud, O., Voolstra, C. R., Williamson, P., Bonnin, M., Langridge, J., Comte, A., Viard, F., Shin, Y., Bopp, L., & Gattuso, J.-P. (2024). Ocean-related options for climate change mitigation and adaptation: A machine learning-based evidence map protocol. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.pex-2324/v1.

  11. Doyen, L, Smith, M, Sumaila, U. R., Zaccour, G, Ekeland, I, Cury, P, Lett, C, Thebaud, O, Poggiale, J.-C, Moussaoui, A, Fromentin, J.-M, Gourguet, S, Guillotreau, P, Gomes, H, Courtois, Pierre, Schaap, Robbert-Jan, Blanchard, F, Rainer, C, Villain, T, Menard, F and Sari, T, (2024), Mathematical Bio-Economics 2.0 for Sustainable Fisheries, Working Papers, HAL.

  12. Maury, O., Tittensor, D., Eddy, T., Allison, E., Bari, T., Barrier, N., Campling, L., Cheung, W., Frieler, K., Fulton, B., Guillotreau, P., Heneghan, R., Lam, V., Leclère, D., Lengaigne, M., Lotze-Campen, H., Novaglio, C., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Schewe, J., Sumaila, U.R., et al. (2024). The Ocean System Pathways (OSPs): a new scenario and simulation framework to investigate the future of the world fisheries. Authorea, Inc. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.171587166.60970779/v1.

  13. Kaczan, D; Nurhabni, F; Cheung, W. W. L.; Frölicher, T; Kuswardani, A; Lam, V; Muawanah, U; Puspasari, R; Reygondeau, G; Sumaila, U. R.; Teh, L. 2023. Hot Water Rising: The Impact of Climate Change on Indonesia's Fisheries and Coastal Communities. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40564 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.

  14. Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Sumaila, U. R., & Nava, A. G. (2023). Poverty line income and fisheries subsidies in developing country fishing communities. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2731208/v1

  15. Schneider, K, Fanzo, J, Haddad, L, Sumaila, U. R., et al. (2023). The State of Food Systems Worldwide: Counting Down to 2030 (Version 2). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2303.13669

  16. Schuhbauer, A., Favoretto, F., Wang, T., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Sala, E., Millage, K., Cabral, R., Sumaila, U. R., Lucrezi, S., Hsu, A., Tighsazzadeh, M. N., Cruz, M. P. de la, & Cisneros-Montemayor, A. (2023). Global economic impact of scuba dive tourism. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2609621/v1

  17. Global Fisheries: Livelihood Impact of Overfishing. Fisheries Centre Research Reports, IOF. https://fisheries.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2023/06/FCRR-31-2-MinderooCatchLoss-June5.pdf

  18. Prellezo, R., Rocha, J. M. D., Palomares, M. L. D., Sumaila, U. R., & Villasante, S. (2022). Building climate resilience, social sustainability and equity in global fisheries. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2230749/v1

  19. Waldron, A., Besancon, C., Watson, J. E. M., Adams, V. M., Sumaila, U. R., Garnett, S. T., Balmford, A., & Butchart, S. H. M. (2022). The costs of global protected-area expansion (Target 3 of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework) may fall more heavily on lower-income countries. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.23.485429

  20. Leadley, P., Gonzalez, A., Krug, C., Londoño-Murcia, M. C., Sumaila, U. R. et al. (2022). Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/hy7a2.

  21. Lange, G.-M., M. W. Beck, V. W. Y. Lam, P. Menéndez and Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Blue Natural Capital: Mangroves and Fisheries. The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021: Managing Assets for the Future, The World Bank. (PDF).

  22. Waldron A, Adams V, Allan J, Arnell A, Asner G, Atkinson S, Baccini A, Baillie J, Balmford A, Austin Beau J, Brander L. Sumaila, U. R. (2020) Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications.

  23. Leape, J., F. Micheli, M. Tigchelaar, E. H. Allison, X. Basurto, A. Bennett, S. R. Bush, L. Cao, B. Crona and F. DeClerck. (2021) "Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group21 for the Food Systems Summit April 15, 2021". https://sc-fss2021.org/wpcontent/uploads/2021/06/FSS_Brief_Blue_Economy.pdf

  24. Skerritt, D. & Sumaila U. R. (2021). Assessing the spatial burden of harmful fisheries subsidies. https://oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/OceanaDWF_FinalReport.pdf

  25. Sumaila U. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Teh, L. Bang, A. T. Cashion,et al. (2021) "Sink or Swim: The future of fisheries in the East and South China Seas". https://www.admcf.org/research-reports/sink-or-swim/.

  26. Tigchelaar, M., Cheung, W. W. L., Sumaila, U.R., et al. (2021). Projected climate risk of aquatic food system benefits [Data set]. Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/CFSROR.

  27. Sumaila, U.R., Cheung, W.W.L, Teh, L.S.L., Bang, A.H.Y., Cashion, T., Zeng, Z., et al. (2021) Sink or Swim: The future of fisheries in the East and South China Seas. ADM Capital Foundation, Hong Kong.

  28. Rinnan, D. S., Reygondeau, G., McGowan, J., Lam, V., Sumaila, U. R., Ranipeta, A., Kaschner, K., Garilao, C., Cheung, W. L., & Jetz, W. (2021). Targeted, collaborative biodiversity conservation in the global ocean can benefit fisheries economies. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.23.441004[.](https://www.admcf.org/research-reports/sink-or-swim/)

  29. Grémillet, D., B. Hardesty, H. Lotze, D. Obura, D. Pauly, Y.-J. Shin & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). "The oceans and COVID-19: A ten-point agenda for action." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350276375_The_oceans_and_COVID-19_A_tenpoint_agenda_for_action.

  30. Skerritt, D., Schuhbauer, A., Villasante, S., Cisneros-Montemayor, A., Bennett, N., Mallory, T., Lam, V. W. Y., Arthur, R., Cheung, W., Teh, L., Roumbedakis, K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2021). Mapping the unjust global impact of harmful fisheries subsidies. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-902618/v1.

  31. Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Ishimura, G., Munro, G. R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Ecosystem-based management can contribute to cooperation in transboundary fisheries: The case of pacific sardine. Fisheries Research, 221, 105401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105401.

  32. Harper, S., Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Distributional impacts of fisheries subsidies and their reform: case studies from Senegal and Vietnam. IIED Working Paper. IIED, London. Teh, L.S.L., Sumaila, U.R. (2019). Economic and social benefits of fisheries rebuilding: six Canadian case studies. Report for Oceana Canada.

  33. Teh, L.S.L., Cashion, T., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Taking stock: status and trends in East China Sea fisheries. In: Teh, L.S.L., Cashion, T., Alava, J.J., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U.R. (editors). Status, trends, and the future of fisheries in the East and South China Seas. UBC Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 27(1).

  34. Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Large marine ecosystems of Asia. In: Teh, L.S.L., Cashion, T., Alava, J.J., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U.R. (editors). Status, trends, and the future of fisheries in the East and South China Seas. UBC Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 27(1).

  35. Cashion, T., Sumaila, U. R. (2019). The impact of biomass fishing for feed on catch and revenues from the East and South China Seas. In: Teh, L.S.L., Cashion, T., Alava, J.J., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U. R. (editors). Status, trends, and the future of fisheries in the East and South China Seas. UBC Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 27(1).

  36. Cashion, T., Alava, J.J., Teh, L.S.L., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U.R. (2019). Global change and the fate of the East and South China Seas. In: Teh, L.S.L., Cashion, T., Alava, J.J., Cheung, W.W.L., Sumaila, U. R. (editors). Status, trends, and the future of fisheries in the East and South China Seas. UBC Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 27(1).

  37. Sumaila, U. R., Tai, T. (2019). Ending overfishing can mitigate impacts of climate change. UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Working Paper #2019-05. https://fisheries.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/11/2019-05-Sumaila_Ending_overfishing.pdf

  38. Schuhbauer, A., Skerritt, D.J., Ebrahim, N., Le Manach, F., Sumaila, U. R. (2019). The global fisheries subsidies divide between small- and large-scale fisheries. UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Working Paper #2019-06.

  39. Konar, M., Gray, E., Thuringer, L., Sumaila, U. R. (2019). The scale of illicit trade in Pacific Ocean marine resources. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/publication/scale-illicit-trade-pacific-ocean-marine-resources.

  40. Sumaila, U. R. (2019). Climate change: impact on marine ecosystems and world fisheries. Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability. Elsevier. p. 218-222.

  41. Cheung, W. W. L., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Morgante, I., Oyinlola, M., Frölicher, T., Maury, O., Sumaila, U. R., & Tittensor, D. (2024, June 17-21). Projecting pathways to achieve sustainable ocean targets for food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation [Conference presentation]. Ocean Observing System for 2025 (OOS2025) Conference, Brest, France.

  42. Wong, A., Frommel, A. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024, June 17-21). A traits-based assessment of aquaculture's sustainable development potential at the food-climate-biodiversity nexus [Conference presentation]. Ocean Observing System for 2025 (OOS2025) Conference, Brest, France.

  43. Bennett, N. J., Eadie, M., Ban, N., McIsaac, J., Gavenus, E. R., Harper, S., Satterfield, T., Schuhbauer, A., Splichalova, D., Sutcliffe, T., Vandeborne, K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020, April 22). Understanding fisheries access and wellbeing of independent fishermen in British Columbia. Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. SSEC. https://ssec.confex.com/ssec/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/4212.

Forthcoming contributions

  1. U. Rashid Sumaila & Laura Pereira (under revision). Africa 2075: From potential to powerhouse. Cell Reports Sustainability, 7 pages.

  2. U. Rashid Sumaila, Vicky W.Y. Lam; Ibrahim Issifu, Lubna Alam, Patrzia Raggi Abdallah; Mazlin Mokhtar, Alain Sy Traore, Amadou Tall (under revision). Seafood trade flows and their impacts on the livelihoods, and nutritional security of the Global South. One Earth; 38 pages.

  3. Sebastian Villasante, U. Rashid Sumaila, Nathan J. Bennett, Veronica Relano, Daniel J. Skerritt

  4. (submitted). The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement is in force: what next? Science; 1 page.

  5. Ibrahim Issifu, Menelisi Falayi, Terry Sunderland & U. Rashid Sumaila (under revision). Mangroves as land and ocean buffers: A comparative analysis of mangrove ecosystem services in Ghana and Tanzania. Ocean and Coastal Management, 38 pages.

  6. Ibrahim Issifu, Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, Lubna Alam, Vicky W. Y. Lam, A.M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Evans Kwasi Arizi, Daniel Skerritt, Alberta Ama Sagoe, Elizabeth Effah, Elsie Akusika Debrah, Denis Worlanyo Aheto, Arne Kinds, Natali Lazzari, Sebastian Villasante, Louise S.L. Teh, Lydia C.L. Teh, U. Rashid Sumaila (under revision). Mapping competition between domestic and distant water fishing fleets in West Africa. npj Ocean Sustainability, 52 pages.

  7. Ibrahim Issifu, & U. Rashid Sumaila (revised and submitted). Factors Influencing International Migration in Five West African Coastal Nations. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 35 pages.

  8. Lubna Alam, Lydia Teh, Louise Teh, Maria Lourdes Palomares, Daniel J. Skerritt, Ibrahim Issifu, Vicky W. Y. Lam, Sebastian Villasante, Natali Lazzari, Arne Kinds, Adriana Rosa Carvalho, Patricia Majluf, Denis Aheto, Mazlin Mokhtar, U. Rashid Sumaila (submitted). Dynamics of distant water fishing fleets in Southeast Asian Countries. npj Ocean sustainability, 24 pages.

  9. Johan Rockström, Fatima Denton, Albert Norström, Jesse F. Abrams, Lubna Alam, David I. Armstrong McKay, Xuemei Bai, Govindasamy Bala, Chris Boulton, Wendy J. Broadgate, Stuart E. Bunn, Joshua E. Buxton, Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Raimon C. Ylla-Català, Fabrice DeClerck, Natalie Davis, Donovan P. Dennis, Miriam L. Diamond, Carl Folke, Charlotte Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Joyeeta Gupta, Syezlin Hasan, Lisa Jacobson, Steven J. Lade, Timothy M. Lenton, Sina Loriani, Cornelia Ludwig, Pablo A. Marquet, Aditi Mukherji, Qondi Moyo, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, David Obura, Taikan Oki, Daniel Ospina, Maria Fernanda Peña, Laura Pereira, Maria del Mar Rojas, Keywan Riahi, Anindita Sarkar, Anna Shalin, Ben Stewart-Koster, Bo Su, U. Rashid Sumaila, Thejna Tharamma, Luc van Vliet, Detlef van Vuuren, Peter Verburg, Ricarda Winkelmann, Cunde Xiao, Caroline Zimm (under review). Charting a Transformational Course Toward a Safe and Just Future: The Earth Commission's Contribution. Earth's Future, 19 pages.

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