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Selected Publications


A geopolitical-economy of distant water fisheries access arrangements

Journal Article npj Ocean Sustainability · April 29, 2024 AbstractIn recent decades, fishing fleets and effort have grown in aggregate throughout the waters of lower-income coastal countries, much of which is carried out by vessels registered in higher-income countries. Fisheries ... Full text Cite

The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas

Journal Article Marine Policy · July 1, 2023 We find ourselves at a critical crossroads for the future governance of the high seas, but the perceived remoteness of the global ocean creates a psychological barrier for people to engage with it. Given challenges of overexploitation, inequitable access a ... Full text Cite

Tracking elusive and shifting identities of the global fishing fleet.

Journal Article Science advances · January 2023 Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing costs billions of dollars per year and is enabled by vessels obfuscating their identity. Here, we combine identities of ~35,000 vessels with a decade of GPS data to provide a global assessment of fishing c ... Full text Cite

Who is the high seas fishing industry?

Journal Article One Earth · December 18, 2020 Seafood companies rarely disclose what or where they are fishing. To provide a first overview of the fishing industry in the high seas—the area beyond national jurisdiction—we linked fishing activity in the high seas to vessel owners and corporate actors. ... Full text Cite