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dc.contributor.authorQueiroz, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorHumphries, Nicolas E
dc.contributor.authorCouto, Ana
dc.contributor.authorVedor, Marisa
dc.contributor.authorda Costa, Ivo
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Ana MM
dc.contributor.authorMucientes, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Antonio M
dc.contributor.authorAbascal, Francisco J
dc.contributor.authorAbercrombie, Debra L
dc.contributor.authorAbrantes, Katya
dc.contributor.authorAcuna-Marrero, David
dc.contributor.authorAfonso, Andre S
dc.contributor.authorGustafson, Johan A
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T00:08:39Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T00:08:39Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397542
dc.description.abstract© 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. However, this information is lacking at a global scale. Here we show, using a big-data approach that combines satellite-tracked movements of pelagic sharks and global fishing fleets, that 24% of the mean monthly space used by sharks falls under the footprint of pelagic longline fisheries. Space-use hotspots of commercially valuable sharks and of internationally protected species had the highest overlap with longlines (up to 76% and 64%, respectively), and were also associated with significant increases in fishing effort. We conclude that pelagic sharks have limited spatial refuge from current levels of fishing effort in marine areas beyond national jurisdictions (the high seas). Our results demonstrate an urgent need for conservation and management measures at high-seas hotspots of shark space use, and highlight the potential of simultaneous satellite surveillance of megafauna and fishers as a tool for near-real-time, dynamic management.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom461
dc.relation.ispartofissue7770
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNature
dc.relation.ispartofvolume572
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsMultidisciplinary Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology - Other Topics
dc.subject.keywordsIMPROVING LIGHT
dc.subject.keywordsPELAGIC SHARKS
dc.titleGlobal spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationQueiroz, N; Humphries, NE; Couto, A; Vedor, M; da Costa, I; Sequeira, AMM; Mucientes, G; Santos, AM; Abascal, FJ; Abercrombie, DL; Abrantes, K; Acuna-Marrero, D; Afonso, AS; Gustafson, JA;et al., Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries, Nature, 2019, 572 (7770), pp. 461
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-07-10
dc.date.updated2020-09-15T22:14:56Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2019 Nature Publishing Group. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
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