A Decade of South Africa’s Acoustic Tracking Array Platform: An Example of a Successful Ocean Stewardship Programme

Using movement models and systematic conservation planning to inform marine protected area design for a multi-species predator community

(2022) Maurits P.M. van Zinnicq Bergmann et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Variable migration patterns of whitespotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari along Florida’s coastlines

(2021) Breanna C. DeGroot et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Climate Change and Variability Impacts on Sub-Saharan African Fisheries: A Review

(2021) Rodney. T. Muringai et al.   Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

Residency and habitat use patterns by sympatric stingrays at a remote atoll in the Western Indian Ocean

(2021) C Elston et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa

(2021) DAVID A. EBERT et al.   ZOOTAXA

Successful parks for sharks: No-take marine reserve provides conservation benefits to endemic and threatened sharks off South Africa

(2021) Patricia S. Albano et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Continental-Scale Network Reveals Cross-Jurisdictional Movements of Sympatric Sharks With Implications for Assessment and Management

(2021) Charlie Huveneers et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species inferred from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

(2021) Sophie M. E. Marsh et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The Blue Economy and the United Nations’ sustainable development goals: Challenges and opportunities

(2020) Ki-Hoon Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Shark movement strategies influence poaching risk and can guide enforcement decisions in a large, remote Marine Protected Area

(2020) David M.P. Jacoby et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

What do warming waters mean for fish physiology and fisheries?

(2020) Alexander G. Little et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

(2020) M. Aaron MacNeil et al.   NATURE

The Blue Economy–Cultural Livelihood–Ecosystem Conservation Triangle: The African Experience

(2020) Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

The FACT Network: Philosophy, Evolution, and Management of a Collaborative Coastal Tracking Network

(2020) Joy M. Young et al.   Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Collaboration and engagement produce more actionable science: quantitatively analyzing uptake of fish tracking studies

(2019) Vivian M. Nguyen et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ocean acidification refugia in variable environments

(2019) Lydia Kapsenberg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Acoustic telemetry reveals multi-seasonal spatiotemporal dynamics of a giant trevally Caranx ignobilis aggregation

(2019) R Daly et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Shark conservation hindered by lack of habitat protection

(2019) Charlotte A. Birkmanis et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Fish on the move: connectivity of an estuary-dependent fishery species evaluated using a large-scale acoustic telemetry array

(2018) Taryn S. Murray et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Keeping up with the Silver King: Using cooperative acoustic telemetry networks to quantify the movements of Atlantic tarpon ( Megalops atlanticus ) in the coastal waters of the southeastern United States

(2018) Lucas P. Griffin et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Emerging risks from marine heat waves

(2018) Thomas L. Frölicher et al.   Nature Communications

Australia’s continental-scale acoustic tracking database and its automated quality control process

(2018) Xavier Hoenner et al.   Scientific Data

Summer at the beach: spatio-temporal patterns of white shark occurrence along the inshore areas of False Bay, South Africa

(2018) Alison A. Kock et al.   Movement Ecology

Challenges for global ocean observation: the need for increased human capacity

(2018) Patricia Miloslavich et al.   Journal of Operational Oceanography

Stewardship as a boundary object for sustainability research: Linking care, knowledge and agency

(2018) Johan Peçanha Enqvist et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Sharks, rays and marine protected areas: A critical evaluation of current perspectives

(2018) Tracy MacKeracher et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Prospects and challenges of fish for food security in Africa

(2018) Chin Yee Chan et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

The ocean’s movescape: fisheries management in the bio-logging decade (2018–2028)

(2018) Susan K Lowerre-Barbieri et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Optimising the design of large-scale acoustic telemetry curtains

(2017) Andre Steckenreuter et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Predicting ecological responses in a changing ocean: the effects of future climate uncertainty

(2017) Jennifer J. Freer et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Abundance and size structure of a reef shark population within a marine reserve has remained stable for more than a decade

(2017) ME Bond et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Marine megafauna interactions with small-scale fisheries in the southwestern Indian Ocean: a review of status and challenges for research and management

(2017) Andrew J. Temple et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Abundance and size structure of a reef shark population within a marine reserve has remained stable for more than a decade

(2017) ME Bond et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Global marine protected areas to prevent extinctions

(2017) Lindsay N. K. Davidson et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Applying a knowledge–action framework for navigating barriers to incorporating telemetry science into fisheries management and conservation: a qualitative study

(2017) Vivian M. Nguyen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Shark Spotters: Successfully reducing spatial overlap between white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) and recreational water users in False Bay, South Africa

(2017) Tamlyn Engelbrecht et al.   PLoS One

Estimating the economic benefits of MSC certification for the South African hake trawl fishery

(2016) Philippe Lallemand et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Integrating research using animal-borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management

(2016) Jennifer McGowan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Heading south or north: novel insights on European silver eel Anguilla anguilla migration in the North Sea

(2016) J Huisman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Estimating the optimum size for inshore no-take areas based on movement patterns of surf-zone fishes and recommendations for rezoning of a World Heritage Site in South Africa

(2016) Bruce Q. Mann et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal the space use of multiple reef predators and enhance marine protected area design

(2016) James S. E. Lea et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Use and usefulness of measures of marine endemicity in South Africa

(2016) Charles L. Griffiths et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

The Marine Protected Areas debate: Implications for the proposed Phakisa Marine Protected Areas Network

(2016) Kerry Sink et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

A broader view of stewardship to achieve conservation and sustainability goals in South Africa

(2016) Jaco Barendse et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Heading south or north: novel insights on European silver eel Anguilla anguilla migration in the North Sea

(2016) J Huisman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Reef shark movements relative to a coastal marine protected area

(2016) C.W. Speed et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Ordinary and Extraordinary Movement Behaviour of Small Resident Fish within a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area

(2016) Eneko Aspillaga et al.   PLoS One

BeyondJaws: rediscovering the ‘lost sharks’ of southern Africa

(2015) DA Ebert et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

The current status and management of South Africa's chondrichthyan fisheries

(2015) C da Silva et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Movements and residency of juvenile white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus in a range of contrasting estuaries

(2015) Rhett H. Bennett et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Habitat connectivity and intra-population structure of an estuary-dependent fishery species

(2015) AR Childs et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Feeding the poor: Contribution of West African fisheries to employment and food security

(2015) Dyhia Belhabib et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

(2015) N. E. Hussey et al.   SCIENCE

Habitat connectivity and intra-population structure of an estuary-dependent fishery species

(2015) AR Childs et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Fisheries, tourism, and marine protected areas: Conflicting or synergistic interactions?

(2015) P.F.M. Lopes et al.   Ecosystem Services

Generalizable principles for ecosystem stewardship-based management of social-ecological systems: lessons learned from Alaska

(2014) Winslow D. Hansen   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Angling for endangered fish: conservation problem or conservation action?

(2014) Steven J Cooke et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Combining multispecies home range and distribution models aids assessment of MPA effectiveness

(2014) D Abecasis et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Residency Patterns and Migration Dynamics of Adult Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) on the East Coast of Southern Africa

(2014) Ryan Daly et al.   PLoS One

Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

(2014) Nicholas K Dulvy et al.   eLife

The trouble with estuarine fisheries in temperate South Africa, illustrated by a case study on the Sundays Estuary

(2013) PD Cowley et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Residency, Habitat Use and Sexual Segregation of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias in False Bay, South Africa

(2013) Alison Kock et al.   PLoS One

Area-use patterns and diel movements of white steenbrasLithognathus lithognathusin a temporarily open/closed South African estuary, inferred from acoustic telemetry and long-term seine-netting data

(2012) RH Bennett et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Fiji’s largest marine reserve benefits reef sharks

(2012) J. S. Goetze et al.   CORAL REEFS

Ecological risk assessment and its application to elasmobranch conservation and management

(2012) A. J. Gallagher et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

An oceanographic, meteorological, and biological ‘perfect storm’ yields a massive fish kill

(2012) BA Stauffer et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Movement patterns of the parrotfish Sparisoma cretense in a Mediterranean marine protected area

(2012) Gabriele La Mesa et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

First Assessment of Estuarine Space use and Home Range of Juvenile White Steenbras,Lithognathus lithognathus

(2011) R.H. Bennett et al.   AFRICAN ZOOLOGY

Estimating mortality of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in an experimental recreational catch-and-release fishery

(2011) Michael J.W. Stokesbury et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Phylogeography of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) in the southern hemisphere: implications for the conservation of a coastal apex predator

(2011) Martin T. Benavides et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Spatial and temporal patterns in Serranus cabrilla habitat use in the NW Mediterranean revealed by acoustic telemetry

(2011) J Alós et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Coastal currents and temperatures along the eastern region of Algoa Bay, South Africa, with implications for transport and shelf–bay water exchange

(2010) M J Roberts   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Multi-scale patterns of habitat use in a highly mobile reef fish, the white trevally Pseudocaranx dentex, and their implications for marine reserve design

(2009) P Afonso et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis

(2009) SE Lester et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Estuarine use by spotted grunterPomadasys commersonniiin a South African estuary, as determined by acoustic telemetry

(2008) A-R Childs et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Movement and distribution of young bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in a variable estuarine environment

(2008) MR Heupel et al.   Aquatic Biology

Quantification of Extinction Risk: IUCN's System for Classifying Threatened Species

(2008) GEORGINA M. MACE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Do environmental factors influence the movement of estuarine fish? A case study using acoustic telemetry

(2008) A.-R. Childs et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE