Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 May 2026 | Viewed by 70
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fishing technology; fisheries and environmental science; ecology; ecosystem stressors; marine biology; aquatic conservation; stock assessment
Interests: biodiversity; environmental conservation; fish respiration; fish immunology; marine zoology; zoomorphology; aquaculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inland and marine fisheries have significantly contributed to combating hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and socioeconomic development throughout the world. Hundreds of millions of people rely on wild fishing for food, income, likelihood, and employment. However, reductions in natural resources, alongside biodiversity loss, climate change, overfishing, pollution, and habitat shifts, are among the threats to the development of sustainable fisheries and the maintenance of healthy ecosystems. Environmentally friendly fishing technologies, the sustainable use of resources, and the effectiveness of natural resource management and science-based conservation can mitigate these threats and maintain the blue food provision for future generations.
To prevent species biodiversity and recover degradable resources and habitats caused by human activities and natural phenomena, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has established the convention on biological diversity toward the goal of at least 30 percent of terrestrial, inland water, and coastal and marine areas being protected by 2030. Natural parks and protected areas are expected to contribute to this goal. However, these protected areas, as well as protection and conservation programmes, do not ensure the success of conservation because of weak enforcement and management, lack of effort and resources, unrealistic conservation objectives, and other factors. Working together, these challenges can be solved by international contribution and cooperation from scientific communities.
This Special Issue provides an international forum to broad audiences such as scientists, biologists, researchers, policymakers, managers, and stakeholders to share their scientific achievements and findings related to sustainable fisheries, biodiversity conservation, aquatic management, and relevant socioeconomics in both inland, estuarine, and marine areas. We welcome theoretical and empirical studies. All reviews, regular research papers, communications, and short notes will be considered in this Special Issue. We seek research topics related, but not limited, to the following areas:
- Fisheries sciences and technologies;
- Aquatic resource management;
- Fisheries policies and development;
- Marine Protected Area (MPA) and aquatic species conservation;
- Impact of climate change on fisheries and biodiversity conservation;
- Effects of noise pollution on aquatic life and fisheries;
- Ghost fishing, as well as inland and marine litter;
- Stock assessment.
Dr. Khanh Quoc Nguyen
Dr. Gioele Capillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fisheries
- conservation
- marine protected areas
- management
- abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG)
- biodiversity
- stock assessment
- pollution
- degradation
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