Recreational fishing, health and well-being: findings from a cross-sectional survey   Villasante, S., et al. (including Pita, P. and Ainsworth, G.). (2022). Ecosystems and People.   Abstract   We evaluated the associations between marine recreational fishing, stress, seafood consumption, and sleep quality in a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of a convenience sample of 244...

Economic contribution and social welfare of recreational charter boat fisheries in the northeast Atlantic: The cases of Galicia (Spain) and Madeira archipelago (Portugal)   Villasante, S., et al. (including Pita, P.; Tubío, A., Ainsworth, G.). (2022). Frontiers in Marine Science   Abstract   Recreational charter boat fisheries provide alternative economic development to...

The carbon footprint of the hake supply chain in Spain: Accounting for fisheries, international transportation and domestic distribution   Martins-Aragão, G.. et al. (including Villasante, S.). (2022). Journal of Cleaner Production   Abstract   Climate change mitigation depends to a large extent on economic sectors modifying their production processes to significantly...

Words matter: a systematic review of communication in non-native aquatic species literature   Golebie, E. et al. (including Kochalski, S.). (2022). Neobiota   Abstract How scientists communicate can influence public viewpoints on invasive species. In the scientific literature, some invasion biologists adopt neutral language, while others use more loaded language,...

Resilience and Social Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Small-Scale Fisheries Villasante, S. et al. (including , Pita, P.) (2022). Frontiers in Marine Science   Abstract Small-scale fisheries are important for livelihoods, food security, jobs and income worldwide. However, they face major challenges, including the increasing effects of climate change...

Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Seagrass Ecosystems and Fishing Activities: A Global Literature Review   Herrera, M. , Tubío, A, Pita, P., Vázquez, E., Olabarria, C.,  Duarte, C., and Villasante, S. (2022). Frontiers in Marine Science   Abstract   Seagrass ecosystems support human well-being by delivering a wide range of ecosystem services. Particularly...

Rapid Assessment of the COVID–19 impacts on the Galician (NW Spain) Seafood Sector   Villasante, S. et al. (including Tubío, A., Pita, P., Ainsworth, G.) (2021). Frontiers in Marine Science Abstract This paper aims to develop a rapid assessment of the COVID-19 impact on the Galician (NW Spain) seafood sector,...

Ever Changing Times: Sustainability Transformations of Galician Small–Scale Fisheries   Villasante, S. et al. (including Tubío, A., Gianelli, I., Pita, P.) (2021). Frontiers in Marine Science   Abstract   The Galician small-scale fisheries sector has been experiencing important changes. The presence of a wide range of ecological, economic, social and institutional...

Strengthening European Union fisheries by removing harmful subsidies   Villasante, S. et al. (2022). Marine Policy.   Abstract   Harmful fisheries subsidies have historically contributed to fleet overcapacity and continue to be allocated to the fishing industry to artificially maintain its profitability. However, in this contribution we show that removing harmful subsidies...