Social–ecological shifts, traps and collapses in small–scale fisheries: Envisioning a way forward to transformative changes   Villasante, S. et al. (2022). Marine Policy   Abstract   Small-scale fisheries (SSF) are critical to food systems and livelihoods. However, the relation between fisheries resilience, outcomes of proximate and distal drivers and the potential...

A State–of–the–Art Review of Marine Ecosystem Services in the Rías Baixas Natura 2000 Network (Galicia, NW Spain)   Tubío, A. et al. (including Pita, P., Villasante, S.) (2021).  Frontiers in Marine Science   Abstract   Humans are deeply connected to the oceans, who provide us vital ecosystem services (ES) (climate regulation,...

WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies   Sumaila, R. et al. (including Villasante, S.) (2021). Science     Sustainably managed wild fisheries support food and nutritional security, livelihoods, and cultures. Harmful fisheries subsidies—government payments that incentivize overcapacity and lead to overfishing—undermine these benefits yet are increasing globally. World Trade Organization (WTO)...

Information processing in the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy   Princen, S. et al. (including Villasante, S.) (2020). Journal of Public Policy Abstract   The policy studies literature is divided on how information processing takes place in policy processes. Punctuated equilibrium theory claims that policymakers tend to process information disproportionately,...

First Assessment of the Impacts of the COVID–19 Pandemic on Global Marine Recreational Fisheries   Pita, P. et al. (including Ainsworth, G., Villasante, S.) (2021). Frontiers in Marine Science.   Abstract   This work is the result of an international research effort to determine the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

Fisheries for common octopus in Europe: socioeconomic importance and management   Pita, C. et al. (including Roumbedakis, K., Villasante, S., Pita, P.,) (2021). Fisheries Research.   Abstract   The European Union (EU) is one of the most important markets for cephalopods in the world. Currently, small-scale fisheries targeting the common octopus...

A Graph Theory approach to assess nature’s contribution to people at a global scale   Ospina-Alvarez, A. et al. (including Villasante, S.) (2021). Scientific Reports.   Abstract   The use of Graph Theory on social media data is a promising approach to identify emergent properties of the complex physical and cognitive interactions...

Spatial and temporal effects improve Bayesian price estimation for the small scale shrimp fishery in Sergipe State, Brazil   Noleto–Filho, E.M. et al. (including Villasante, S.) (2022). Fisheries Research Abstract   Local shrimp productivity and economic infrastructure may vary among small fishery communities, which can lead to unequal conditions...