The historical development of complex global trafficking networks for marine wildlife
| Autor: | Yoshikazu Uni, George Phocas, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Emily A. Miller, Molly E. Hagemann, Loren McClenachan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Conservation of Natural Resources Fishing Fisheries Wildlife Animals Wild Marine Biology DNA Mitochondrial 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Southeast asia 03 medical and health sciences Critically endangered Global network Animals Applied Ecology Ecosystem Research Articles 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Multidisciplinary SciAdv r-articles Turtles Fishery Geography Haplotypes visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Tortoiseshell Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Science Advances |
| ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/sciadv.aav5948 |
| Popis: | One hundred and fifty years of marine wildlife trafficking records precede and predict modern IUU fishing patterns. The complexity of trade networks is a major challenge to controlling wildlife trafficking and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. These networks may not be modern inventions, but have developed over centuries, from integrated global markets that preceded modern regulatory policies. To understand these linkages, we curated 150 years of tortoiseshell transactions and derived biologically informed harvest models to estimate the trade in critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata). We find that trade networks concentrated in Southeast Asia harvested 9 million turtles, over six times previous estimates. These networks spread from within the Pacific, to the Indian and Atlantic basins, and became markedly more complex after 1950. Our results further indicate that the magnitude and extent of the coastally restricted hawksbill exploitation parallel current patterns of IUU fishing. Policies to combat these interlinked illegal practices should assimilate the important role of small-scale, coastal fisheries in these increasingly complex global networks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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