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- Skerritt, D. J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2026). Updated and expanded analysis of fuel tax concessions for the commercial fishing fleet of the United Kingdom. Marine Policy, 183, 106924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106924
- Rockström, J., Denton, F., Norstrom, A. V., Abrams, J. F., Alam, L., McKay, D. I. A., Bai, X., Bala, G., Boulton, C. A., Broadgate, W., Bunn, S., Buxton, J. E., Cardenas, J., Ylla-Català, R. C., Declerck, F., Davis, N., Dennis, D., Diamond, M. L., Folke, C., … Sumaila, U. R., & Zimm, C. (2025). Charting a transformational course toward a safe and just future: the Earth Commission’s contribution. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.175492980.08779908/v1
- Barzuna, C., Haugan, P., Barbière, J., Swift, A., Khan, M., Onwona Ansong, J., James, P. A. S., Scherer, M., Thiele, T., von Schuckmann, K., Abramic, A., Barrowclough, D., Cisneros-Montemayor, A., Girón, A., Heaps, L., Koirala, S., Lyons, M., Paul, K., Tunggal Priyanto, A., … Sumaila, U. R., & Yulianto, I. (2025). Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: A practitioner’s guide. World Resources Institute. https://doi.org/10.69902/8a3c346d
- Pereira, L. M., Archibald, S., Selomane, O., Zoeller, K., Armani, M., Kairo, J., Kgope, B., Kimuyu, D. M., Lugendo, B. R., Nicolau, D., Olendo, M. I., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Shannon, L. J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Six principles to get natural climate solutions right in Africa. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01652-3
- Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K., Flint, R., Singh, P., Billon, P. L., Mosnier, F., Amon, D., Abdallah, P., Aheto, D., Alger, J., Anna, Z., Barnes, C., Fritsch, D., Giron, A., Gjerde, K., Hilmi, N., Karuaihe, S., Levin, L., … Wilson, M. (2025). Deep-sea mining: Superficial riches, deep hidden costs. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7632394/v1
- Peng, D., Zhu, Y., Willer, D. F., Humphries, A., Zhang, S., Zhai, Y., Chu, J., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Four key reforms to enhance sustainable management of oyster reefs. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2(9), 100484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100484
- Sumaila, U. R. & Skerrit, D. (2025). What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means – and what it could achieve. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.1016/theconversation.265185
- Doyen, L., Smith, M. D., Sumaila, U. R., Zaccour, G., Ekeland, I., Cury, P., Lett, C., Thébaud, O., Poggiale, J. ‐C., Moussaoui, A., Fromentin, J. ‐M., Gourguet, S., Guillotreau, P., Gomes, H., Courtois, P., Schaap, R., Blanchard, F., Rainer, C., Tidball, M., … Sari, T. (2025). Mathematical Bio‐Economics 2.0 for Sustainable Fisheries. Natural Resource Modeling, 38(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.70013
- Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Is reusable beverage packaging better than single–use plastic? Sustainable Futures, 10, 101275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101275
- Kinyua, D. N., Oyugi, D. O., Wamukota, A., Sumaila, U. R., Ater, S., & Kadagi, N. I. (2025). A supply chain analysis of artisanal billfish fishery along the Kenyan coast. Marine Policy, 180, 106762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106762
- Addo, Adeyemo, Adewumi, Blasiak, Juniper, Owens, Owens, & Sumaila. (2021). Informed selfishness – Practical reflections on building a sustainable ocean economy. Marine Policy, 133, 104735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104735
- Palacios-Abrantes, J., Santos, B. S., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U., Wabnitz, C. C. C., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2025). Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world’s ocean. Science Advances, 11(31). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq5976
- Ospina-Alvarez, de Juan, Cáceres, Sumaila, Sant, Dulvy, Simpfendorfer, García, Niedermüller, & Villasante. (2025). Ocean leadership: Can the European Union influence the global shark meat trade?. Marine Policy, 177, 106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106659
- Carvalho, A. R., Villasante, S., Lazzari, N., Issifu, I., Kinds, A., Majluf, P., Palomares, M. L., Skerritt, D. J., Alam, L., Lam, V. W. Y., Noleto-Filho, E. M., Reis-Filho, J. A., Teh, L., Teh, L., & Rashid Sumaila, U. (2025). Unequal competition: the fate of domestic fisheries facing distant water fishing in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00135-4
- Ospina-Alvarez, A., de Juan, S., Cáceres, C., Sumaila, U. R., Sant, G., Dulvy, N. K., Simpfendorfer, C. A., García, R., Niedermüller, S., & Villasante, S. (2025). Ocean leadership: Can the European Union influence the global shark meat trade? Marine Policy, 177, 106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106659
- Roberts, C. M., Dyer, E., Earle, S. A., Forrest, A., Hawkins, J. P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Meeuwig, J. J., Pauly, D., Pimm, S. L., Sumaila, U. R., Rockström, J., & Lynas, M. (2025). Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever. Nature, 642(8066), 34–37. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01665-0
- Oloko, Dahmouni, Le Billon, Teh, Cheung, Sánchez-Jiménez, Issifu, & Sumaila. (2025). Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Discover Sustainability, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01227-4
- Sumaila, U. R. (2025). How to leverage trade to achieve a 2050 ocean dream. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00124-7
- Bennett, Cisneros-Montemayor, Blythe, Silver, Singh, Andrews, Calò, Christie, Di Franco, Finkbeiner, Gelcich, Guidetti, Harper, Hotte, Kittinger, Le Billon, Lister, López de la Lama, McKinley, Scholtens, Solås, Sowman, Talloni-Álvarez, Teh, Voyer, & Sumaila. (2019). Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy. Nature Sustainability, 2(11), 991-993. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0404-1
- Sumaila, U. R., & Villasante, S. (2025). Surging blue economy, increasing conflict risks and mitigation strategies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1499386
- Bonanni, Cariati, Rinaldi, Marini, D’Arcangelo, Tarantino, & Tancredi. (2024). Trolox and recombinant Irisin as a potential strategy to prevent neuronal damage induced by random positioning machine exposure in differentiated HT22 cells. PLOS ONE, 19(3), e0300888. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300888
- Shea, L. A., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W. W. L., Pauly, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Spatial distribution of fishmeal and fish oil factories around the globe. Science Advances, 11(17). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6921
- Pereira, Leadley, Proença, Alkemade, Scharlemann, Fernandez-Manjarrés, Araújo, Balvanera, Biggs, Cheung, Chini, Cooper, Gilman, Guénette, Hurtt, Huntington, Mace, Oberdorff, Revenga, Rodrigues, Scholes, Sumaila, & Walpole. (2010). Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century. Science, 330(6010), 1496-1501. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1196624
- Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K. P., Flint, R. A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Deep-sea mining and its risks for social-ecological systems: Insights from simulation-based analyses. PLOS ONE, 20(3), e0320888. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320888
- Issifu, Dahmouni, & Sumaila. (2025). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124104
- Sora, Wabnitz, Steiner, Sumaila, Hoover, Niemi, Loseto, Lea, Breiter, Palacios-Abrantes, Reygondeau, Farnole, Sou, & Cheung. (2025). Assessing vulnerability of Arctic fish species to climate change. Discover Oceans, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-025-00056-7
- Maury, O., Tittensor, D. P., Eddy, T. D., Allison, E. H., Bahri, T., Barrier, N., Campling, L., Cheung, W. W. L., Frieler, K., Fulton, E. A., Guillotreau, P., Heneghan, R. F., Lam, V. W. Y., Leclère, D., Lengaigne, M., Lotze-Campen, H., Novaglio, C., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Rault, J., … Blanchard, J. (2025). The Ocean System Pathways (OSPs): A New Scenario and Simulation Framework to Investigate the Future of the World Fisheries. Earth’s Future, 13(3). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024ef004851
- Sumaila, U. (2025) Managing the high seas to achieve Infinity Fish. A Research Agenda for Sustainable Ocean Governance 65-70. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035325757.00016
- Schneider, K. R., Remans, R., Bekele, T. H., Aytekin, D., Conforti, P., Dasgupta, S., DeClerck, F., Dewi, D., Fabi, C., Gephart, J. A., Masuda, Y. J., McLaren, R., Saisana, M., Aburto, N., Ambikapathi, R., Arellano Rodriguez, M., Barquera, S., Battersby, J., Beal, T., … Fanzo, J. (2025). Author Correction: Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 6(4), 410–411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01143-w