2025
- Schuhbauer, A., Favoretto, F., Wang, T., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Sala, E., Millage, K. D., Cabral, R. B., Sumaila, U. R., Hsu, A., Lucrezi, S., Tighsazzadeh, M. N., Plascencia de La Cruz, M., & Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M. (2025). Global economic impact of scuba dive tourism. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2(7), 100435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100435
- 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
- Pauly, D., Nauen, C., Le Manach, F., Palomares, M.-L., Sumaila, U. R., & Lopez-Ahedo, I. (2025). From Science to Conscience: The Plunder of Senegal’s Fisheries Resources, or Europe’s Role in the Making of a Migration Crisis. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15833918
- Roberts, C. M., Dyer, E., Earle, S. A., Forrest, A., Hawkins, J. P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Jones, R., Koldewey, H. J., Liu, S. V., Mittermeier, R. A., Pauly, D., Sumaila, U. R., Yitagesu, A. T., & Zeller, D. (2024). Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever. Nature, 628(8006), 34–37. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00999-x
- Kinyua, D. N., Oyugi, D. O., Wamukota, A., Sumaila, U. R., Ater, S., & Kadagi, N. I. (2024). A supply chain analysis of artisanal billfish fishery along the Kenyan coast. Marine Policy, 180, 106762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106762
- Palacios-Abrantes, J., Santos, B. S., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U. R., Oyinlola, M., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Data for: Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world’s ocean [Data set]. Borealis. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/EUT2T8
- Sumaila, U. R. (2023). How to leverage trade to achieve a 2050 ocean dream. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00030-y
- Sumaila, U. R., & Villasante, S. (2024). Surging blue economy, increasing conflict risks and mitigation strategies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1499386. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1499386
- Oloko, A., Dahmouni, I., Le Billon, P., Teh, L., Cheung, W., Sánchez-Jiménez, A., Sumaila, U. R., & Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M. (2024). Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Discover Sustainability, 5, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00166-5
- Shea, L. A., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W. W. L., Pauly, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Spatial distribution of fishmeal and fish oil factories around the globe. Science Advances, 10(17), eadr6921. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6921
- Ospina-Alvarez, A., de Juan, S., Cáceres, C., Sumaila, U. R., Sant, G., Dulvy, N. K., Villasante, S., & Coll, M. (2024). Ocean leadership: Can the European Union influence the global shark meat trade? Marine Policy, 177, 106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106659
- Alam, L., Pradhoshini, K. P., Flint, R. A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Deep-sea mining and its risks for social-ecological systems: Insights from simulation-based analyses. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0300888. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300888
- Millage, K. D., Mayorga, J., Orofino, S., Atwood, T. B., Friedlander, A. M., Teh, L. S. L., Sala, E., Pauly, D., Sumaila, U. R., & Zeller, D. (2024). The hidden value of bottom trawling in Europe. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.28.587211
- Cheung, W., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Morgante, I., Oyinlola, M., Frölicher, T., Maury, O., Sumaila, U. R., & Tittensor, D. (2024, June 17-21). Projecting pathways to achieve sustainable ocean targets for food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation [Conference presentation]. Ocean Observing System for 2025 (OOS2025) Conference, Brest, France.
- Wong, A., Frommel, A. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024, June 17-21). A traits-based assessment of aquaculture’s sustainable development potential at the food-climate-biodiversity nexus [Conference presentation]. Ocean Observing System for 2025 (OOS2025) Conference, Brest, France.
- Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Managing the high seas to achieve Infinity Fish. In J. Alger & U. R. Sumaila (Eds.), A research agenda for sustainable ocean governance (pp. 65–70). Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Alger, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Future research for a healthy ocean. In J. Alger & U. R. Sumaila (Eds.), A research agenda for sustainable ocean governance (pp. 3–14). Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., García–Lorenzo, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Rethinking cost–benefit analysis for sustainable marine spatial planning. In J. Alger & U. R. Sumaila (Eds.), A research agenda for sustainable ocean governance (pp. 175–184). Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Maury, O., Tittensor, D. P., Eddy, T. D., Allison, E. H., Bahri, T., Barrier, N., Blanchard, J. L., Brown, C. A., Cheung, W. W. L., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Christensen, V., Coll, M., Connell, S. D., Doumbouya, F., Frölicher, T. L., Link, J. S., MacNeil, M. A., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Pauly, D., ... & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). The Ocean System Pathways (OSPs): A new scenario and simulation framework to investigate the future of the world fisheries. Earth's Future, 12(3), e2024EF004851. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004851
- Alger, J., & Sumaila, U. R. (Eds.). (2024). A research agenda for sustainable ocean governance. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Cheung, W. W. L., Pauly, D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Hope or despair revisited: Assessing progress and new challenges in global fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 25(2), 257–269. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12817
- Schneider, K. R., Remans, R., Bekele, T. H., Aytekin, D., Conforti, P., Dasgupta, S., Fanzo, J., Gbegbelegbe, S., Laderach, P., Mude, A., Scartozzi, C. M., Sumaila, U. R., & van der Lee, J. (2024). Author Correction: Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 5(3), 267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00947-0
- Chavez-Molina, V., Miller, S., Teh, L., Sumaila, U. R., Francis, E., & Brooks, C. (2024). Do subsidies drive Southern Ocean fishery operations? A comprehensive analysis of Southern Ocean fishery subsidies and the economics of distant water fleets. Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, 2, 1499494. https://doi.org/10.3389/focsu.2024.1499494
- Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.124104
- Schneider, K. R., Remans, R., Bekele, T. H., Aytekin, D., Conforti, P., Dasgupta, S., Fanzo, J., Gbegbelegbe, S., Laderach, P., Mude, A., Scartozzi, C. M., Sumaila, U. R., & van der Lee, J. (2024). Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food, 5(3), 254–265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00930-9
- Monaco, C., Sumaila, U. R., Armitage, D., Bailey, M., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Sea change: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada–An introduction. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien, 68(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12876
- Amon, D. J., Levin, L. A., Metaxas, A., Orcutt, B. N., Parson, L., Peacock, T., Ardron, J. A., ..., Sumaila, U. R., ... Van Dover, C. L. (2024). Delivering benefits for humankind: The opportunity for the International Seabed Authority under a deep-sea mining moratorium. Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. https://www.savethehighseas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSCC-Report-Delivering-Benefits-For-Humankind-Feb-2024.pdf
- Alam, L., Moktar, M. B., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Climate change impacts on the fisheries and aquaculture sectors with a focus on Malaysia. In L. B. Crowder (Ed.), Navigating our way to solutions in marine conservation (pp. 273–289). Open Book Publishers.
- Kinds, A., Lazzari, N., Skerritt, D. J., Ainsworth, G. B., Carvalho, A. R., Miller, S., Sumaila, U. R., Le Manach, F., & Zeller, D. (2025). Unveiling the hidden hands: Analysis of corporate ownership of industrial tuna fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Policy, 171, 106474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106474
- Sora, K. J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Steiner, N. S., Sumaila, U. R., Hoover, C., Niemi, A., Eert, J., Williams, W. J., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Historical climate drivers and species’ ecological niche in the Beaufort Sea food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81(5), 1297–1313. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae006