Eric Gilman

TL;DR: Scenarios consistently indicate that biodiversity will continue to decline over the 21st century, however, the range of projected changes is much broader than most studies suggest, partly because there are major opportunities to intervene through better policies, but also because of large uncertainties in projections.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the state of knowledge of mangrove vulnerability and responses to predicted climate change and consider adaptation options, based on available evidence, of all the climate change outcomes, relative sea level rise may be the greatest threat to mangroves.

TL;DR: Development of specifically designed equipment to discard sharks could improve shark post release survival prospects, reduce gear loss and improve crew safety, and information on fisher knowledge and new strategies for shark avoidance may benefit sharks and fishers.

TL;DR: Research on strategies to reduce sea turtle by-catch is reviewed, finding the effectiveness and commercialviability of turtle avoidance strategies may be fishery-specific, depending on the size and target species of turtles and targetfish, and other differences betweenfleets.

TL;DR: There has been substantial progress in identifying gear technology solutions to seabird and sea turtle bycatch on longlines and to direct dolphin mortality in purse seines and pelagic longline tuna fisheries as discussed by the authors.