Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez

TL;DR: Regional data indicate lionfish in the western Atlantic are opportunistic generalist carnivores that consume at least 167 vertebrate and invertebrate prey species across multiple trophic guilds, and carnivorous fish and shrimp prey that are not managed fishery species and not considered at risk of extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature disproportionately dominate their diet.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the expansion of two of the world’s largest protected areas did not have a negative impact on catch rates in the Hawaii longline fishery, corroborating ecological models that have predicted minimal impacts from closing large parts of the Pacific Ocean to fishing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors combined range maps and conservation status for 5,291 marine species to map the global distribution of extinction risk of marine biodiversity and identify regions where reserves preferentially afford proactive protection (i.e., preserving low-risk areas) or reactive protection, indicating opportunities and needs for effective future protection at national and regional scales.

TL;DR: It is found that, overall, reserves have not yet achieved their stated goals of increasing the density of lobster and other benthic invertebrates, nor increasing lobster catches, and these reserves may provide a foundation for establishing additional, larger marine reserves needed to effectively conserve mobile species.