Sarah E Lester

Biographic Data

ID	5437453
NAME	Sarah E Lester
GIVEN NAMES	Sarah E
FAMILY NAME	Lester
SIGNATURE	LESTER S E
AFFILIATIONS	Florida State University
ORCID	0000-0003-1456-3843
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	17
TOTAL CITATIONS	4
AUTHOR COUNT	17
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	2

Fishing to farming livelihood diversification: Perceptions from commercial fishers and shellfish farmers in the United States
Open AccessHayley R Lemoine, Adriane K Michaelis et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025
Aquaculture, or the farming of aquatic species, is a rapidly growing, multi‐billion‐dollar sector of the U.S. food industry. At the same time, many wild capture fisheries are contending with financial, social or ecological challenges that threaten fishers' abilities to maintain their livelihoods, leading to suggestions that fishers could diversify or transition into aquaculture. However, research looking at commercial fishing to seafood farming l…
Collapse of the oyster population in Apalachicola Bay: Cascading Social Impacts From an Ecologically and Culturally Significant Species
Open AccessElizabeth Mansfield, Elizabeth J Mansfield et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2025
Historically fishery-dependent communities can have significant economic, social, and cultural ties to key species, the loss of which can cause cascading impacts throughout the community, extending beyond fishers. Understanding the different ways communities depend on a species, and how the species’ loss may reverberate through the community, is key for holistic ecosystem management approaches. We propose that species that possess significant imp…
Leaving seafood on the table: Pilot pathways a missed opportunity for U.S. mariculture
Open AccessElizabeth O Ruff, Sarah E LesterARTICLEMarine Policy2024
The role of marine aquaculture in contributing to the diversity and stability of U.S. seafood production
Open AccessSarah E Lester, Rebecca R Gentry et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2024
Advancing the design and management of marine protected areas by quantifying the benefits of coastal ecosystems for communities
Open AccessKatie K Arkema, Laurel C Field et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2024
Coastal ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people are at risk from a changing climate and increasing human activities. Marine protected areas (MPAs) serve as a widely used conservation tool, and research on MPAs has recently expanded from a traditional focus on ecological outcomes to the inclusion of ecosystem services. However, the extent to which quantitative assessment of ecosystem service has informed MPA design and management remain…
Global pathways of innovation and spread of marine aquaculture species
Open AccessRebecca R Gentry, Andrew Rassweiler et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2023
Existing foundations, emerging discourses, and unexplored potential for a maricultural geography
Open AccessElizabeth O Ruff, Tyler Mccreary et al.ARTICLEGeoforum2022References: 23
The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean
Open AccessKirsten Grorud‐Colvert, Jenna Sullivan‐Stack et al.ARTICLEScience2021
Consistency in conservation Marine protected areas (MPAs) are now well established globally as tools for conservation, for enhancing marine biodiversity, and for promoting sustainable fisheries. That said, which regions are labeled as MPAs varies substantially, from those that full protect marine species and prohibit human extraction to those that permit everything from intensive fishing to mining. This inconsistency can in some cases inhibit bot…
Securing a sustainable future for US seafood in the wake of a global crisis
Open AccessHalley E Froehlich, Rebecca R Gentry et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2021
Adaptation of Fishing Communities to Climate-Driven Shifts in Target Species
Open AccessElena Ojea, Sarah E Lester et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020
Understanding the role of socioeconomic and governance conditions in country-level marine aquaculture production
Open AccessElizabeth O Ruff, Rebecca R Gentry et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2020
Marine aquaculture (i.e. seafood farming in the ocean) has the potential to substantially support growing demand for animal protein. Despite vast amounts of suitable ocean space across the world, marine aquaculture development has been slow and geographically heterogeneous, indicating that factors other than suitable farming conditions are influencing industry growth. Using multivariate techniques, this study explores to what extent certain socio…
Perceptions and responses of Pacific Island fishers to changing coral reefs
Open AccessAndrew Rassweiler, M Lauer et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2020Cited by: 2References: 39
The ecological and economic potential for offshore mariculture in the Caribbean
Open AccessLennon R Thomas, Tyler Clavelle et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2019References: 1
Temporal patterns of adoption of mariculture innovation globally
Open AccessRebecca R Gentry, Elizabeth O Ruff et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2019References: 3
Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally
Open AccessDavid A Gill, Michael B Mascia et al.ARTICLENature2017
Fisheries regulatory regimes and resilience to climate change
Open AccessElena Ojea, Isaac Pearlman et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2017Cited by: 2References: 97
Climate change is already producing ecological, social, and economic impacts on fisheries, and these effects are expected to increase in frequency and magnitude in the future. Fisheries governance and regulations can alter socio-ecological resilience to climate change impacts via harvest control rules and incentives driving fisher behavior, yet there are no syntheses or conceptual frameworks for examining how institutions and their regulatory app…
An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean
Open AccessBenjamin S Halpern, Catherine Longo et al.ARTICLENature2012