Reg Watson

Biographic Data

ID6017330
NAMEReg Watson
GIVEN NAMESReg
FAMILY NAMEWatson
SIGNATUREWATSON R
AFFILIATIONSDalhousie University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX1

  • Exploring Patterns of Seafood Provision Revealed in the Global Ocean Health Index

    Open AccessKristin M Kleisner, Catherine Longo et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2013References: 20

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Open AccessStuart H M Butchart, Matt Walpole et al.ARTICLEScience2010

    Global Biodiversity Target Missed In 2002, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed to a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. There has been widespread conjecture that this target has not been met. Butchart et al. (p. 1164 , published online 29 April) analyzed over 30 indicators developed within the CBD's framework. These indicators include the condition or state of biodiversity (e.g., species numbers, pop…

  • Large‐scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change

    Open AccessWilliam W L Cheung, Vicky W Y Lam et al.ARTICLEGlobal Change Biology2010

    Previous projection of climate change impacts on global food supply focuses solely on production from terrestrial biomes, ignoring the large contribution of animal protein from marine capture fisheries. Here, we project changes in global catch potential for 1066 species of exploited marine fish and invertebrates from 2005 to 2055 under climate change scenarios. We show that climate change may lead to large‐scale redistribution of global catch pot…

  • Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries

    Open AccessCamilo Mora, Ransom A Myers et al.ARTICLEPLOS Biology2009

    Ongoing declines in production of the world's fisheries may have serious ecological and socioeconomic consequences. As a result, a number of international efforts have sought to improve management and prevent overexploitation, while helping to maintain biodiversity and a sustainable food supply. Although these initiatives have received broad acceptance, the extent to which corrective measures have been implemented and are effective remains largel…

  • Estimating the Worldwide Extent of Illegal Fishing

    Open AccessDavid J Agnew, John Pearce et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2009

    Illegal and unreported fishing contributes to overexploitation of fish stocks and is a hindrance to the recovery of fish populations and ecosystems. This study is the first to undertake a world-wide analysis of illegal and unreported fishing. Reviewing the situation in 54 countries and on the high seas, we estimate that lower and upper estimates of the total value of current illegal and unreported fishing losses worldwide are between $10 bn and $…

  • Rebuilding Global Fisheries

    Open AccessBoris Worm, Ray Hilborn et al.ARTICLEScience2009

    Fighting for Fisheries In the debate concerning the future of the world's fisheries, some have forecasted complete collapse but others have challenged this view. The protagonists in this debate have now joined forces to present a thorough quantitative review of current trends in world fisheries. Worm et al. (p. 578 ) evaluate the evidence for a global rebuilding of marine capture fisheries and their supporting ecosystems. Contrasting regions that…

  • A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

    Open AccessBenjamin S Halpern, Shaun Walbridge et al.ARTICLEScience2008

    The management and conservation of the world's oceans require synthesis of spatial data on the distribution and intensity of human activities and the overlap of their impacts on marine ecosystems. We developed an ecosystem-specific, multiscale spatial model to synthesize 17 global data sets of anthropogenic drivers of ecological change for 20 marine ecosystems. Our analysis indicates that no area is unaffected by human influence and that a large …

  • Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services

    Open AccessBoris Worm, E B Barbier et al.ARTICLEScience2006

    Human-dominated marine ecosystems are experiencing accelerating loss of populations and species, with largely unknown consequences. We analyzed local experiments, long-term regional time series, and global fisheries data to test how biodiversity loss affects marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales. Overall, rates of resource collapse increased and recovery potential, stability, and water quality decreased exponentially with d…

  • Fueling Global Fishing Fleets

    Peter H Tyedmers, Peter Tyedmers et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2005References: 12

    Over the course of the 20th century, fossil fuels became the dominant energy input to most of the world's fisheries. Although various analyses have quantified fuel inputs to individual fisheries, to date, no attempt has been made to quantify the global scale and to map the distribution of fuel consumed by fisheries. By integrating data representing more than 250 fisheries from around the world with spatially resolved catch statistics for 2000, we…

  • Fueling Global Fishing Fleets

    Peter H Tyedmers, Peter Tyedmers et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2005Cited by: 4

    Over the course of the 20th century, fossil fuels became the dominant energy input to most of the world's fisheries. Although various analyses have quantified fuel inputs to individual fisheries, to date, no attempt has been made to quantify the global scale and to map the distribution of fuel consumed by fisheries. By integrating data representing more than 250 fisheries from around the world with spatially resolved catch statistics for 2000, we…