Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean
Myers, R.A., J.K. Baum, T.D. Shepherd, S.P. Powers, and C.H. Peterson
Science, March 30, 2007
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Overfishing the great sharks on the U.S. east coast has had major ecosystem consequences: abundances of their skate, ray, and small shark prey species have increased tremendously, and the explosion in cownose ray abundance has devastated a century-long bay scallop fishery.
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Go to the Press Material section of the Globalshark website
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Global Patterns of Predator Diversity in the Open Oceans
Boris Worm, Marcel Sandow, Andreas Oschlies,
Heike K. Lotze, and Ransom A. Myers
Science, August 25, 2005
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Declines in the number of species found on a standard longline in the 1960s and 1990s
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First global map reveals rapidly shrinking hotspots for tuna, marlin, swordfish; Diversity has declined by up to 50% over 50 years due to fishing
A study released in Science reveals a striking downward trend in the diversity of fish in the open ocean – the largest and least known part of our planet. Teasing apart the effects of climate change and fishing over the past 50 years, the authors show a clear link to overfishing and highlight a surprising global pattern of open ocean hotspots - areas with predictable congregations of tuna, marlin, swordfish, and other ocean predators.
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Go to the Press Material section of the FMAP website
Link to Editorial: "No Fish Story"
in The Washington Post, August 13, 2005
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Fortune Magazine names Ransom Myers one of world's "Top Ten To Watch"Fortune, October 2005 |  | In October 2005, Ransom Myers was chosen by Fortune magazine as one of the world's top ten movers and shakers: people who will change the way the world operates over the next 75 years. The prominent business magazine predicted that Myers' work on fish population dynamics and the depletion of sharks, tuna and other fish species will foster "new and better ways to husband the wealth beneath the sea."
Fast Forward to the Future - Story on the Fortune magazine website
(scroll down to find Top Ten To Watch)
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