Mayuresh Gangal

Abstract Tropical fish populations often traverse management boundaries, making it difficult to evaluate species vulnerabilities and optimise sustainable fishing goals. Most vulnerability assessments rely on life histories and gear susceptibility, but ignore transboundary differences in management, which can strongly affect vulnerability.

An aerial view of the Bitra coral island of Lakshadweep. Image: Higher Than The Sky/YouTube, fair use An excerpt from At the Feet of Living Things, edited by Aparajita Datta, Rohan Arthur and T.R. Shankar Raman, published by HarperCollins India, out September 26, 2022 The authors of the excerpted portion are Rucha Karkarey and Mayuresh Gangal. Peering down from the boat on that new moon day, things seemed a bit unusual.