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Articles by Thane A. Militz
Marine wildlife in Brazilian zoohandicrafts: assessing the expansion of an uncontrolled trade
1 Introduction Souvenirs are commonly known as objects that embrace the peculiarities, traditions, and/or identity of places visited by tourists, who buy them as mementos (Littrell et al., 1993; Anderson and Littrell, 1995). In numerous countries, the majority of souvenirs are crafted by the hands of local artisans, who frequently utilize locally or regionally accessible and cost-effective materials, primarily comprising components or by-products sourced from local fauna and flora.
Assessing Vulnerability of Fish in the U.S. Marine Aquarium Trade
Introduction Fisheries are an important livelihood source for millions of people worldwide. Yet, most fisheries lack the necessary data, resources, infrastructure, and expertise to use conventional statistical stock assessment for formal management (Honey et al., 2010; Costello et al., 2012). In these data-limited fisheries, assessing the status of fish stocks and implementing science-based management present challenges for managers.
Taxonomically constrained reporting framework limits biodiversity data for aquarium fish imports to Australia
Alejandro Trujillo-González A B D and Thane A. Militz C + Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations A Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. B Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, 40 Bunda Street, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia.
The “Nemo Effect”: Perception and reality of Finding Nemo's impact on marine aquarium fisheries
Global audiences are increasingly being exposed to digital media with fictitious storylines that draw on animal characters involuntarily entering wildlife trades. An understudied problem in wildlife trade is the potential for motion pictures to influence their audience's desire to become more acquainted, often via acquisition, with animals portrayed in the films. The 2003 Disney motion picture Finding Nemo connected audiences with a wildlife trade already commonplace: the marine aquarium trade.
Fish Rejections in the Marine Aquarium Trade: An Initial Case Study Raises Concern for Village-Based Fisheries
A major difficulty in managing wildlife trade is the reliance on trade data (rather than capture data) to monitor exploitation of wild populations. Collected organisms that die or are rejected before a point of sale often go unreported. For the global marine aquarium trade, identifying the loss of collected fish from rejection, prior to export, is a first step in assessing true collection levels.
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