Mean trophic level of fishery landings（MTL） is one of the most widely used biodiversity indicators to assess the impacts of fishing. Based on the landing data compiled by Food and Agriculture Organization combined w...Mean trophic level of fishery landings（MTL） is one of the most widely used biodiversity indicators to assess the impacts of fishing. Based on the landing data compiled by Food and Agriculture Organization combined with trophic information of relevant species in Fish Base, we evaluated the status of marine fisheries from 1950 to 2010 for different coastal states in Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. We found that the phenomenon of ＂fishing down marine food webs＂ occurred in 43 states. Specifically, 27 states belonged to ＂fishing-through＂ pattern, and 16 states resulted from ＂fishing-down＂ scenario. The sign of recovery in MTL was common in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans（occurred in 20 states）, but was generally accompanied by significantly decreased catches of traditional low trophic level species. In particular, 11 states showed significant declining catches of lower trophic levels. The MTL-based assessment of ＂fishing down marine food webs＂ needs to be interpreted cautiously.展开更多
Islands serve as the basis for marine exploitation,and the sustainable development of islands and that of marine exploitation are closely inter-connected. This article inquires into problems on the sustainable develop...Islands serve as the basis for marine exploitation,and the sustainable development of islands and that of marine exploitation are closely inter-connected. This article inquires into problems on the sustainable development of small islands by taking 12 island counties in China for examples.展开更多
The oceans are crucial to human civilization.They provide core support for exploitation and utilization of marine space,resources,and energy.Thus,marine infrastructures are vital to a nation’s economic sustainable de...The oceans are crucial to human civilization.They provide core support for exploitation and utilization of marine space,resources,and energy.Thus,marine infrastructures are vital to a nation’s economic sustainable development.To this end,this article first describes the main challenges in current ocean utilization,and then reviews the China’s ocean engineering progress.As such,six major sectors are evaluated:1)global climate change and marine environment,2)comprehensive utilization of marine space,3)marine transportation infrastructure interconnection,4)ocean clean energy development and maricultural facilities,5)ecological crisis and marine engineering countermeasures,and 6)marine infrastructure operation safety and maintenance.Finally,perspectives on future directions of ocean utilization and marine infrastructure construction in China are provided.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos NSFC41306127 and NSFC41276156the Funding Program for Outstanding Dissertations in Shanghai Ocean University+1 种基金Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(Fisheries Discipline)the involvement of Y.Chen was supported by SHOU International Center for Marine Studies and Shanghai 1000Talent Program
文摘Mean trophic level of fishery landings（MTL） is one of the most widely used biodiversity indicators to assess the impacts of fishing. Based on the landing data compiled by Food and Agriculture Organization combined with trophic information of relevant species in Fish Base, we evaluated the status of marine fisheries from 1950 to 2010 for different coastal states in Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. We found that the phenomenon of ＂fishing down marine food webs＂ occurred in 43 states. Specifically, 27 states belonged to ＂fishing-through＂ pattern, and 16 states resulted from ＂fishing-down＂ scenario. The sign of recovery in MTL was common in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans（occurred in 20 states）, but was generally accompanied by significantly decreased catches of traditional low trophic level species. In particular, 11 states showed significant declining catches of lower trophic levels. The MTL-based assessment of ＂fishing down marine food webs＂ needs to be interpreted cautiously.
文摘Islands serve as the basis for marine exploitation,and the sustainable development of islands and that of marine exploitation are closely inter-connected. This article inquires into problems on the sustainable development of small islands by taking 12 island counties in China for examples.
基金The authors would like to acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Basic Science Center Project(Grant No.52088102)for supporting the research work of this article.
文摘The oceans are crucial to human civilization.They provide core support for exploitation and utilization of marine space,resources,and energy.Thus,marine infrastructures are vital to a nation’s economic sustainable development.To this end,this article first describes the main challenges in current ocean utilization,and then reviews the China’s ocean engineering progress.As such,six major sectors are evaluated:1)global climate change and marine environment,2)comprehensive utilization of marine space,3)marine transportation infrastructure interconnection,4)ocean clean energy development and maricultural facilities,5)ecological crisis and marine engineering countermeasures,and 6)marine infrastructure operation safety and maintenance.Finally,perspectives on future directions of ocean utilization and marine infrastructure construction in China are provided.
