Funding decisions influence where, how, and by whom conservation is pursued globally. In the context of growing calls for more participatory, Indigenous‐led, and socially just conservation, we undertook the first empirical investigation of how philanthropic foundations working in marine conservation globally engage communities in grant‐making decisions. We paid particular attention to whether and how community engagement pract...

Stable carbon (Δ 13 C) and oxygen (Δ 18 O) in the otolith cores of Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ) vary temporally, with changes that quantitatively follow interdecadal variation in atmospheric and oceanic reservoirs. Both carbon and oxygen isotopic signatures vary significantly by year of birth over the range investigated (1947‐2006), with Δ 13 C decreasing and Δ 18 O increasing (‐2.56 × 10 −2 ‰ and 4.3 × 10 −3 ‰ yr...

In the first comprehensive reviews since 1969, two high‐level reports on the status of U.S. marine ecosystems and resources have been released: that of the nongovernmental Pew Oceans Commission in 2003 and that of the congressionally mandated . Although the two commissions differed in the breadth and depth of their mandates, their findings on the state of our oceans and need for new management approaches are similar, and their...