World’s population growth and rise in food consumption per capita have led to increased food demand and overexploitation of natural resources in recent decades. Such increase has threatened the global feeding schemes to maintain a balance between food supply and demand. Although “The Blue Revolution” promised to fill such gap and simultaneously alleviate the overexploitation of the oceans, deterioration ...

Human-induced factors such as pollution, overfishing, habitat destruction and climate change, have precipitated a concerning decline in marine biodiversity, challenging the health and sustainability of marine ecosystems. While international conservation efforts have been initiated to address this crisis, they have frequently fallen short of achieving their objectives, mainly due to the lack of ...