A call to action to support and safeguard ocean defenders. npj Ocean Sustain (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x

Nathan Bennett, Rocío López de la Lama, Francisco Araos, Raymond Ayilu, Prabal Barua, Jessica Blythe, John Childs, Jewel Das, Santiago de la Puente, Irmak Ertör, Pinar Ertör-Akyazi, Tahura Farbin, Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger, Marion Glaser, Hugh Govan, Aurelia Guasch, Philippe Le Billon, Priscila Lopes, Melissa Marschke, Navya Vikraman Nair, Prateep Kumar Nayak, Isaac Nyameke, Richard Nyiawung, Taryn Pereira Kaplan, Wladimir Riquelme, Aliou Sall, Samiya Ahmed Selim, Gabriel Souza, Ron Vave, Amber Carter, Marina Gomei, Maria Honig, Eleanor Sibthorpe, Madhavi Indarjeet, Lamin Jassey, Editrudith Lukanga, Terence Patrick T. Repelente, Olan Leimomi Fisher, Mark Andrachuk, Cecilia Blasco, Marcelo Borges Doroso, Joseph Boyle, Annette Breckwoldt, Easkey Britton, Geodisio Castillo, Kai Chan, Kevin Chang, Jennifer Chapman, Anthony Charles, David Costalago, Roman Eyholzer, Gabriela Fernandes, Elena Finkbeiner, Juno Fitzpatrick, Dennis Fritsch, João Garcia Rodrigues, Sílvia Gómez, Em Hoggett, Georgia Holly, Barbara Horta E Costa, Jean Hugé, Priscilla Ibadin, Philip Jakpor, Johnson Jament, Mahnaz Kadhemi, Mariko Kageyama, Michael Kakande, Peter Kayanga, Joyce Keingati, Ingrid Kelling, Miriah Kelly, Arne Kinds, Franck Koman, Ruth Leeney, Marie-Isabell Lenz, Carla Leone, Mae Lubetkin, Enock Makupa, Federica Manca, Julie Marty-Gastaldi, Philile Mbatha, Lauren Mcelroy, Elizar Medina, Jerry Timothy Mngomezulu, Percy Munayco Silva, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Nitasha Nehal, Emmanuel Nuesiri, Fernando Pardo Núñez, Sarah Otterstrom, Stefan Partelow, Bodhi Patil, Laura Pereira, Montse Pijoan, Deborah Prado, Paulina Ramirez-Monsalve, Silvia Rayo-Luengo, Alexandra Rubin, Cecile Sabourault, Rocky Sanchez Tirona, Patricia Sangiorgi Monroy, Tracy Schultz, El Hadji Amadou Sow, James Sturz, Shannon Swanson, Livia Tolve, Leone Ugolini, Jose Urteaga, Natasa Vaidianu, Jade Aloïs Velonjara, Sara Vieira, Alan White, U. Rashid Sumaila

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@article{allodium:10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x,
  title = {A call to action to support and safeguard ocean defenders. npj Ocean Sustain (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x},
  author = {Nathan Bennett and Rocío López de la Lama and Francisco Araos and Raymond Ayilu and Prabal Barua and Jessica Blythe and John Childs and Jewel Das and Santiago de la Puente and Irmak Ertör and Pinar Ertör-Akyazi and Tahura Farbin and Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger and Marion Glaser and Hugh Govan and Aurelia Guasch and Philippe Le Billon and Priscila Lopes and Melissa Marschke and Navya Vikraman Nair and Prateep Kumar Nayak and Isaac Nyameke and Richard Nyiawung and Taryn Pereira Kaplan and Wladimir Riquelme and Aliou Sall and Samiya Ahmed Selim and Gabriel Souza and Ron Vave and Amber Carter and Marina Gomei and Maria Honig and Eleanor Sibthorpe and Madhavi Indarjeet and Lamin Jassey and Editrudith Lukanga and Terence Patrick T. Repelente and Olan Leimomi Fisher and Mark Andrachuk and Cecilia Blasco and Marcelo Borges Doroso and Joseph Boyle and Annette Breckwoldt and Easkey Britton and Geodisio Castillo and Kai Chan and Kevin Chang and Jennifer Chapman and Anthony Charles and David Costalago and Roman Eyholzer and Gabriela Fernandes and Elena Finkbeiner and Juno Fitzpatrick and Dennis Fritsch and João Garcia Rodrigues and Sílvia Gómez and Em Hoggett and Georgia Holly and Barbara Horta E Costa and Jean Hugé and Priscilla Ibadin and Philip Jakpor and Johnson Jament and Mahnaz Kadhemi and Mariko Kageyama and Michael Kakande and Peter Kayanga and Joyce Keingati and Ingrid Kelling and Miriah Kelly and Arne Kinds and Franck Koman and Ruth Leeney and Marie-Isabell Lenz and Carla Leone and Mae Lubetkin and Enock Makupa and Federica Manca and Julie Marty-Gastaldi and Philile Mbatha and Lauren Mcelroy and Elizar Medina and Jerry Timothy Mngomezulu and Percy Munayco Silva and Md. Nahiduzzaman and Nitasha Nehal and Emmanuel Nuesiri and Fernando Pardo Núñez and Sarah Otterstrom and Stefan Partelow and Bodhi Patil and Laura Pereira and Montse Pijoan and Deborah Prado and Paulina Ramirez-Monsalve and Silvia Rayo-Luengo and Alexandra Rubin and Cecile Sabourault and Rocky Sanchez Tirona and Patricia Sangiorgi Monroy and Tracy Schultz and El Hadji Amadou Sow and James Sturz and Shannon Swanson and Livia Tolve and Leone Ugolini and Jose Urteaga and Natasa Vaidianu and Jade Aloïs Velonjara and Sara Vieira and Alan White and U. Rashid Sumaila},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {npj Ocean Sustainability},
  doi = {10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x}
}

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AU  - Taryn Pereira Kaplan
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AU  - Eleanor Sibthorpe
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AU  - Elizar Medina
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AU  - Percy Munayco Silva
AU  - Md. Nahiduzzaman
AU  - Nitasha Nehal
AU  - Emmanuel Nuesiri
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AU  - James Sturz
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Bennett, N., Lama, R. L. D. L., Araos, F., Ayilu, R., Barua, P., Blythe, J., Childs, J., Das, J., Puente, S. D. L., Ertör, I., Ertör-Akyazi, P., Farbin, T., Gerhardinger, L. C., Glaser, M., Govan, H., Guasch, A., Billon, P. L., Lopes, P., Marschke, M., Nair, N. V., Nayak, P. K., Nyameke, I., Nyiawung, R., Kaplan, T. P., Riquelme, W., Sall, A., Selim, S. A., Souza, G., Vave, R., Carter, A., Gomei, M., Honig, M., Sibthorpe, E., Indarjeet, M., Jassey, L., Lukanga, E., Repelente, T. P. T., Fisher, O. L., Andrachuk, M., Blasco, C., Doroso, M. B., Boyle, J., Breckwoldt, A., Britton, E., Castillo, G., Chan, K., Chang, K., Chapman, J., Charles, A., Costalago, D., Eyholzer, R., Fernandes, G., Finkbeiner, E., Fitzpatrick, J., Fritsch, D., Rodrigues, J. G., Gómez, S., Hoggett, E., Holly, G., Costa, B. H. E., Hugé, J., Ibadin, P., Jakpor, P., Jament, J., Kadhemi, M., Kageyama, M., Kakande, M., Kayanga, P., Keingati, J., Kelling, I., Kelly, M., Kinds, A., Koman, F., Leeney, R., Lenz, M., Leone, C., Lubetkin, M., Makupa, E., Manca, F., Marty-Gastaldi, J., Mbatha, P., Mcelroy, L., Medina, E., Mngomezulu, J. T., Silva, P. M., Nahiduzzaman, M., Nehal, N., Nuesiri, E., Núñez, F. P., Otterstrom, S., Partelow, S., Patil, B., Pereira, L., Pijoan, M., Prado, D., Ramirez-Monsalve, P., Rayo-Luengo, S., Rubin, A., Sabourault, C., Tirona, R. S., Monroy, P. S., Schultz, T., Sow, E. H. A., Sturz, J., Swanson, S., Tolve, L., Ugolini, L., Urteaga, J., Vaidianu, N., Velonjara, J. A., Vieira, S., White, A., & Sumaila, U. R. (2026). A call to action to support and safeguard ocean defenders. npj Ocean Sustain (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x. npj Ocean Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00233-x

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