• Fishing pressure impacts the abundance gradient of European lobsters across the borders of a newly established marine protected area 

      Kleiven, Portia Joy Nillos; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Olsen, Esben Moland; Abesamis, Rene A.; Moland, Even; Kleiven, Alf Ring (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Marine protected areas (MPAs) are considered viable fisheries management tools due to their potential benefits of adult spillover and recruitment subsidy to nearby fisheries. However, before–after control–impact studies ...
    • Lobster reserves as a management tool in coastal waters: Two decades of experience in Norway 

      Knutsen, Jan Atle; Kleiven, Alf Ring; Olsen, Esben Moland; Knutsen, Halvor; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Sørdalen, Tonje Knutsen; Thorbjørnsen, Susanna Huneide; Hutchings, Jeffrey; Chacon, Albert Fernandez; Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen; Villegas-Ríos, David; Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Kleiven, Portia Joy Nillos; Langeland, Thomas Kiland; Moland, Even (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The positive effects of reduced fishing pressure in marine protected areas (MPAs) are now well documented globally. Yet, evidence of MPA benefits from long-term replicated before-after control-impact (BACI) studies and ...
    • Restoration of Abundance and Dynamics of Coastal Fish and Lobster Within Northern Marine Protected Areas Across Two Decades 

      Moland, Even; Fernández-Chacón, Albert; Sørdalen, Tonje Knutsen; Villegas-Rios, David; Thorbjørnsen, Susanna Huneide; Halvorsen, Kim Aleksander Tallaksen; Huserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen; Olsen, Esben Moland; Kleiven, Portia Joy Nillos; Kleiven, Alf Ring; Knutsen, Halvor; Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg; Freitas, Carla; Knutsen, Jan Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This article reviews a suite of studies conducted in a network of coastal Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Skagerrak, Southeast Norway. In 2006, Norway’s first lobster reserves were implemented, with the aim of protecting ...