Peer-reviewed publications
• [18] Lawson JM, Jean S, Steinkruger A, Castellanos-Rico M, Goto GM, Cisneros-Mata MA, Aceves-Bueno E, Warham MW, Sachs AM, Gaines SD. Substantial gains and little downside from farming of Totoaba macdonaldi. [In Review]
• [17] Hochkirch A, Bilz M, Ferreira CC, Danielczak A, Allen D, et al. 2023. A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity. PLOS ONE 18(11): e0293083. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293083
• [16] Lawson JM, Smith CM. 2023. A synthetic control approach to estimate the effect of Total Allowable Catches in the high seas. Fish and Fisheries. doi:10.1111/faf.12752
• [15] Wilson MW, Lawson JM, Rivera-Hechem MI, Villaseñor-Derbez JC, Gaines SD. 2022. Evaluating conditions for MFAD fisheries development in the Caribbean and Bermuda. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.827068
• [14] Dulvy NK, Pacoureau N, Rigby CL, Pollom RA, Jabado RW, Ebert DA, Finucci B, Pollock CM, Cheok J, Derrick, DH, Herman KB, Sherman S, VanderWright WJ, Lawson JM, et al. 2021. Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. Current Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062
• [13] Wilson MW, Lawson JM, Rivera-Hechem MI, Villaseñor-Derbez JC, Gaines SD. 2020. Status and trends of Moored Fish Aggregating Device (MFAD) fisheries in the Caribbean and Bermuda. Marine Policy 121: 104148. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104148
• [12] Lawson JM, Pollom RA, Gordon CA, Barker J, Meyers EKM, Zidowitz H, Ellis JR, Bartoli A, Morey G, Fowler SL, Alvarado DJ, Fordham S, Sharp R, Hood AR, Dulvy NK. 2020. Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77(1):12-29. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz222
• [11] Ebert DA, Bigman JS, Lawson JM. Biodiversity and Conservation of Northeast Pacific Chondrichthyans. 2017. In: Northeast Pacific Shark Biology, Research, and Conservation, Larson S, Lowry D (Eds). Advances in Marine Biology 77: 9-78. doi: 10.1016/bs.amb.2017.07.001
• [10] Fernandes PG, Ralph GM, Nieto A, Garcia Criado M, Vasilakopoulos P, Maravelias CD, Cook RM, Pollom RA, Kovacic M, Pollard D, Farrell ED, Florin A-B, Polidoro BA, Lawson JM, et al. 2017. Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss. Nature Ecology & Evolution 0170. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0170
• [9] Lawson JM, Fordham SV, O’Malley MP, Davidson LNK, Walls RHL, Heupel MR, Stevens G, Fernando D, Budziak A, Simpfendorfer CA, Ender I, Francis MP, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Dulvy NK. 2017. Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays. PeerJ 5:e3027. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3027
** Official PeerJ Top 5 Most Viewed Article in the Subject Areas of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science, Conservation Biology, Marine Biology, Natural Resource Management, and Science Policy published in 2017 with 5,911 views. ***
• [8] Lawson JM, Foster SJ, Vincent ACJ. 2017. Low bycatch rates add up to big numbers for a genus of small fishes. Fisheries 42(1): 19-33. doi: 10.1080/03632415.2017.1259944
• [7] de Putron S, Lawson JM, White K, Costa MT, Geronimus MVB and MacCarthy A. 2017. Variation in larval properties of the Atlantic brooding coral Porites astreoides between different reef sites in Bermuda. Coral Reefs 36(2): 383-393. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1527-8
• [6] Harborne AR, Selwyn J, Pointon L, Lawson JM and Gallo M. 2016. Environmental drivers of diurnal visits by transient predatory fishes to Caribbean patch reefs. Journal of Fish Biology 90(1): 265-282. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13180
• [5] Murillo JF, Kenchington EL, Lawson JM, Li G, Piper DJW. 2016. Ancient deep-sea sponge grounds on the Flemish Cap, northwest Atlantic. Marine Biology 163:63. doi:10.1007/s00227-016-2839-5
• [4] Aylesworth LA, Lawson JM, Laksanawimol P, Ferber P, Loh TL. 2016. New records of Hippocampus mohnikei in Southeast Asia lead to updates in range, habitat and threats. Journal of Fish Biology 88: 1620-1630. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12908
• [3] Lawson JM, Foster SJ, Lim ACO, Chong VC, Vincent ACJ. 2015. Novel life history for threatened seahorses provides insights into fishery effects. Journal of Fish Biology 86(1): 1-15. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12527
• [2] Yip MY, Lim ACO, Chong VC, Lawson JM, Foster SJ. 2014. Food and feeding habits of the seahorses Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus trimaculatus (Malaysia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95(5): 1033-1040. doi: 10.1017/S0025315414001660
• [1] Carscallen WMA, Vandenberg K, Lawson JM, Martinez ND, Romanuk TN. 2012. Estimating trophic position in marine and estuarine food webs. Ecosphere 3(3):art25 doi: 10.1890/ES11-00224.1
Technical Reports and Book Chapters
• [7] Fordham, S., Hood, A., Arnold, S., Kachelriess D, Lawson JM. 2023. Bridging the Gaps that Hinder Shark Conservation: An analysis of ICCAT Parties’ policies for CITES-listed Atlantic elasmobranchs. The Shark League. London. [PDF here]
• [6] Oldfield T, Mosig Reidl P, Blömer N, Woolloff A, Tallowin O, Stoppoloni R, Grove M, Lawson JM, Oldfield S, Broad S, Jenkins M. 2022. IUCN/TRAFFIC Analyses of the Proposals to Amend the CITES Appendices at the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Prepared by IUCN Global Species Programme and TRAFFIC for the Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES. IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. 401 pp. [PDF here]
• [5] Fordham SV, Lawson JM, Koubrak O, Cronin, MR. 2022. Chapter 23: Elasmobranch Conservation Policy: Progress and Priorities. In: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives 3rd Edition, J Carrier, CA Simpfendorfer, MR Heithaus, KE Yopak (Eds.). CRC Marine Biology Series, CRC Press. 840 pp. [Order here]
• [4] Lawson JM, Fordham SV. 2018. Sharks ahead: Realizing the Potential of the Convention on Migratory Species to Conserve Elasmobranchs. Shark Advocates International, The Ocean Foundation, Washington DC. 76 pp. [PDF here]
• [3] Lawson, JM. 2017. The global search for seahorses in bycatch. Fisheries 42(1): 34-39. doi: 10.1080/03632415.2017.1273660
• [2] Barker J, Bartoli A, Clark M, Dulvy N, Gordon C, Hood A, Jimenez Alvarado D, Lawson JM, Meyers E. 2016. Angelshark Action Plan for the Canary Islands. Zoological Society of London Technical Publication. 28 pp. [PDF here]
• [1] Nieto A, Ralph GM, Comeros-Raynal MT, et al. 2015. European Red List of Marine Fishes. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Species Programme, European Regional Office. Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union. 72 pp. [PDF here]