Aquatic Living Resources

Aquatic Living Resources publishes original research papers, review articles and prospective notes dealing with ecosystem-based approaches to the study of fishery and aquaculture social-ecological systems, including biological, ecological, economic and social dimensions.

Aquatic Living Resources is a “Diamond” Open access journal; all papers are freely available without subscription or publication fees for authors as it is sponsored by Ifremer and IRD. Any other institution interested in sponsoring the journal is welcomed.

Open Access

Phylogenetic diversity and comparative historical demography within a species complex of Indo-West Pacific Saccostrea oysters

Masashi Sekino, Mikako Oguchi, Tetsuya Sanda and Takashi Iwasaki

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 21

Published online: 22 July 2026
Open Access

Composition and variation in the diet of the invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Mellah Lagoon (north-eastern Algeria)

Khouloud Bouhali, Farid Derbal and Mohamed Hichem Kara

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 23

Published online: 22 July 2026
Special Issue - Interdisciplinary issues on Manila and European clams in their socio-ecosystems

Open Access

Growth and survival performance of European clam Ruditapes decussatus seed in suspended lantern nets in open sea, Bay of Monastir, Tunisia

Oumaima Harbaoui, Walid Medhioub, Younes Limayem, Rayen Zini, Sondes Bchir, Wissem Slimani and Mohamed Salah Azaza

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 24

Published online: 22 July 2026
Open Access

High retention rate of Carlin tags and no effects on growth and condition of PIT tagging - a long-term field study on European eel

Elin Myrenås, Joacim Näslund, Philip Jacobson, Birgitta Jacobson, John Persson, Håkan Wickström, Jennie Strömquist and Josefin Sundin

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 20

Published online: 20 July 2026
Special Issue - Small pelagic fish in changing social-ecological systems

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Fatty acid allocation between muscle and gonads of Senegalese sardinellas under upwelling influence

Marie Vagner, Mariama Cire Bah, Fabienne Le Grand, Margaux Mathieu-Resuge, Khady Diop, Oumar Sadio, Fulgence Diedhiou, Philippe Soudant, Laure Pecquerie and Fany Sardenne

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 18

Published online: 29 June 2026
Open Access

Are hatchery-bred sandfish Holothuria scabra juveniles perceptive to potential food and predation?

Roselyn D. Noran-Baylon, Jon P. Altamirano, Sheila Mae S. Santander-de Leon, Ruth U. Gamboa and Harold M. Monteclaro

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 19

Published online: 29 June 2026
Special Issue - Small pelagic fish in changing social-ecological systems

Open Access

Eating fish in the age of anthropogenic climate change: imaginaries and sociogenesis of representations of changes in fish quality

Gervaise Debucquet and Estelle Masson

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 15

Published online: 12 June 2026
Open Access

Towards sustainable management of the Cunene horse mackerel (Trachurus trecae) in Guinea-Bissau waters

Diosnes Nonque, Matheus de Barros, Ana Martins and Régis Santos

Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 16

Published online: 11 June 2026

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Aquatic Living Resources

Phylogenetic diversity and comparative historical demography within a species complex of Indo-West Pacific Saccostrea oysters

Composition and variation in the diet of the invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Mellah Lagoon (north-eastern Algeria)

Growth and survival performance of European clam Ruditapes decussatus seed in suspended lantern nets in open sea, Bay of Monastir, Tunisia

High retention rate of Carlin tags and no effects on growth and condition of PIT tagging - a long-term field study on European eel

Fatty acid allocation between muscle and gonads of Senegalese sardinellas under upwelling influence

Are hatchery-bred sandfish Holothuria scabra juveniles perceptive to potential food and predation?

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Towards sustainable management of the Cunene horse mackerel (Trachurus trecae) in Guinea-Bissau waters

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Mixed-species feeding aggregation of dolphins, large tunas and seabirds in the Azores

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Spatio-temporal variability of fish assemblages in the Gambia Estuary (West Africa) observed by two vertical hydroacoustic methods: Moored and mobile sampling

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