Publications

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Cronin, M.R., Murua, J., Croll, D.A., Hutchinson, M., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Lopez, J., Murua, H., Palacios, M.D., Restrepo, V. Stewart, J., Swimmer, Y., Zilliacus, K.M., Moreno, G. Evidence for a fisher-designed solution to manta and devil ray bycatch in tuna fisheries. Conservation Biology, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70150

Ossiander, I.C., Bernardi, G., Palacios, M.D...Cronin, M.R. Composition and conservation status of rays sold in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Conservation Science and Practice, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70164

Carmine, G., Cronin, M.R., Ortuno-Crespo, G., Barkley, C., Tuohy, C., Osterblom, H., Jacquet, J., Halpin, P. Muddied Waters: An updated & expanded evaluation of high seas fisheries management. (2025). Environmental Research Letters. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae1b1e

Laglbauer, B., D’Costa, N.G., Stewart, J.D., Palacios, M.D., Cronin, M.R.…Stevens, G.M.W. (2025). Global manta and devil ray population declines: closing policy and management gaps to reduce fisheries mortality. Biological Conservation, 305, 110256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111589

Cronin, M.R., Beltran, R.S., Zavaleta, E.S. Beyond reporting: proactive strategies for safer scientific fieldwork. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.003

Cronin, M.R., Zavaleta, E.S., Beltran, R.S. et al. Testing the effectiveness of interactive training on sexual harassment and assault in field science. Scientific Reports 14, 523 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49203-0

Cronin, M.R., Amaral, J.E., Jackson, A.M., Jacquet, J., Seto, K.L., Croll, D.A. Policy and transparency gaps for oceanic shark and rays in high seas tuna fisheries, Fish and Fisheries, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12710

Cronin, M.R., de Wit, L.A., Martínez-Estévez, L, Aligning conservation and public health goals to tackle unsustainable trade of mammals, Conservation Science & Practice, 2022. https://doi-org.oca.ucsc.edu/10.1111/csp2.12818

Cronin, M.R., Croll, D.A., Hall, M.A., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Lopez, J., Murua, H., Murua, J., Restrepo, V., Rojas-Perea, S., Stewart, J.D., Waldo, J.L., Moreno, G. Harnessing stakeholder knowledge for the collaborative development of Mobulid bycatch mitigation strategies in tuna fisheries, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac093

Cronin, M.R., Alonzo, S.H., Adamczak, S.K. et al. Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01522-z

Palacios MD, Stewart JD, Croll DA, Cronin MR, Trejo-Ramírez A, Stevens GMW, Lezama-Ochoa N, Zilliacus KM, González−Armas R, Notarbartolo di Sciara G and Galván−Magaña F (2023) Manta and devil ray aggregations: conservation challenges and developments in the field. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1148234. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1148234

Palacios, MD, Ramírez, A, Velázquez-Hernández, S, Huesca-Mayorga, S, Stewart, J, Cronin, MR Lezama-Ochoa, N, Zilliacus, K Gonzalez Armas, R, Galván-Magaña, F, Croll, D. (2023). Reproductive behavior of three mobulid species (Mobula mobular, Mobula thurstoni and Mobula munkiana) in the Southern Gulf of California, Mexico. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3050468/v1.

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]

Carlson, A.K., Taylor, W.W., Cronin, M.R., Eaton, M.J., Eckert, L.E., Kaemingk, M.A., Reid, A.J. and Trudeau, A. (2020), A Social–Ecological Odyssey in Fisheries and Wildlife Management. Fisheries. doi:10.1002/fsh.10439

Stewart, J.D., Jaine, F.R.A., Armstrong, A.J., Armstrong, A.O., Bennett, M.B., Burgess, K.B., Couturier, L.I.E., Croll, D.A., Cronin, M.R., Deakos, M.H., Dudgeon, C.L., Fernando, D., Froman, N., Germanov, E.S., Hall, M.A., Hinojosa-Alvarez, S., Hosegood, J.E., Kashiwagi, T., Laglbauer, B.J.L., Lezama-Ochoa, N., Marshall, A.D., McGregor, F., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Palacios, M.D., Peel, L.R., Richardson, A.J., Rubin, R.D., Townsend, K.A., Venables, S.K. & Stevens, G.M.W. (2018). Research Priorities to Support Effective Manta and Devil Ray Conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00314