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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Poisson, F., Ochi, D. & Gilman, E. Insights into bycatch reduction based on underwater observations of Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) and Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) interactions with the French pelagic longline fishery in the Western Mediterranean. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-025-09982-3
Baez JC, Domingo A, Murua H, Macias D….Gilman E….Abascal F. 2024. Challenges and opportunities in monitoring and mitigating sea turtle bycatch in tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture.
Yan H, Zhou C, Gilman E, Cao J, Wan R, Zhang F, Zhu J, Xu L, Song L, Dai X, Tian S. 2024. A meta-analysis of bycatch mitigation methods for sea turtles vulnerable to swordfish and tuna longline fisheries. Fish and Fisheries doi: 10.1111/faf.12865
Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Debski I, Kim M, Kingma E, Ochi D. 2024. Synthesizing a network of evidence on a seabird bycatch mitigation measure. Fish and Fisheries DOI: 10.1111/faf.12864
Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Posanau N, Hidalgo M, Pokajam S, Papaol D, Nanguromo A, Poisson F. 2024. Evidence to inform spatiotemporal management of a western Pacific Ocean tuna purse seine fishery. Ecological Applications DOI: 10.1002/EAP.3054 DOWNLOAD
Sequeira A., …., Gilman E. 2024. A framework for optimizing opportunistic collaborative syntheses to propel ecological conservation. Biological Conservation 298: 110717.
Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Pacini A, Kingma E. 2024. Exploring odontocete depredation rates in a pelagic longline fishery. PLoS ONE 19: e0301072. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.
pone.0301072
Gilman E, Chaloupka M. 2024. Evidence from interpretable machine learning to inform spatial management of Palau’s tuna fisheries. Ecosphere ECS24751 DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4751 DOWNLOAD: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.4751
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Bellquist, L., Bowlby, H., Taylor, N. 2023. Individual and fleetwide bycatch thresholds in regional fisheries management frameworks. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. DOI: 10.1007/s11160-023-09811-5
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Taylor, N., Nelson, L., Friedman, K., Murua, H. 2023. Global governance guard rails for sharks: Progress towards implementing the United Nations international plan of action. Fish and Fisheries 25: 1-17. doi: 10.1111/faf.12788
Haghighatjou, N., Gorgin, S., Ghorbani, R., Gilman, E., Naderi, R., Raeisi, H., Farrukhbin, S. 2023. Investigating the efficiency and potential of ghost fishing in the waters of Bushehr province, Persian Gulf. Journal of Utilization and Cultivation of Aquatics 12: 97-110. doi: 10.22069/japu.2022.20588.1705
Gilman E, Antonelis K, Drinkwin J, Gorgin S, Suuronen P, Thomas S, Wilson J. 2023. Introduction to the Marine Policy special issue on abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear: Causes, magnitude, impacts, mitigation methods and priorities for monitoring and evidence-informed management. Marine Policy: 105738. DOWNLOAD
Gilman E, Evans T, Pollard I, Chaloupka M. 2023. Adjusting time-of-day and depth of fishing provides an economically viable solution to seabird bycatch in an albacore tuna longline fishery. Scientific Reports 13: 2621 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29616-7 DOWNLOAD
Gilman E, Chaloupka M., Booth, H., Hall, M., Murua, H., Wilson, J. 2023. Bycatch-neutral fisheries through a sequential mitigation hierarchy. Marine Policy 150 DOWNLOAD
Gilman E, Chaloupka M. 2023. Applying a sequential evidence hierarchy, with caveats, to support prudent fisheries bycatch policy. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 33: 137-146. doi: 10.1007/s11160-022-09745-4 https://rdcu.be/c1zAT
Haghighatjou N, Gorgin S, Ghorbani R, Gilman E, Naderi R, Raeisi H, Farokhbin S. 2023. Comparing the efficiency and potential of ghost fishing in wire and rebar gargoors in the waters of Bushehr province (Persian Gulf). Journal of Utilization and Cultivation of Aquatics 12: 97-110.
Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Benaka L, Bowlby H, Fitchett M, Kaiser M, Musyl M. 2022. Phylogeny explains capture mortality of sharks and rays in pelagic longline fisheries: A global meta-analytic synthesis. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21976-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-21976-w
Mitchell, J., Dyrmon, J., Vardon, J., …, Gilman, E…. 2022. Shark depredation: Future directions in research and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 33: 475-499.
Goodman, C…, David, R., Azmi, K., Bell, J., Galland, G., Gilman, E., et al. 2022. Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks. Frontiers in Marine Science DOI 10.3389/fmars.2022.1046018
Gilman E, Humberstone J, Wilson J, Chassot E, Jackson A, Suuronen P. 2022. Matching fishery-specific drivers of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear to relevant interventions. Marine Policy DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105097 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X22001440/pdfft?md5=33645f7cada91b46836231f6a7b145ca&pid=1-s2.0-S0308597X22001440-main.pdf
Goethel, D., et al. 2022. Oceans of Plenty? Challenges, advancements, and future directions for the provision of evidence-based fisheries management advice. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Gilman E, Hall M, Booth H, Gupta T, Chaloupka M, Fennell H, Kaiser M, Karnad D, Milner-Gulland EJ. 2022. A decision support tool for integrated fisheries bycatch management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 32: 441-472. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11160-021-09693-5.
Haghighatjou, N., Gorgin, S., Ghorbani, R., Gilman, E., Naderi, R., Raeisi, H., Farrukhbin, S. 2022. Rate and amount of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing pots in the Persian Gulf. Marine Policy
Gilman E, Musyl M, Wild M, Rong H, Chaloupka M. 2022. Investigating weighted fishing hooks for seabird bycatch mitigation. Scientific Reports 12: 2833. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022006875-4. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06875-4.
Murua H, Griffiths S, Hobday A, Clarke S, Cortes E, Gilman E, Santiago J, Arrizabalga H, de Bruyn P, Lopez J, Aires-da-Silva A, Restrepo V. 2021. Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone. Nature 595: E4-E7.
Jorgensen, S., et al. 2022. Emergent research and priorities for elasmobranch conservation. Endangered Species Research 47: 171-203.
Brown C, Desbiens A, Campbell M, Game E, Gilman E, Hamilton R, Heberer C, Itano D, Pollock K. 2021. Electronic monitoring for improved accountability in western Pacific tuna long-line fisheries. Marine Policy 132: 104664.
Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Sieben C. 2021. Ecological risk assessment of a data-limited fishery using an ensemble of approaches. Marine Policy 133: 104752. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X21003638
Hilborn R, et al. 2021. Area-based management of blue water fisheries: current knowledge and research needs. Fish and Fisheries 23: 492-518.
Jaiteh V, Peatman T, Lindfield S, Gilman E, Nicol S. 2021. Bycatch estimates from a Pacific tuna longline fishery provide a baseline for understanding the long-term benefits of a large, blue water marine sanctuary. Frontiers in Marine Science: 720603.
Fennell H, Sciberras M, Hiddink J, Kaiser M, Gilman E, Donnan D, Crawford R. 2021. Exploring the relationship between static fishing gear, fishing effort and benthic biodiversity: A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence 10: doi: 10.1186/s13750-021-00242-y.
Poisson F, Budan P, Coudray S, Gilman E, Kojima T, Musyl M, Takagi T. 2021. New technologies to improve bycatch mitigation in industrial fisheries. Fish and Fisheries DOI: 10.1111/faf.12631.
Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Ishizaki A. et al. 2021. Tori lines mitigate seabird bycatch in a pelagic longline fishery. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 31: 653–666 DOWNLOAD
Gilman E, Musyl M, Suuronen P, Chaloupka M, Gorgin S, Wilson J, Kuczenski B. 2021. Highest risk abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86123-3. DOWNLOAD
Nelms S, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Arnould J, Avila I, Bengtson S, Campbell E, Carter M, Collins T, Currey R, Domit C, Franco-Trecu V, Fuentes M, Gilman E, Harcourt R, Hines E, Hoelzel A, Hooker S, Johnston D, Kelkar N, Kiszka J, Laidre K, Mangel J, Marsh H, Maxwell S, Onoufriou A, Palacios D, Pierce G, Ponnampalam L, Porter L, Russell D, Stockin K, Sutaria D, Wambiji N, Weir C, Wilson B, Godley B. 2021. Marine mammal conservation: Over the horizon. Endangered Species Research 44:291-325. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01115
Kuczenski B, Vargas C, Gilman E, Musyl M, Geyer R, Wilson J. 2021. Plastic gear loss estimates from remote observation of industrial fishing activity. Fish and Fisheries
Kuczenski B, Vargas C, Gilman E, Musyl M, Winkler B, Geyer R. 2021. A model for the intensity of fishing gear. Journal of Industrial Ecology DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13156
Gilman E, Beverly S, Musyl M, Chaloupka M. 2020. Commercial viability of alternative designs placing pelagic longline branchline weights at the hook to reduce seabird bycatch . Endangered Species Research 43: 223-233.
Gilman, E., Perez-Roda, A., Huntington, T., Kellelly, S., Chaloupka, M., Medley, P. 2020. Benchmarking global fisheries discards. Scientific Reports 10: 14017. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71021-x DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Bach, P., Fennell, H., Hall, M., Musyl, M., Piovano, S., Poisson., F, Song, L. 2020. Effect of pelagic longline bait type on species selectivity: A global synthesis of evidence. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 30: 535-551. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Fitchett, M., Cantrell, D., Merrifield, M. 2020. Ecological responses to blue-water MPAs. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235129 10.1371/journal.pone.0235129 DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Kaiser, M., Chaloupka, M. 2019. Do static and dynamic marine protected areas that restrict pelagic fishing achieve ecological objectives? Ecosphere 10: DOI:10.1002/ecs2.2968. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Castejon, V.D.R., Loganimoce, E., Chaloupka, M. 2020. Capability of a pilot fisheries electronic monitoring system to meet scientific and compliance monitoring objectives. Marine Policy 113: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103792
Gilman, E., Legorburu, G., Fedoruk, A., Heberer, C., Zimring, M., Barkai, A. 2019. Increasing the functionalities and accuracy of fisheries electronic monitoring systems. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29: 901-926. DOWNLOAD
Suuronen, P., Gilman, E. 2020. Monitoring and managing fisheries discards: New technologies and approaches. Marine Policy 116: DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103554.
Musyl, M., Gilman, E. 2019. Meta-analysis of post-release fishing mortality in apex predatory pelagic sharks and white marlin. Fish and Fisheries 20: 466-500. . DOI: 10.1111/faf.12358
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Dagorn, L., Hall, M., Hobday, A., Musyl, M., Pitcher, T., Poisson, F., Restrepo, V., Suuronen, P. 2019. Robbing Peter to pay Paul: Replacing unintended cross-taxa conflicts with intentional tradeoffs by moving from piecemeal to integrated fisheries bycatch management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 29: 93-123. DOWNLOAD
Musyl, M, Gilman, E. 2018. Post-release fishing mortality of blue (Prionace glauca) and silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformes) from a Palauan-based commercial longline fishery. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 28: 567-586. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Musyl, M. 2018. Effects of pelagic longline hook size on species- and size-selectivity and survival. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 28: 417-433. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Suuronen, P., Chaloupka, M. 2017. Discards by global tuna fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 582: 231-252. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12340 DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Weijerman, M., Suuronen, P. 2017. Ecological data from observer programs underpin ecosystem-based fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Science 74: 1481-1495. DOWNLOAD open access: https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/74/6/1481/3098076/Ecological-data-from-observer-programmes-underpin?guestAccessKey=680da8e2-e0e1-4ace-af4e-bb2939635d94
Gilman, E., Huang, H. 2017. Review of effects of pelagic longline hook and bait type on sea turtle catch rate, anatomical hooking position and at-vessel mortality rate. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27: 43-52. DOWNLOAD
Hall, M., Gilman, E., Minami, H., Mituhasi, T., Carruthers, E. 2017. Mitigating bycatch in tuna fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 27: 881-908.
Gilman, E. 2016. Commentary. Biodegradable fishing gear: part of the solution to ghost fishing and marine pollution. Animal Conservation 19: 320-321. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acv.12298/full DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Peschon, J., Ellgen, S. 2016. Risk factors for seabird bycatch in a pelagic longline tuna fishery. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155477. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155477. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0155477.
Piovanno, S., Gilman, E. 2016. Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2666 DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Swimmer, Y., Piovano, S. 2016. A cross-taxa assessment of pelagic longline bycatch mitigation measures: conflicts and mutual benefits to elasmobranchs. Fish and Fisheries 17: 748-784. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Merrifield, M., Malsol, N., Cook, C. 2016. Standardized catch and survival rates, and effect of a ban on shark retention, Palau pelagic longline fishery. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26: 1031-1062 DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Wiedoff, B., Willson, J. 2014. Mitigating seabird bycatch during hauling by pelagic longline vessels. PLOS ONE 9(1): e84499. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084499 DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. 2015. Status of international monitoring and management of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear and ghost fishing. Marine Policy 60: 225-239. DOWNLOAD
Leadley, P., Proenca, V., Fernandez-Manjarres, J., Pereira, H., Alkemade, R., Biggs, R., Bruley, E., Cheung, W., Cooper, D., Figuiredo, J., Gilman, E., Guenette, S., Hurtt, G., Mbow, C., Oberdorff, T., Revenga, C., Scharlemann, J., Scholes, R., Stafford-Smith, M., Sumaila, R., Walpole, M. 2014. Interacting regional scale regime shifts for biodiversity and ecosystem services. BioScience doi: 10.1093/biosci/biu093
Ardron, J., Clark, N., Seto, K., Brooks, C., Currie, D., Gilman, E. 2014. Tracking twenty-four years of discussion about transparency in international marine governance: where do we stand? Stanford Environmental Law Journal 33: 167-190. https://journals.law.stanford.edu/stanford-environmental-law-journal-elj/print/volume-33/number-2/tracking-24-years-discussions-about-transparency-international-marine
Gilman, E., Owens, M., Kraft, T. 2014. Ecological risk assessment of the Marshall Islands longline tuna fishery. Marine Policy 44: 239-255 DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Kingma, E. 2013. Standard for assessing transparency in information on compliance with obligations of regional fisheries management organizations: Validation through assessment of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Ocean & Coastal Management 84: 31-39. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Suuronen, P., Hall, M., Kennelly, S. 2013. Causes and methods to estimate cryptic sources of fishing mortality. Journal of Fish Biology 83: 766-803. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Passfield, K., Nakamura, K. 2014. Performance of regional fisheries management organizations: ecosystem-based governance of bycatch and discards. Fish and Fisheries 15: 327-351. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., Read, A., Dalzell, P., Holetschek, J., Curtice, C. 2012. Hawaii longline tuna fishery temporal trends in standardized catch rates and length distributions and effects on pelagic and seamount ecosystems. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22: 446-488. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Dunn, D., Read, A., Warner, R., Hyrenbach, K. 2011. Designing criteria suites to identify sites and networks of high value across manifestations of biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 20(14): 3363-3383. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. 2011. Bycatch governance and best practice mitigation technology in global tuna fisheries. Marine Policy 35: 590-609. DOWNLOAD
Pereira, H., Leadley, P., Proença, V., Alkemade, R., Scharlemann, J., Fernandez-Manjarrés, J., Araújo, M., Balvanera, P., Biggs, R., Cheung, W., Cooper, D., Gilman, E, Guenette, S., Hurtt, G., Huntington, H., Mace, G., Oberdorff, T., Revenga, C., Scholes, R, Sumaila, U., Walpole, W. 2010. Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st century. Science 330: 1496-1501. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E, Gearhart, J., Price, B., Eckert, S., Milliken, J., Wang, J., Swimmer, Y., Shiode, D., Abe, O., Peckham, S., Chaloupka, M., Hall, M., Mangel, J., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Dalzell, P., Ishizaki, A. 2010. Mitigating sea turtle bycatch in coastal passive net fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 11(1): 57-88. DOWNLOAD
Brothers, N., Duckworth, A., Safina, C., Gilman, E. 2010. Seabird bycatch from pelagic longline fisheries is grossly underestimated when using only haul data. PLoS ONE 5(8): info:/10.1371/journal.pone.0012491. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Kobayashi, D., Chaloupka, M. 2008. Reducing seabird bycatch in the Hawaii longline tuna fishery. Endangered Species Research 5(2-3):309-323. http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2008/theme/Bycatch/bycatchpp14.pdf. DOWNLOAD
Zydelis, R., Wallace, B., Gilman, E., Werner, T. 2009. Conservation of marine megafauna requires avoiding and minimizing fisheries bycatch. Conservation Biology 23(3): 608-616. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Clarke, S., Brothers, N., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Mandelman, J., Mangel, J., Peterson, S., Piovano, S., Thomson, N., Dalzell, P., Donoso, M., Goren, M., Werner, T. 2008. Shark interactions in pelagic longline fisheries. Marine Policy 32: 1-18. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., J. Ellison, N. Duke, C. Field. 2008. Review: Threats to mangroves from climate change and adaptation options. Aquatic Botany 89: 237-250. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., D. Kobayashi, T. Swenarton, N. Brothers, P. Dalzell, I. Kinan. 2007. Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery. Biological Conservation 139: 19-28. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. J. Ellison, I. Sauni Jr., S. Tuaumu. 2007. Trends in surface elevations of American Samoa mangroves. Wetlands Ecology and Management 15(5): 391-404. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. J. Ellison. 2007. Efficacy of alternative low-cost approaches to mangrove restoration, American Samoa. Estuaries and Coasts 30(4): 641-651. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., J. Ellison, V. Jungblat, H. VanLavieren, E. Adler, L. Wilson, F. Areki, G. Brighouse, J. Bungitak, E. Dus, M. Henry, I. Sauni Jr., M. Kilman, E. Matthews, N. Teariki-Ruatu, S. Tukia, K. Yuknavage. 2006. Adapting to Pacific Island mangrove responses to sea level rise and other climate change effects. Climate Research 32(3): 161-176. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., N. Brothers, G. McPherson, P. Dalzell. 2006. Review of cetacean interactions with longline gear. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(2): 215-223. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., J. Ellison, R. Coleman. 2007. Assessment of mangrove response to projected relative sea-level rise and recent historical reconstruction of shoreline position. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 124(1-3): 105-130. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E, E. Zollett, S. Beverly, H, Nakano, D. Shiode, K. Davis, P. Dalzell, I. Kinan. 2006. Reducing sea turtle bycatch in pelagic longline gear. Fish and Fisheries 7(1): 2-23. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Dalzell, P., Martin, S. 2006. Fleet communication to abate fisheries bycatch. Marine Policy 30(4): 360-366. DOWNLOAD
Gilman E., Brothers N., Kobayashi D. 2007. Comparison of the efficacy of three seabird bycatch avoidance methods in Hawaii pelagic longline fisheries. Fisheries Science 73(1): 208-210. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., N. Brothers, D. Kobayashi. 2005. Principles and approaches to abate seabird bycatch in longline fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 6(1): 35-49. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., C. Boggs, and N. Brothers. 2003. Performance assessment of an underwater setting chute to mitigate seabird bycatch in the Hawaii pelagic longline tuna fishery. Ocean and Coastal Management 46(11-12): 985-1010. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. and H. Freifeld. 2003. Seabird mortality in North Pacific longline fisheries. Endangered Species Update 20(2): 35-46. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E.L. 2002. Guidelines for coastal and marine site-planning and examples of planning and management intervention tools. Ocean and Coastal Management 45(6-7): 377-404. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E.L. 2001. Integrated management approach to address incidental mortality of seabirds in longline fisheries. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 11(5): 391-414. DOWNLOAD
Cousins, K., P. Dalzell, and E. Gilman. 2001 . Managing pelagic longline-albatross interactions in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine Ornithology 28(2): 159-174.
Gilman, E.L. 1999. Choosing appropriate instruments from the wetlands management toolbox: A planning process for wetlands conservation. Wetland Journal 11(3):15-22. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E.L. 1998. Nationwide permit program: Unknown adverse impacts on the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ wetlands. Coastal Management 26(4):253-277.
Gilman, E.L. 1997. Community-based and multiple purpose protected areas: A model to select and manage protected areas with lessons from the Pacific Islands. Coastal Management 25(1):59-91. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E.L. 1997. A method to investigate wetland mitigation banking for Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Ocean and Coastal Management. 34(2):117-152. DOWNLOAD
Books, Volumes and Circulars
Gilman, E., Murua, H. and Chaloupka, M. 2024. Inputs for Comprehensive Bycatch Management Strategy Evaluation in Tuna Fisheries. ISSF Report 2024-04. International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Roda, M., Gilman, E., Huntington, T., Kennelly, S., Suuronen, P., Chaloupka, M., Medley, P. 2019. A Third Assessment of Global Marine Fisheries Discards. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 633. ISBN 978-92-5-131226-1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Ishizaki, A. 2019. Report of the Workshop to Review Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Hawaii’s Pelagic Longline Fisheries. ISBN: 978-1-944827-37-3. September 18-19, 2018. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Bigler, B., Muller, B., Moreno, G., Largacha, E., Hall, M., Poisson, F., Toole, J., He, P., Chaing, W. 2018. Stakeholder Views on Methods to Identify Ownership and Track the Position of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices Used by Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries with Reference to FAO's Draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear. FAO Fisheries Circular 1163. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. DOWNLOAD http://www.fao.org/3/BU653en/bu653en.pdf
Gilman, E., Chopin, F., Suuronen, P., Kuemlangan, B. 2016. Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Gillnets and Trammel Nets. Methods to Estimate Ghost Fishing Mortality, and Status of Regional Monitoring and Management. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 600. ISBN 978-92-5-108917-0. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. DOWNLOAD http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5051e.pdf
Gilman, E., Hall, M. 2015. Potentially Significant Variables Explaining Bycatch and Survival Rates and Alternative Data Collection Protocols to Harmonize Tuna RFMOs’ Pelagic Longline Observer Programmes. Appendix 1 to WCPFC-SC11-2015/EB-IP-05. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Veiga, P., Sousa, P., Morgan, A., Segurado, S. 2014. Sustainability of Main Commercial Tuna Stocks. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, Honolulu, USA. http://cmsdevelopment.sustainablefish.org.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/07/28/Tuna_-_SFP_Sector_Report_2014_FINAL-ea903da2.pdf
Gilman, E., Passfield, K., Nakamura, K. 2012. Performance Assessment of Bycatch and Discards Governance by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1361-8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Commission on Ecosystem Management and Oceania Regional Office, Gland, Switzerland and Suva, Fiji. https://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/documents/2012-034.pdf; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eric_Gilman2/publication/262261868_Performance_Assessment_of_Bycatch_and_Discards_Governance_by_Regional_Fisheries_Management_Organizations/file/9c96053726e37a402b.pdf?ev=pub_int_doc_dl&origin=publication_list&inViewer=true
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2010. Guidelines to Reduce Sea turtle Mortality in Fishing Operations. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries. Prepared by Gilman, E., Bianchi, G. ISBN 978-92-106226-5. FAO, Rome. http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i0725e/i0725e.pdf.
Gilman, E., Gearhart, J., Price, B., Eckert, S., Milliken, H., Wang, J., Swimmer, Y., Shiode, D., Abe, O., Peckham, S.H., Chaloupka, M., Hall, M., Mangel, J., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Dalzell, P., Ishizaki, A. 2009. Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Coastal Passive Net Fisheries. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1128-7.
Gilman, E., Moth-Poulsen, T., Bianchi, G. 2007. Review of Measures Taken by Inter-Governmental Organizations to Address Problematic Sea Turtle and Seabird Interactions in Marine Capture Fisheries. Fisheries Circular No. 1025, ISSN 0429-0329. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. (http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a1426e/a1426e00.htm)
Gilman, E., Clarke, S., Brothers, N., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Mandelman, J., Mangel, J., Peterson, S., Piovano, S., Thomson, N., Dalzell, P., Donoso, M., Goren, M., Werner, T. 2007. Shark Depredation and Unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries: Industry Practices and Attitudes, and Shark Avoidance Strategies. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, USA. ISBN: 1-934061-06-9. (https://www.unep.org/resources/report/shark-depredation-and-unwanted-bycatch-pelagic-longline-fisheries-industry; http://www.wpcouncil.org/pelagic/Documents/Shark-Longline_Interactions_Report.pdf).
Gilman, E., H. Van Lavieren, J. Ellison, V. Jungblut, L. Wilson, F. Areki, G. Brighouse, J. Bungitak, E. Dus, M. Henry, M. Kilman, E. Matthews, I. Sauni Jr., N. Teariki-Ruatu, S. Tukia, K. Yuknavage. 2006. Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Sea. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 179. United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Seas Programme, Nairobi, KENYA. ISBN 92-807-2741-9. https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/11812/rsrs179.pdf?sequence=1
Passfield, K., Gilman, E. 2010. Effects of Pelagic Longline Fishing on Seamount Ecosystems based on Interviews with Pacific Island Fishers. Technical Report produced under the Global Environment Facility Oceanic Fisheries Management Project. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/pelagic_longline_seamount_iucn_final__june_20_2010__3_.pdf
Gilman, E., Chaloupka, M., 2011. Availability of Primary Data on Marine Invasive Alien Species for Robust Species Distribution Modelling: A Global Assessment of What’s Known and Next Steps in Developing the Biodiversity Data Commons. Preliminary Results. Blue Ocean Institute, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, U.S.A. DOWNLOAD
Book Chapters
Gilman E, H Murua, N Faricic, M Chaloupka, M Kamber, F. Poisson, J. James, K. Collinson. 2025. Exploring a necromone repellent to reduce shark bycatch in tuna purse seine FAD fisheries. Shark News 12: September 2025. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Gilman, E., Allain, V., Collette, B., Hampton, J., Lehodey, P. 2016. Climate change effects on principal market tunas, a review. Pp. 254-270 IN Laffoley, D., Baxter, J., Eds. Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, Scale, Effects and Consequences. ISBN 978-8317-1806-4. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Crowder, L., Warner, R. 2011. Executive Summary. Proceedings of the Fifth International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation. Pp. 9-11 IN Gilman, E., Ishizaki, A., Chang, D., Liu, W., Dalzell, P. (Eds.). 2010. Proceedings of the Fifth International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and Fisheries Agency Taiwan, Honolulu, USA, and Taipei, Taiwan. ISBN 1-934061-54-9. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., King, N., Peterson, T., Chavan, V., Hahn, A. 2010. Building the Biodiversity Data Commons - The Global Biodiversity Information Facility. PP. 79-102 IN Maurer, L. (Ed.) ICT for Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation. ICT Ensure, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Ellison, J. 2010. Relative Sea-level Rise Tipping Points for Coastal Ecosystems. Pp. 100-110 IN Leadley, P., Pereira, H., Alkemade, R., Fernandez-Manjarres, J., Proenca, V., Scharlemann, J., Walpole, M. (Eds.). Biodiversity Scenarios: Projections of 21st Century Change in Biodiversity and Associated Ecosystem Services. A Technical Report for the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3. CBD Technical Series No. 50. ISBN 92-9225-219-4. Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat, Montreal. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Lundin, C. 2010. Minimizing Bycatch of Sensitive Species Groups in Marine Capture Fisheries: Lessons from Commercial Tuna Fisheries. Pp. 150-164 IN: Grafton, Q., Hillborn, R., Squires, D., Tait, M., Williams, M. (Eds.). Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management. Oxford University Press.
Gilman, E., Ellison, J., Duke, N., Field, C. 2009. Mangroves and climate change. Pp. 34-35 IN Spalding, M., Kainuma, M., COllins, L. (Eds). World Atlas of Mangroves. Earthscan, London. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. 2008. Conservation and Management of Tunas: Reaching New Heights or Sinking to New Depths. Pp. 76-87 IN Adrift: Tales of Ocean Fragility. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Gilman, EL, S. Martin, J. Cook. 2007. Working with Hawaii longline fishers to abate fisheries bycatch. Pp. 261-271 IN Kennelly, S.J. (Ed.) By-Catch Reduction in the World’s Fisheries. Springer Verlag, The Netherlands.
Gilman, EL. 2007. USA Western and Central Pacific Ocean. In DeYoung, C. (Ed.). State of World Marine Capture Fisheries Management - 2006: Pacific Ocean. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 488/1. ISBN 978-92-5-105875-6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. DOWNLOAD
Swimmer, Y., Gilman, E. 2006. Fishing technology gears up for sea turtle conservation. p. 24 IN Mast, R, Bailey, L., Hutchinson, B. (Eds). The State of the World’s Sea Turtles SWOT Report Volume 1. Burning Issues in Conservation. Leatherback Sea Turtles of the World. State of the World’s Sea Turtles, Washington, D.C., USA. 36 pp.
Safina, C., E. Gilman, J. Nichols. 2005. Twine and the ancient mariners: albatrosses, sea turtles, and fishing gear in the North Pacific and elsewhere. IN Guynup, S. (ed.) The State of the Wild. Island Press.
Gilman, E.L. 1999. Chapter 1. Compensatory wetland mitigation in the CNMI: An incipient discipline. Pp. 3-17 In: An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation, ed. W. Streever. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, USA.
Technical Reports and Proceedings
Gilman, E., Goad, D., Parker, G., Barrington, J., Debski, I., Kim, M., Mangel, J., Melvin, E., Morgan, K. 2021. ACAP Guidelines on Fisheries Electronic Monitoring. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Hobart, Australia.
Gilman, E., Zimring, M. 2018. Meeting the objectives of fisheries observer programs through electronic monitoring. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28000.99846. The Nature Conservancy.
Gilman, E., Schneiter, E., Brown, C., Zimring, M., Heberer, C. 2018. Precision of Data from Alternative Fisheries Monitoring Sources. Comparison of Fisheries-dependent Data Derived from Electronic Monitoring, Logbook and Port Sampling Programs from Pelagic Longline Vessels Fishing in the Palau EEZ. The Nature Conservancy, Indo-Pacific Tuna Program, Honolulu. DOWNLOAD
FAO. 2017. Proceedings of the Expert Workshop on Estimating Food Loss and Wasted Resources from Gillnet and Trammel Net Fishing Operations. 8-10 April 2015, Cochin, India. Editors: Suuronen, P., Siar, S., Edwin, L., Thomas, S., Pravin, P., Gilman, E. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6675e.pdf
Gilman, E., Musyl, M. 2017. Captain and Observer Perspectives on the Commercial Viability and Efficacy of Alternative Methods to Reduce Seabird Bycatch during Gear Haulback in the Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Swordfish Fishery. Grant report to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Available as an Information Paper at the 8th Meeting of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels:
Gilman, E., Musyl, M., Itano, D., Heberer, C., Zimring, M., Williams, P. 2017b. Effects of Pelagic Longline Time-of-Day and Gear Soak Depth on Species- and Size-Selectivity. The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E. 2013. Transparency in Information on Compliance under the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Blue Ocean Institute, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. DOWNLOAD
NMFS. 2012. Annual Report on Seabird Interactions and Mitigation Efforts in the Hawaii Longline Fisheries – 2011. Produced by Gilman, E., Wiedoff, B. National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Regional Office, Honolulu. DOWNLOAD
Gilman, E., Passfield, K. 2012. WCPFC8-2011-OP/02. Performance Assessment of RFMO Bycatch Governance: Criteria Suite Design and Results for Assessment of the WCPFC. Information Paper to the Commission Eight Regular Session, Tumon, Guam, USA, 26-30 March, 2012. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Available online http://www.wcpfc.int/doc/wcpfc8-2011-op-02/performance-assessment-rfmo-bycatch-governance-criteria-suite-design-and-resul.
Swimmer, Y., Gilman, E. 2012. Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011. US Department of Commerce NOAA Technical Memo. NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-34. DOWNLOAD http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/pubs/tech/NOAA_Tech_Memo_PIFSC_34.pdf
Gilman, E. 2011. Governance of Discards to Achieve Ecosystem Maintenance via the European Union Common Fisheries Policy. Invited testimony to the European Parliament public hearing, Ways of Securing the Future of Our Fisheries Resources, 4 May 2011. European Parliament, Brussels.
See https://sites.google.com/site/publicationsericgilman/home/rfmo_bycatch_governance/european_parliament_testimony_discards
Gilman, E., Ishizaki, A., Chang, D., Liu, W.Y., Dalzell, P. (Editors). 2011. Proceedings of the Fifth International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, USA. ISBN 1-934061-54-9. DOWNLOAD the Executive Summary.
IOSEA. 2010. Provisional Criteria Suite for the Network of Sites of Importance for Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean – South-East Asia Region. Working Paper. Version: 24 October 2010. Prepared by E. Gilman. Secretariat of the Indian Ocean – South-East Asia Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding, Bangkok.
IOSEA. 2010. Towards a Network of Sites of Importance to Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean – South-East Asia Region. Working Paper. Version: [26] October 2010. Prepared by E. Gilman. Secretariat of the Indian Ocean – South-East Asia Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding, Bangkok.
Gilman, E. 2011. Mitigating Unwanted Bycatch in Marine Capture Fisheries: Lessons from Tuna Fisheries. IN Gilman, E. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Fifth International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation, Taipei, 3-5 August 2010. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu. ISBN 1-934061-54-9.
Gilman, E. 2009. Integration of Fishery-dependent Datasets. GBIF Circular.2009-3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen.
Penman, D., King, N., Gilman, E. 2009. Building the Informatics Commons to Manage Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity. ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity 2009. 21-23 October, 2009, Singapore.
Ramirez, J., Jarvis, A., King, N., Gaiji, S., Gilman, E., Chavan, V., Guarino, L. 2009. Using GBIF to assess the likely impact of climate change on wild relatives of major food crops. Abstract. IN Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, 17-18 December 2009, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Gilman, E. 2009. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility and Bioinformatics: The Foundation for Understanding and Conserving Earth’s Diversity of Life. GBIF Circular Particip.2009. Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen.
Gilman, E. (Ed.). 2009. Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Coastal Net Fisheries. 20-22 January 2009, Honolulu, U.S.A. IUCN, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Indian Ocean – South-East Asian Marine Turtle MoU, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center: Gland, Switzerland; Honolulu, Bangkok, and Pascagoula, USA. ISBN 1-934061-40-9. http://www.ioseaturtles.org/eleclib/Proceedings_Net_Fisheries_turtle_Bycatch-FINAL-lower-res.pdf;http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/marine/marine_resources/marine_publications/?3800/mitigatingturtlebycatch.
Gilman, E. 2008. Market-Based Influences on Tuna Production and Sourcing: Demand for Minimum Substantive Standards for Tuna Fisheries Sustainability. IN Proceedings of the United Nations Environment Programme Workshop on Challenges for the Sustainable Consumption and Production of Fisheries Products: Ecolabelling, Certification and other Supply Chain Issues, 18-19 September, 2008, Paris. United Nations Environment Programme, Paris.
Gilman, E. 2008. Market-Based Influences on Tuna Production and Sourcing: Demand for Minimum Substantive Standards for Tuna Fisheries Sustainability. Prepared for the Fisheries Agency, Executive Yuan, Taiwan. IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), Honolulu.
IUCN and Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. 2008. Sustainable Tuna Roundtable, 2008 Meeting Report. April 21, 2008, Manos Conference Center, Brussels. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, and Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, U.S.A. http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/sustainable_tuna_roundtable_21april08_meeting_report.pdf
Gilman, E. (Compiler). 2008. Proceedings of the Fourth International Fishers Forum, 12-14 November 2007, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, Honolulu.
Gilman, E. 2008. Alternative branch line weights for pelagic longlines. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Regional Office, Gland, Switzerland and Honolulu, U.S.A. http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/safelead_trial_report.pdf
Gilman, E. 2008. Pacific Leatherback Conservation and Research Activities, Financing and Priorities. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council and IUCN, Honolulu, U.S.A., and Gland, Switzerland.
Gilman, E., Kinan-Kelly, I., Dalzell, P. (Editors) 2008. Report of the North Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtle Expert Workshop, December 19-20, 2007. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Gilman, E., Clarke, S., Brothers, N., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Mandelman, J., Mangel, J., Peterson, S., Piovano, S., Thomson, N., Dalzell, P., Donoso, M., Goren, M., Werner, T. 2008. Shark Depredation and Unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries: Industry Practices and Attitudes, and Shark Avoidance Strategies. IN Proceedings of the Fourth International Fishers Forum, 12-14 November 2007, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuicultura, Honolulu, USA and San Jose, Costa Rica.
Gilman, E. 2006. Incidental Capture of Seabirds in Pelagic Longline Fisheries of the Tropical and Subtropical Pacific Islands Region and Draft Pacific Islands Regional Plan of Action for Reducing the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Pelagic Longline Fisheries. Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara, Solomon Islands. DOWNLOAD http://iwlearn.net/iw-projects/2131/reports/Seabird%20Bycatch%20longline%20fisheries%20report%20Sept_06.pdf
Gilman, E. (Editor). 2006. Proceedings of the Symposium on Mangrove Responses to Relative Sea Level Rise and Other Climate Change Effects, 13 July 2006, Catchments to Coast, Society of Wetland Scientists 27th International Conference, 9-14 July 2006, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia. Published by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. ISBN 1-934061-03-4.
Gilman, E., J. Ellison, R. Coleman. 2006. Recent historical reconstruction of mangrove margin position and assessment of mangrove response to projected relative sea-level rise. Proceedings of the Symposium on Mangrove Responses to Climate Change Effects, Society of Wetland Scientists 2006 Conference, 9-14 July 2006, Cairns, Australia. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and United Nations Environment Programme Regional Seas Programme, Honolulu, USA and Nairobi, Kenya.
Brothers, N., E. Gilman. 2006. Technical Assistance for Hawaii Pelagic Longline Vessels to Change Deck Design and Fishing Practices to Side Set. Hawaii Longline Association, U.S. NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Pacific Islands Regional Office, and Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council: Honolulu, Hawaii.
Watson, J., C. Boggs, Y. Swimmer, E. Gilman. 2005. Research on Sea Turtle Bycatch Avoidance Methods: U.S. Research and Regional Review. Abstract. International Tuna Fishers’ Conference on Responsible Fisheries and Third International Fishers’ Forum, 25-29 July 2005, Inter-Continental Grand Yokohama Hotel, Yokohama, Japan.
Gilman, E., McPherson, G., Dalzell, P. 2005. Problems Resulting from Cetacean Interactions with Pelagic Longline Gear. Discussion Group on Reducing Interactions Between Cetaceans and Pelagic Longline Gear, 27 July 2005, Inter-Continental Grand Yokohama Hotel, Yokohama, Japan.
Martin, S., Gilman, E., Dalzell, P. 2006. Meeting Hawaii longline industry needs to reduce fisheries bycatch through cooperative research. Pp. 197-203 IN Read, A.N., Hartley, T.W. (Eds.). Partnerships for a Common Purpose: Cooperative Fisheries Research and Management. Proceedings of the American Fisheries Society/Sea Grant Symposium 52. American Fisheries Society 135th Annual Meeting, 11-15 September 2005, Anchorage, Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Gilman, E. 2004. Assessing and Managing Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Change in Sea-Level and Climate. Prepared for the International Research Foundation for Development Forum on Small Island Developing States: Challenges, Prospects and International Cooperation for Sustainable Development. Contribution to the Barbados + 10 United Nations International Meeting on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 10-14 January 2005. Honolulu, Blue Ocean Institute.
Gilman, E., Ellison, J. 2004. Manual for American Samoa Community-Based Mangrove Monitoring. Monitoring Changes in Mangrove Community Structure and Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise. Pago Pago: American Samoa Coastal Management Program, Department of Commerce.
Gilman, E. 2004. Assessment of Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Methods in Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fisheries. Proceedings of the Asia Regional Technical Workshop on Seabird Bycatch and Mitigation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 12-15 January 2004. Wild Bird Federation of Taiwan and BirdLife International.
Gilman, E. 2003. Keeping Seabirds off the Hook. Minimizing Incidental Capture of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries through Collaboration, Commercial Demonstrations, and Mainstreaming Best Practices. Presented at the conference, Managing Our Nation’s Marine Fisheries – Past, Present, and Future. Omni-Shoreham Hotel and Conference Center, Washington, D.C., 13-15 November 2003.
Gilman, E. 2003. Managing Marine Fisheries of the U.S. Pacific Islands – Past, Present, and Future. Prepared for the U.S. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. Presented at the conference, Managing Our Nation’s Marine Fisheries – Past, Present and Future. Omni-Shoreham Hotel and Conference Center, Washington, D.C., 13-15 November 2003.
Gilman, E. 2003. Commercial, Recreational, and Charter Pelagic Fisheries of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve and Proposed Sanctuary. Prepared for the Sustainable Resources Group International, Inc., and the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary System.
Gilman, E., M. Seto, and D. Smith. 2002. Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. Kawainui and Hamakua Marshes, Hawaii, USA. Hawaii State Office of the Governor. 12pp.
Thiel, H., and E.L. Gilman. 2001. Protection for Seabirds on the High Seas. IN H. Thiel and J.A. Koslow, eds., Expert Workshop on Managing Risks to Biodiversity and the Environment on the High Seas, Including Tools Such as Marine Protected Areas. Scientific Requirements and Legal Aspects. Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, 27 February to 4 March 2001. Federal Agency of Nature Conservation, Hamburg, Germany.
Gilman, E.L. 2000. Existing Marine Resources Management Framework and Recent Initiatives to Change the Governance of Marine Resources of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. White paper. National Audubon Society's Living Oceans Program. 9 pp.
Gilman, E.L. 1999. Summary of the Benefits, Costs, and Procedure to Designate and Manage a Wetland of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a Ramsar Site under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Office, Honolulu, HI, USA. 9 pp.
Society of Wetland Scientists and Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands. 1999. Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands and the Society of Wetland Scientists relating to Cooperation for the Knowledgeable Management, Conservation, and Wise Use of Wetlands. 30 June. Gland, Switzerland. 3pp.
Gilman, E.L. and M.M. Davis. 1999. Draft Hydrogeomorphic Functional Assessment Method for the CNMI's Depressional Wetlands. Division of Environmental Quality, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA. 120 pp.
Borja, F.B., and E.L. Gilman. 1998. Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. Hagoi Wetland, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA. 12pp.
Gilman, E.L. 1997. Overview of wetlands management concepts and techniques with lessons from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 16th Annual Pacific Islands Conference Proceedings: Sustainable Development in the Pacific Islands, ed. J. Branch. June 16-20. Pohnpei, FSM.
Gilman, E.L. 1996. Community-based and multiple-purpose protected areas: A model for selecting and managing protected areas with lessons from The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In: The Coastal Society 15th Conference Proceedings, ed. T. Bigford and R. Boyles, Jr. 122-127. Seattle, Washington: The Coastal Society.
Gilman, E.L 1996 Report to Governor Froilan C. Tenorio. A Recommended Approach to Manage Saipan's Wetlands. Prepared for the Joint Federal/CNMI Environmental Working Group, Office of the Governor, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA. 32 pp.
Gilman, Eric L. 1996. Management Plan for the Sabana Protected Area, Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Department of Lands and Natural Resources. Saipan, CNMI, USA, 32 pp.