A biological carbon pump code of practice for high seas fisheries

Emma L. Cavan; Angela H. Martin; David G. Reid; André W. Visser; Jérôme Pinti; Gaël Mariani; Samuel P.S. Rastrick; Katherine Wright; Harriet Harden-Davies

doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00825-8

A biological carbon pump code of practice for high seas fisheries

Emma L. Cavan^*
, Angela H. Martin
, David G. Reid
, André W. Visser
, Jérôme Pinti
, Gaël Mariani
, Samuel P.S. Rastrick
, Katherine Wright
, Harriet Harden-Davies

^*Corresponding author for this work

Imperial College London
Natural England
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
World Maritime University
Institute of Marine Research
Heriot-Watt University
University of Edinburgh

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Fishing has long been a concern to ocean ecosystems, but it can also impact the carbon cycle by disturbing the biological carbon pump (BCP). This Comment discusses whether a ‘BCP fisheries code of practice’ could and should be developed to incentivize natural resource management mechanisms that protect the BCP.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
Volume	7
Pages (from-to)	649-650
ISSN	2662-138x
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-026-00825-8
Publication status	Published - 2026

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