by John Davis | Apr 15, 2003
For scientists who study the larvae of marine species, traditional theory has held that such offspring are relatively passive in their movement, riding ocean currents potentially great distances before settling in a new area of the sea. But recent research on larval...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2003
Editor’s note: Bill Ballantine, author of the following perspective piece, is a marine biologist at the Leigh Marine Laboratory, University of Auckland. He has advocated the concept of no-take marine reserves since the 1960s, and helped promote many of the 18...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2003
In a transaction funded by an alliance of US and Mexican NGOs, the government of Mexico has acquired a 96-km2 group of islands in the Gulf of California, setting a precedent for private support of national protection efforts in the country, according to government...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2003
Canada Designates Hydrothermal Vents as First Official MPA Canada has designated the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents as its first official Marine Protected Area under the country’s Oceans Act. The site, which features four known vent fields covering roughly 93 km2,...
