by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
On 6 January 2009 in his final month in office, President George W. Bush designated three vast new MPAs in U.S. waters in the Pacific Ocean. Encompassing a total area of roughly 505,000 km2, the three MPAs are: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument – in the...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
In January, the World Wide Web was abuzz with an advertisement for what was touted as “the best job in the world”: a six-month, AU $150,000 contract (US $101,000) to serve as island caretaker in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
A new report provides guidance on the planning and management of MPAs in tropical regions, based on lessons learned from six MPA network initiatives in the Coral Triangle region of Southeast Asia. The publication analyzes the MPA networks through their various stages...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
A paper in the December 2008 issue of the journal Ocean & Coastal Management describes a new approach to designing MPAs. Rather than defining the size and shape of an MPA’s boundaries at the end of a planning process, as is typically done, the described...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
U.S. closes large, melting Arctic area to fishing On 5 February, the U.S. North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) designated a vast fishery closure in an area that until recent years was covered with ice and had never been actively fished before. Totaling...
