by John Davis | Jan 15, 2011
Marine protected areas are designated typically in a piecemeal fashion, one site at a time. A special habitat is identified and protected in an MPA…then another special habitat is identified and protected…then another. Over time, and with enough diligence,...
by John Davis | Jan 15, 2011
A new network has been created to help managers of large-scale MPAs – greater than 250,000 km2 in area – to share their experience in addressing the unique challenges of overseeing such vast protected areas. The Big Ocean network, as it is called, was...
by John Davis | Jan 15, 2011
By Brendan Tougher and Philip A. McGillivary [Editor’s note: The authors of this essay have no financial interest in the products they describe here.] Autonomous vessels – that is, unmanned vessels that can operate independently of human direction or by...
by John Davis | Jan 15, 2011
Large MPAs are essential Dear MPA News: In “Views of Global MPA Coverage and the 10% Target: Interview with Mark Spalding and Kristina Gjerde” (MPA News, November/December 2010), Dr. Spalding acknowledges that while “mega-MPAs are really...
by John Davis | Jan 15, 2011
Genetic evidence shows larvae from reserves are reseeding fisheries Researchers have proven, using DNA analysis, that larvae from adult fish inside a network of no-take marine reserves in Hawai’i are spilling into fished areas and helping to reseed fisheries....
