by John Davis | Jul 15, 2007
Over the past decade and a half, tourism in the Galapagos Islands has boomed: from 40,000 visitors in 1990 to 140,000 in 2006. This has had a domino effect on the islands, according to a draft report by the Charles Darwin Foundation, soon to be released. Rising...
by John Davis | Jul 15, 2007
Canada’s offshore trawling industry for shrimp and groundfish has instituted a voluntary closure to protect coldwater corals off the coast of Baffin Island and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the nation’s Atlantic coast. The 12,500-km2 coral...
by John Davis | Jul 15, 2007
Last month, MPA News asked resource planners for their views on an initiative to create a network of MPAs off the coast of the US state of California. The initiative completed its first phase in April, with designation of 29 MPAs along the state’s central coast...
by John Davis | Jul 15, 2007
Two MPAs located nearly 5000 km apart have formed a “sister sanctuary” arrangement to coordinate management of a shared population of humpback whales. The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, off the northeast coast of the US, and the Marine Mammal...
by John Davis | Jul 15, 2007
Self-assessment tool available for MPA networks A new checklist is available to help practitioners measure the effectiveness of their MPA networks against a range of planning and management principles. Various options enable users to rate their network for each...
