by John Davis | Mar 15, 2000
Amid the growing recognition of marine protected areas as a useful resource management tool, two things stand out to enable MPAs to achieve their resource management goals. Effective institutions and processes must exist to plan and support the MPAs, and qualified...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2000
The Clinton administration has proposed that the US provide “no-take” status to at least 20% of its coral reefs by 2010 in the interest of protecting the reefs from overfishing. Describing the nation’s coral reef system as being “in...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2000
By R.E. Johannes [Editor’s note: This article has been excerpted by MPA News from a contribution by R.E. Johannes, full text forthcoming in Marine and Coastal Protected Areas: A Guide for Planners and Managers [3rd edition], by Rod Salm and John Clark, to be...