by John Davis | Nov 15, 2005
International goals for the protection of oceans through MPAs will not be met by their set deadlines, according to a study announced at the First International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC1), held in Geelong, Australia, in October 2005. Louisa Wood, a Ph.D....
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2005
Editor’s note: Artie Jacobson, author of the following essay, has spent nearly two decades as a ranger and manager in the Whitsunday Region of the Great Barrier Reef for the Queensland (Australia) Parks and Wildlife Service. The Whitsunday region, comprising 1%...
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2005
Editor’s note: The authors of the following essay have been involved, directly or indirectly, in processes to plan a system of no-take marine reserves within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (MPA News 4:6) in the US. Michael Robinson is a doctoral...
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2005
Editor’s note: Kurt Derbyshire, author of the following essay, is senior policy officer for marine fish habitat with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Australia. By Kurt Derbyshire The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries...
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2005
Canada designates three MPAs following years of cooperative planning Canada has designated three new MPAs along its Atlantic coast. The MPAs at Gilbert Bay, Eastport, and Basin Head protect unique ecosystems, and their designations conclude years of public...
