Workshop Results: Tips from Managers on Improving Science in MPA Management
Last month, MPA News published the advice of an international group of scientists on how to improve the conduct and use of science in MPA management. The advice came out of a July 2001 workshop on the topic held in Cleveland, Ohio (USA), involving scientists and...
MPA Perspective: Marine Protected Areas in the North Sea
By the Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Concern has been widely expressed about fishery and other impacts on the North Sea, where the spawning stock biomass of most commercially important marine species has been reduced to less than 10% of its unexploited size and many fishery practices may be unsustainable. Besides being a source of mortality for both target and by-catch species, other effects of current fishing practices on stocks such as (i) alteration of the normal age structure, (ii) disruption of reproductive behavior, (iii) reduction in genetic diversity, (iv) habitat degradation and shifts in ecosystem structure, and (v) long-term economic losses are becoming progressively more apparent.
Conferences in November 2001
November 4-7, 2001 — Amsterdam, The Netherlands. “6th International Conference of the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society.” Conference will exchange current knowledge and strategies for assessment of aquatic ecosystem health. Web:...