by John Davis | Sep 21, 2012
By Evan T. Bloom
As one of the nations with vital and active interests in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic, the United States is an active member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR), the international body responsible for managing marine living resources in the waters around Antarctica. On 7 September 2012, to advance marine conservation, protection, and scientific research in one of the last great ocean wilderness areas on the planet, the United States submitted a proposal to CCAMLR to establish a marine protected area in Antarctica's Ross Sea Region.
by John Davis | Sep 21, 2012
In June 2012, the California Fish and Game Commission approved a plan for a systematic network of 19 MPAs and additional management areas along the north coast of the US state of California. The approval marked the completion of the open-coast portion of the...
by John Davis | Sep 21, 2012
MPAs more than 1 million km2 each; could allow fishing and seabed mining Two South Pacific jurisdictions have indicated their intent to plan and eventually designate MPAs that will be among the largest in the world. In September at the Pacific Islands Forum, the...
by John Davis | Sep 20, 2012
A new report provides a set of four general guidelines for designing MPA networks that are resilient to climate change: Protect species and habitats with crucial ecosystem roles, or those of special conservation concern; Protect potential carbon sinks; Protect...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2012
In 2010, President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing a national ocean policy for the US. Among other actions, the policy called for a national process of coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP), which would be carried out on a phased basis across...