by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 22, 2012
[Editor's note: Jennifer McCann is a principal investigator and management team member of Rhode Island's Ocean Special Area Management Plan. She directed a training workshop in May 2011 on marine spatial planning in Rhode Island.] By Jen McCann, Rhode Island...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 22, 2012
Draft plan released for US national ocean policy A draft plan for implementing a national ocean policy for the US was released for public comment in January by the interagency National Ocean Council. The draft plan comprises more than 50 action items, with each action...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 22, 2012
Editor’s note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools for facilitating EBM processes. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network, a voluntary alliance of tool users, developers, and training providers. By Sarah Carr A year ago in this...
by John Davis | Jan 15, 2012
In the field of marine protected areas, an unfortunate reality is that many sites are “paper parks”. Existing on paper – in laws and on maps – but failing to provide effective management and enforcement, these sites offer the promise of robust...
by John Davis | Jan 15, 2012
In recent years, ecologist Joachim Claudet has been at the forefront of MPA science. His studies of European marine reserves – which found that the older and larger a marine reserve is, the greater the density of large fish inside it is – have held...