by John Davis | Sep 15, 2009
MPA News and the EBM Tools Network will co-host a live Web-based seminar (“webinar”) on 19 October 2009 to explore lessons learned from MPA networking programs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (U.S.) and in rocky reef MPAs in the...
by John Davis | Sep 15, 2009
The following tip was adapted by MPA News from Managing Marine Protected Areas: A Toolkit for the Western Indian Ocean, published by the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA). The toolkit is available at www.wiomsa.org/mpatoolkit/Home.htm. Tip:...
by John Davis | Sep 15, 2009
France sets MPA target: 20% of waters in MPAs by 2020 In July, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced new targets for the protection of France’s maritime territory. He called for the percentage of French waters in MPAs – currently just 1% – to be...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2009
In 2006, a strain of E. coli bacteria contaminated fresh spinach from California’s Salinas Valley, the main growing region for leafy green vegetables in the U.S. It is unknown how the bacterium came in contact with the spinach, but it led to a national outbreak...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 25, 2009
A report released last May provides the framework for future ecosystem-based planning on and around Addu Atoll in the Indian Ocean nation of Maldives. Addu is the second-most populous atoll in the Maldivian archipelago, which encompasses 26 atolls and more than a...
