by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
A paper in the December 2008 issue of the journal Ocean & Coastal Management describes a new approach to designing MPAs. Rather than defining the size and shape of an MPA’s boundaries at the end of a planning process, as is typically done, the described...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
U.S. closes large, melting Arctic area to fishing On 5 February, the U.S. North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) designated a vast fishery closure in an area that until recent years was covered with ice and had never been actively fished before. Totaling...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2009
“MPA Tip” is a recurring feature that presents advice on MPA planning and management gathered from practitioners and publications. Below, Nick Pilcher, a sea turtle biologist and Executive Director of the Marine Research Foundation in Malaysia, describes...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 20, 2008
Fisheries management is an important component of broader marine management, no matter the circumstances of place or the scale of EBM undertaken. But what is the relationship between ecosystem-based management in general and ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM)...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 20, 2008
The Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) Programme is a multinational initiative conceived in 1995 and involving the southwest African governments of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. It was designed to address the region’s transboundary marine...
