by John Davis | Sep 15, 2008
Editor’s note: Juan Carlos Huitron Baca is subdirector of Isla Mujeres-Cancún National Park in Mexico. By Juan Carlos Huitron Baca Isla Mujeres and Cancún, on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, are popular destinations for tourists from all around the world....
by John Davis | Sep 15, 2008
Editor’s note: The authors of this essay – Mary Lawrence, Dave Sully, John Beumer, and Dawn Couchman – are all with the Queensland (Australia) Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. By Mary Lawrence, Dave Sully, John Beumer, and Dawn...
by John Davis | Sep 15, 2008
First call for oral presentations at International Marine Conservation Congress The International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC), to occur 20-24 May 2009, has announced its first call for oral presentations, posters, and 4-minute “speed...
by John Davis | Sep 15, 2008
In “MPA Tip”, we present advice on MPA planning and management. Below, a technique for monitoring ship traffic is described. The purpose is to help avoid vessel damage to sensitive areas, such as through groundings or illegal anchoring. This tip was...
by John Davis | Aug 15, 2008
In designing MPA networks, planners must decide how they will choose which sites to include. There are a variety of ways to select sites, from simple ones (having experts make a list based on their best judgment) to complex (using advanced software to consider an...
