by John Davis | Feb 15, 2008
In South Africa in 2006-2007, a debate was waged over whether to reopen part of Tsitsikamma National Park to fishing. Designated in 1964, the park is among the oldest MPAs in Africa and has been fully no-take since 2000. The nation’s Department of Environmental...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2008
Uganda designates first aquatic reserve In November 2007, Uganda designated a reserve in Lake Victoria with the goal of protecting and restoring populations of Nile perch and other fish stocks. Commercial fishing is now banned inside the 100-km2 Commonwealth Lake...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2008
“MPA Tip” is a recurring feature that presents advice on MPA planning and management gathered from practitioners and publications. Below we describe an innovative technique for restoring damaged seagrass beds. If you have a useful tip for addressing a...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 20, 2007
Ecosystem-based management commonly involves "scaling up" from how other management practices have typically worked: From single-species fisheries management to management of multi-species assemblages; From looking at isolated drivers of change to...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 20, 2007
The challenge of coordinating across scales in EBM is being met in different ways in different parts of the world. As highlighted in the preceding article, cross-scale EBM is being undertaken in West Africa using an MPA network as a starting point. West Africa's...
