by John Davis | Sep 15, 2002
Report details steps to reduce impacts of fishing To improve management of marine fisheries and prevent the further decline in health of marine ecosystems, resource managers should pursue a plan of action that includes the designation of a global system of fully...
by John Davis | Aug 15, 2002
The seafloor – sandy or rocky; flat or sloped; seamount or canyon – provides the foundation for multiple processes within MPAs, including the distribution of flora and fauna. However, MPA practitioners have generally had only patchy knowledge, at best, of...
by John Davis | Aug 15, 2002
Editor’s note: Juan Bezaury Creel, author of the following perspective piece, is an environmental policy associate for The Nature Conservancy – Mexico, an NGO. In this piece, he describes an innovative effort in Mexico to protect the Sian Ka’an...
by John Davis | Aug 15, 2002
Canada passes law to help create representative system of marine parks In June, Canada passed a bill to facilitate creation of a representative system of “national marine conservation areas”, or NMCAs, to be overseen by Parks Canada, the federal parks...
by John Davis | Aug 15, 2002
Dear MPA News: Bill Ballantine’s attempt to clarify terms for marine area conservation falls short of the mark (MPA News 4:1). Terminology has already been pretty much worked out in the past decade. To use the term “reserve” to mean only a fully...
