by John Davis | Apr 15, 2000
Note from the editor: The field of marine protected areas is benefiting from an ever-expanding library of books and reports on aspects of planning and managing MPAs. As a service, MPA News will offer brief reviews of publications that may be of special interest to...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2000
Continuing its campaign to develop a nationally representative system of MPAs, the Australian government has announced plans to establish a multi-use marine park around a seamount system that includes one of the southernmost coral reefs in the world. The proposed...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2000
Management of one of the most famous marine ecosystems in the world will now include no-take zones, following last month’s conclusion of years of negotiations between managers and fishers in the Galápagos Islands. The Galápagos Marine Reserve, officially created...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2000
By R.E. Johannes [Editor’s note: This article has been excerpted by MPA News from a contribution by R.E. Johannes, full text forthcoming in Marine and Coastal Protected Areas: A Guide for Planners and Managers [3rd edition], by Rod Salm and John Clark, to be...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2000
The Clinton administration has proposed that the US provide “no-take” status to at least 20% of its coral reefs by 2010 in the interest of protecting the reefs from overfishing. Describing the nation’s coral reef system as being “in...
