From the Archives: Maximizing the Value of Offshore Space by Co-Locating Aquaculture and Wind Farms (MEAM December 2012 – January 2013, Issue 6:3)

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 3, 2017

From the Archives calls attention to past MEAM articles whose perspectives and insight remain relevant. This interview with Bela Buck, head of a working group on marine aquaculture, maritime technologies, and integrated coastal management, discusses how co-locating...

Vertical zoning of MPAs: When it is appropriate, when it is not, and how science is changing our understanding

by John Davis | Mar 17, 2017

For a marine protected area to be effective means it is successfully addressing threats to the features the MPA was designed to protect. So if an MPA is designed specifically to protect a certain benthic community — like a deep-sea coral reef — then it is effective if...

Opponents of US marine national monuments are moving to roll them back, strip fishing restrictions

by John Davis | Mar 17, 2017

Last November, MPA News speculated on whether the election of Donald Trump as US President would bring a rollback of MPAs — specifically the large marine national monuments that former President Barack Obama designated or expanded under the US Antiquities Act. (These...

MPA Science Corner: MPA accountability – Protection Equality metric

by John Davis | Mar 17, 2017

Article: “Marine protected areas need accountability not wasted dollars”, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27, 4 – 9 (2017) Finding: MPAs are largely assessed on a single numerical target (total area), and inconsistent self-identification...

Notes & news: IMPAC4 website – France – Great Barrier Reef – MPAs and livelihoods – Preventing paper parks – Rating MPAs – Conservation boot camp – MPA News vault

by John Davis | Mar 17, 2017

Are you looking for the IMPAC4 website? The Fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) will be held 4-8 September 2017 in La Serena – Coquimbo, Chile. Are you looking for the official website? Click here. The Google search engine is not yet ranking...