Poll: Should Conservation Be Considered a “Use” of the Marine Environment?

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 25, 2009

This past May at the International Marine Conservation Congress in Washington, D.C., there was a symposium on the progression of ocean management – from centuries of unregulated exploitation to today's increasingly ecosystem-based policies and use...

The Role of Marine Protected Areas in EBM: Often Necessary, but Rarely Sufficient by Themselves

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 25, 2009

Marine protected areas (MPAs) can play an important role in promoting EBM in coastal seas, across ocean basins, and within large marine ecosystems. In working examples of EBM from around the world, the regulatory regimes that are able to move management from a...

Perspective: Having Somewhere to Grow Up: Ecosystem-Based Management of Fisheries for Ocean Recovery

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 25, 2009

By Katherine Short Manager, Marine Network Initiative Support, WWF International, Switzerland. E-mail: kshort@wwfint.org There is a simple logic that creatures need a safe environment to breed, feed, and grow up, and objective science can provide the evidence in...

Perspective: Ecosystem-Based Management and Marine Protected Areas: Coming Together in Working Seascapes

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 25, 2009

By Vera N. Agostini Scientist, Global Marine Initiative, The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, U.S. E-mail: vagostini@tnc.org A plethora of conservation tools are often invoked to address the escalating crisis in marine ecosystems. Each one comes with its own acronym,...

Case Study: Thinking Outside the (MPA) Box on EBM: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 25, 2009

By Jon Day Director of Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Australia. E-mail: j.day@gbrmpa.gov.au Marine protected areas, especially large multiple-use areas like the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on...