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WWF - Fishing problems: Poor fisheries management
High Seas. Many countries have still not ratified, implemented, or enforced existing national and international regulations (such as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea ... .6% of the world's oceans have been declared as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and 90% of existing MPAs are open to fishing. The current lack of protection is especially worrying for fish ...
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WWF - Our Solutions: Marine Protected Areas
This is despite the fact that MPAs not only help safeguard biodiversity ... of ecologically representative, well-managed MPAs Improving the management of existing MPAs Reducing the threat of external threats, such as human activities and climate change, to MPAs Protection comes under many ...
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NOAA's Coral Reef Reporter's Tip Sheet - Week 20
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been established throughout the Wider Caribbean Region in an attempt to protect valuable ... marine resources in and around the MPAs. Therefore, enhancing the local capacity to manage existing MPAs should be given as much attention as establishing new MPAs. In addition to a lack of ...
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NOAA and Interior Release Draft Framework for Marine Protected Areas
MPAs. It also outlines guidance on building agency partnerships and engaging stakeholders to enhance ... marine conservation areas, managed by over 100 hundred agencies, that would likely qualify as MPAs under the proposed definition. Most of these areas were established after 1970, allow ...
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MLPA Task Force Makes Recommendations for Improving California's System of Marine Protected Areas
Coast MPA Proposals (April 23, 2008) Number of MPAs and SMRMAs *1 Total Area of MPAs (mi2) *2 Percentage of Study Region *3 ... % Proposal 4 28 204.9 mi2 26.0% Proposal 0 (existing MPAs) 13 26.8 mi2 3.5% *1 SMRMAs (state marine recreational ... .” The California Fish and Game Commission will automatically consider existing MPAs as the “no project” alternative during the state regulatory process ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Public Policy | An Ocean Vision for Nantucket Shelf
Hundreds of MPAs exist in the United States and the world. Under the model offered by PCCS, ... Review of State and Federal Protection of the Ecological Resources of Nantucket Sound, which examined existing management policies and proposals for Nantucket Sound, including its 1980 nomination by the Commonwealth of ...
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California Department of Fish & Game, Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
Central Coast Study Region (2004-2007) Existing State MPAs Maps and Coordinates Regulations General Information Master Plan for MPAs Introduction to the MLPA Definitions and Acronyms MPA ... Map (single page of entire study region) Subregion Maps (6 pages) Special Closures Existing state MPA regulations Upcoming Meetings Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas (approved February ...
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Marine Protected Areas: A Human-Centric Concept
The proposal to establish Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), made by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), ... pinnacle of evolution. The word "stakeholder" means anyone interested in MPAs, lumping together those who want to exploit the oceans with ... MPAs, who has more at stake than the seals, the fish and the algae? The Oceans Act says that its legislation upholds existing ...
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ECNT � Media Releases � Other � 2007 - What We Need - the Top 8 Essential Actions for 2007_2008
Increase funding for all aspects of environmental protection and ecologically sustainable management and development. Existing budget allocation of ~$90m (3.5% of total NT budget) needs to double over ... our diverse marine and coastal environments by creating a system of marine protected areas (MPAs). 5.2 Withdraw the proposed highly destructive Glyde Point industrial development. An independent and ...
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Coral Reef Management Program - Saving Reefs Worldwide
Reef Check has been involved in the creation of new marine protected areas (MPAs) and the improvement of existing ones. For example, Reef Check has been working since 1999 with aquarium fisherman ... blast fishing. Working with many partners, the island residents developed one of the most successful MPAs in the Philippines. The speed of return of fish and corals amazed everyone involved and ...
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