There is much buzz these days about marine protected areas (MPAs) and no-take zones. We are approaching the age of assessment. There has been enough time passed where we should see a signal of improvement to verify conservation theory. While the data has been trickling in for many MPAs and there is in general an . . . → Read More: Penguins Immediately Benefit From MPA
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  October 4th, 2010  One comment  Conservation & Environment, Ecology, New Research  Best of Zelnio, competition, energetics, Marine Protected Area, MPA, No-Take Zone, penguin, south africa, Trophic Ecology By Peter Etnoyer, on July 14th, 2009 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Hydrothermal Vent, Marine Protected Area, Mexico From the MPA News: In June, Mexico designated its first deep sea marine protected area around two hydrothermal vent systems in the Gulf of California and the Eastern Pacific Rise. The newly designated Guaymas Basin and Eastern Pacific Rise Hydrothermal Vents Sanctuary covers 1456 km2 of benthic habitat, as well as the portion of the . . . → Read More: New MPAs in Mexico protect vents, whale sharks
By Peter Etnoyer, on April 14th, 2009 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Coral, Fish, Organisms Anemone, clownfish, Geoff Jones, Kimbe Bay, Kimbe Island, larval dispersal, Marine Protected Area, MPA Science, Papua New Guinea, Sergio Planes, Simon Thorrold Orange clownfish Amphiprion percula Since the first observations of transoceanic dispersal in marine snails (Scheltema 1971), long distance transport for marine animals has been a kind of Holy Grail for marine conservation science. Marine protected area (MPA) networks make sense to coral lovers, for instance, because most coral reef fish have pelagic larval durations exceeding . . . → Read More: Finding Nemo by DNA parentage analysis
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 4th, 2009 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Coral Alex Rogers, Cape Fear, Cape Lookout, Coral, Lophelia pertusa, Marine Protected Area, North Carolina, South Atlantic, South-Eastern US, Steve Ross Image from Lophelia.org, a great resource for learning about deep-sea corals. Forwarded this article from yesterday’s Guardian by a colleague. To preserve the reefs, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, a federal panel that regulates recreational and commercial fishing from four to 320 kilometres (200 miles) offshore, is proposing to designate more than 37,000 square . . . → Read More: Protection Sought For Deep Water Carolinian Reefs
By Dr. M, on January 15th, 2009 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Social Sciences, Uncategorized Marianas, Marine Protected Area, National Monument, No-Take Zone, Trench SOURCE: Council on Environmental Quality, Pew Charitable Trusts, NOAA We have and everyone else have already covered what is turning out to be the paradoxical blue legacy Bush will leave behind. But I thought it worth posting this link which is actual text of the presidential proclamation. The Mariana Volcanic Arc contains objects of scientific . . . → Read More: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
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