Journal articles: 'Marine protected areas'

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Emson, Roland, and S. Gubbay. "Marine Protected Areas." Journal of Ecology 84, no. 4 (August 1996): 629. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2261484.

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Chand, Annisa. "Marine protected areas." Nature Food 4, no. 6 (June 23, 2023): 450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00787-w.

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Costello, Christopher, and Renato Molina. "Transboundary marine protected areas." Resource and Energy Economics 65 (August 2021): 101239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2021.101239.

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Papanicolopulu, Irini. "Greek Marine Protected Areas." European Energy and Environmental Law Review 9, Issue 11 (November 1, 2000): 294–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/323090.

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Sanchirico, J. N. "Modeling Marine Protected Areas." Science 301, no. 5629 (July 4, 2003): 47c—49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.301.5629.47c.

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Anonymous. "Developing marine protected areas." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 87, no. 47 (2006): 526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006eo470002.

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Juanes, Francis. "Mediterranean marine protected areas." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16, no. 4 (April 2001): 169–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(01)02111-5.

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Orellana, Claudia. "Chile Creates Marine Protected Areas." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1, no. 4 (May 2003): 176. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3868053.

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Millage, Katherine D., Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez, Darcy Bradley, Matthew G. Burgess, Hunter S. Lenihan, and Christopher Costello. "Self-financed marine protected areas." Environmental Research Letters 16, no. 12 (November 17, 2021): 125001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3439.

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Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool for conservation but can be victims of their own success—higher fish biomass within MPAs create incentives to poach. This insight underpins the finding that fishing persists in most MPAs worldwide, and it raises questions about MPA monitoring and enforcement. We propose a novel institution to enhance MPA design—a ‘Conservation Finance Area (CFA)’—that utilizes leased fishing zones inside of MPAs, fed by spillover, to finance monitoring and enforcement and achieve greater conservation success. Using a bioeconomic model we show that CFAs can fully finance enforcement, deter illegal fishing, and ultimately maximize fish biomass. Moreover, we show that unless a large, exogenous, and perpetual enforcement budget is available, implementing a CFA in a no-take MPA would always result in higher biomass than without. We also explore real-world enabling conditions, providing a plausible funding pathway to improve outcomes for existing and future MPAs.

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Firth, A., and B. Ferrari. "Archaeology and Marine Protected Areas." International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 21, no. 1 (February 1992): 67–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-9270.1992.tb00344.x.

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Westera, Mark. "Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas." Pacific Conservation Biology 6, no. 4 (2000): 352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc010352.

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Guidelines to marine protected areas is a collation of efforts from the IUCN, NOAA and Cardiff University, among others. It is aimed at managers and would be managers of marine parks, but will also be of use to anyone involved in the Marine Protected Area (MPA) process from conceptual planning to establishment, monitoring and management. Its broad application takes into account the hurdles that a manager is likely to encounter. There are nine sections, an introduction, an evaluation of the legal framework required to successfully establish MPAs, a discussion on dealing with all the relevant parties, involving communities and other stakeholders, site selection, planning and managing MPAs, zoning, evaluating economic aspect and financial sustainability, and finally a section on research, monitoring and review. Boxes are used throughout the text within each chapter to summarize important points and make for quick reference to the topic of that chapter.

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Dawson, Michael N., Richard K. Grosberg, and Louis W. Botsford. "Connectivity in Marine Protected Areas." Science 313, no. 5783 (July 7, 2006): 43.3–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.313.5783.43c.

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Halpern, Benjamin S. "Making marine protected areas work." Nature 506, no. 7487 (February 5, 2014): 167–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13053.

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Farrow, Scott. "Marine protected areas: emerging economics." Marine Policy 20, no. 6 (November 1996): 439–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0308-597x(96)00034-6.

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Williams, Rob, Christine Erbe, Erin Ashe, and Christopher W. Clark. "Quiet(er) marine protected areas." Marine Pollution Bulletin 100, no. 1 (November 2015): 154–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.012.

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ATKINS, STEPHEN M. "Book Review: Marine Protected Areas." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 6, no. 1 (March 1996): 57–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(199603)6:1<57::aid-aqc176>3.0.co;2-#.

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Barnes, D. K. A., S. A. Morley, J. Bell, P. Brewin, K. Brigden, M. Collins, T. Glass, et al. "Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas." Current Biology 28, no. 19 (October 2018): R1137—R1138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.064.

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Petra, Drankier. "Marine Protected Areas in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction." International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 27, no. 2 (2012): 291–350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180812x637975.

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Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are embedded in a number of multilateral frameworks. The present report discusses how various global and regional conventions deal with MPAs in their regulatory frameworks, such as their processes and guidelines for the identification and designation of MPAs in ABNJ, and cross-sectoral issues. It is concluded that the designation of MPAs is one step, but it needs to be followed by effective management measures in order to prevent that MPAs, especially multi-purpose MPAs, only exist on paper for many years. Such measures are mostly sector-specific and thus often fall under the competences of various organizations that have their own individual criteria and balance of interests. The report concludes by providing recommendations to overcome obstacles in cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination, as well as on how to combine global and regional interaction.

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Magris, Rafael A., and Robert L. Pressey. "Marine protected areas: Just for show?" Science 360, no. 6390 (May 17, 2018): 723.2–724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aat6215.

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Park, Young Kil, and Seokwoo Lee. "Marine Protected Areas in South Korea." Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 5, no. 1 (June 19, 2020): 19–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24519391-00501003.

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South Korea has taken steps to achieve the Aichi Target 11 and several pieces of South Korean legislation require the government to make every effort to protect the ocean from pollution and manage conservation consistently. However, protected area coverage is recognized to be well short of target and recent assessment reports reveal that most MPAs are not managed well. The reasons for mismanagement are complex: lack of budget, lack of understanding among local residents and communities, vague jurisdictional boundaries between the regional office of the central government and the local governments, shortage of experts, etc. Therefore, the immediate and primary task for the government is to establish more effective management systems rather than increase the number and areas of the MPAs.

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Kriwoken, Lorne K. "Australian biodiversity and marine protected areas." Ocean & Coastal Management 33, no. 1-3 (January 1996): 113–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0964-5691(96)00047-6.

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Nicholls, H. B. "Canadian east coast marine-protected areas." Ocean & Coastal Management 39, no. 1-2 (April 1998): 87–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0964-5691(98)00016-7.

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Kareiva, Peter. "Conservation Biology: Beyond Marine Protected Areas." Current Biology 16, no. 14 (July 2006): R533—R535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.043.

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Hilborn, R. "Marine Protected Areas miss the boat." Science 350, no. 6266 (December 10, 2015): 1326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.350.6266.1326-a.

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Kelly, Rachel, Aysha Fleming, Mary Mackay, Carolina García, and Gretta T. Pecl. "Social licence for marine protected areas." Marine Policy 115 (May 2020): 103782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103782.

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Glenn, H., P. Wattage, S. Mardle, T. Van Rensburg, A. Grehan, and N. Foley. "Marine protected areas—substantiating their worth." Marine Policy 34, no. 3 (May 2010): 421–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.09.007.

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Charles, Anthony, and Lisette Wilson. "Human dimensions of Marine Protected Areas." ICES Journal of Marine Science 66, no. 1 (November 14, 2008): 6–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsn182.

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Abstract Charles, A., and Wilson, L. 2009. Human dimensions of Marine Protected Areas. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 6–15. Planning, implementing, and managing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) requires that attention be paid not only to the biological and oceanographic issues that influence the performance of the MPA, but equally to the human dimensions: social, economic, and institutional considerations that can dramatically affect the outcome of MPA implementation. This paper explores ten human dimensions that are basic to the acceptance and ultimate success of MPAs: objectives and attitudes, “entry points” for introducing MPAs, attachment to place, meaningful participation, effective governance, the “people side” of knowledge, the role of rights, concerns about displacement, MPA costs and benefits, and the bigger picture around MPAs. These people-orientated factors and their impact on the success and effectiveness of MPAs are examined in relation to experiences with MPAs globally, and in relation to two Canadian examples specifically, one coastal (Eastport, Newfoundland) and the other offshore (the Gully, Nova Scotia).

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Berezansky, L., L. Idels, and M. Kipnis. "Mathematical model of marine protected areas." IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 76, no. 2 (October 7, 2010): 312–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxq043.

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Claudet, Joachim, and Paolo Guidetti. "Improving assessments of marine protected areas." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20, no. 2 (March 2010): 239–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1087.

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Ray, G. Carleton. "Reconsidering‘dangerous targets’ for marine protected areas." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 14, no. 2 (March 2004): 211–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.621.

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Jiang, Zhijian, Xu Long, Wenqian Qi, Nan Jiang, Yijun Liu, Yang Fang, Songlin Liu, Yunchao Wu, and Xiaoping Huang. "Connectivity in China’s marine protected areas." Science 383, no. 6682 (February 2, 2024): 489–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adn2505.

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Mackelworth, Peter, and Jelena Jovanović. "Protected Areas for Conservation or Sustainable Development? The Example of the Marine Protected Area in the Cres-Lošinj Archipelago." Hrvatski geografski glasnik/Croatian Geographical Bulletin 73, no. 01 (August 1, 2011): 229–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2011.73.01.15.

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Pendoley, Kellie L., Gail Schofield, Paul A. Whittock, Daniel Ierodiaconou, and Graeme C. Hays. "Protected species use of a coastal marine migratory corridor connecting marine protected areas." Marine Biology 161, no. 6 (April 26, 2014): 1455–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2433-7.

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Zaharia, Tania, Valodia Maximov, Gheorghe Radu, Eugen Anton, Alina Spinu, and Magda Nenciu. "Reconciling fisheries and habitat protection in Romanian coastal marine protected areas." Scientia Marina 78, S1 (March 30, 2014): 95–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04028.25b.

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Nugraha, Adrian. "Current Issues of Taiwan's Marine Protected Areas Legal Regime." Hasanuddin Law Review 6, no. 3 (December 2, 2020): 172. http://dx.doi.org/10.20956/halrev.v6i3.2484.

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As an 'Ocean Nation,' it is essential for Taiwan to make efforts to conserve its aquatic zones through marine protected areas (MPAs). Marine protected areas have considered one of the most precise methods of maintaining sustainable ecosystems and restoring fish stocks. This article discusses the legal regime for marine protected areas currently applied and its institutional arrangements in Taiwan. This study emphasizes legal issues in Taiwan's marine conservation efforts. This paper analyzes eight primary legislation relating to marine protected areas in Taiwan. Furthermore, to acquire actual field data, this study conducted interviews with a semi-structured questionnaire in three prominent Taiwan institutions related to their marine conservation task. All data obtained were analyzed and presented qualitatively. The issues of Taiwan's marine protected area legal regime have been identified. First, the main issue in Taiwan is that the legal basis for marine conservation is the legislation applied to land. Second, the existing maritime law regime in Taiwan does not emphasize marine conservation efforts. Subsequently, this article also discusses institutional arrangements related to Taiwan's marine protected areas. This paper also offers possible solutions. Enforcing five key Acts related to marine conservation, particularly the 2015 Act of Coastal Zone Management and strengthening institutional Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council, are the solutions offered in this study.

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Samy, M., J. L. Sánchez-Lizaso, and A. Forcada. "Status of marine protected areas in Egypt." Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 34, no. 1 (2011): 165–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.32800/abc.2011.34.0165.

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Egypt has sought to protect its natural resources and marine biodiversity by establishing a network of six MPAs that are generally located in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea; most of them include interconnected marine and terrestrial sectors based on conserving coral reefs and accompanying systems. We assessed the present status of MPA networks that showed a set of important results manifested in some strengths (i.e. proper selection according to specific criteria, management plans, etc.), and also some weaknesses (i.e. a relatively small protected proportion of the Egyptian marine territorial waters, significant pressures mainly by tourism activities, etc.). Finally, some recommendations are proposed from this work (i.e. incorporate more habitats that are not well represented in the network, especially on the Mediterranean Sea; establishing a touristic carrying capacity of each area; etc.) to improve the current situation.

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Aznar, Mariano J. "Spain and Marine Protected Areas: Recent Developments." International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 33, no. 4 (November 13, 2018): 847–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12334051.

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Abstract Spain has just declared a new marine protected area in the Mediterranean. This follows a protective trend taken by Spanish authorities during the last decades and has permitted Spain to honour its international compromises under the Convention on Biological Diversity. It contributes to a framework of protected areas established under conventional regimes such as OSPAR, RAMSAR or EU Natura 2000. The new area protects a ‘cetacean corridor’ and will be inscribed in the list of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance under the Barcelona Convention regional framework.

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Salz, Ronald J., and David K. Loomis. "Saltwater Anglers' Attitudes towards Marine Protected Areas." Fisheries 29, no. 6 (June 2004): 10–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446(2004)29[10:saatmp]2.0.co;2.

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Guidetti, Paolo, Massimiliano Bottaro, Alessandro Ciccolella, and Roberto Danovaro. "Marine protected areas and endangered shark conservation." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31, no. 9 (June 17, 2021): 2671–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3650.

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Gallagher, Austin J., Diva J. Amon, Tadzio Bervoets, Oliver N. Shipley, Neil Hammerschlag, and David W. Sims. "The Caribbean needs big marine protected areas." Science 367, no. 6479 (February 13, 2020): 749.1–749. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abb0650.

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Hilborn, Ray, Fiorenza Micheli, and Giulio A. De Leo. "Integrating marine protected areas with catch regulation." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63, no. 3 (March 1, 2006): 642–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f05-243.

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Previous models of marine protected areas (MPAs) have generally assumed that there were no existing regulations on catch and have frequently shown that MPAs, by themselves, can be used to maintain both sustainable fish stocks and sustainable harvests. We explore the impact of implementing an MPA in a spatially structured model of a single-species fish stock that is regulated by total allowable catch (TAC). We find that when a stock is managed at maximum sustainable yield, or is overfished, implementation of an MPA will require a reduction in TAC to avoid increased fishing pressure on the stock outside the MPA. In both cases, catches will be lower as a result of overlaying an MPA on existing fisheries management. Only when the stock is so overfished that it is headed towards extinction does an MPA not lead to lower catches. In a TAC-regulated fishery, even if the stock is overfished, MPA implementation may not improve overall stock abundance or increase harvest unless catch is simultaneously reduced in the areas outside the MPA. Models that consider differential adult and larval dispersal need to be explored to see if these results are found with the more complex biology of a two-stage model.

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Balmford, A., P. Gravestock, N. Hockley, C. J. McClean, and C. M. Roberts. "The worldwide costs of marine protected areas." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101, no. 26 (June 17, 2004): 9694–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403239101.

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Fulton, Elizabeth A., Nicholas J. Bax, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Jeffrey M. Dambacher, Catherine Dichmont, Piers K. Dunstan, Keith R. Hayes, et al. "Modelling marine protected areas: insights and hurdles." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370, no. 1681 (November 5, 2015): 20140278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0278.

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Models provide useful insights into conservation and resource management issues and solutions. Their use to date has highlighted conditions under which no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) may help us to achieve the goals of ecosystem-based management by reducing pressures, and where they might fail to achieve desired goals. For example, static reserve designs are unlikely to achieve desired objectives when applied to mobile species or when compromised by climate-related ecosystem restructuring and range shifts. Modelling tools allow planners to explore a range of options, such as basing MPAs on the presence of dynamic oceanic features, and to evaluate the potential future impacts of alternative interventions compared with ‘no-action’ counterfactuals, under a range of environmental and development scenarios. The modelling environment allows the analyst to test if indicators and management strategies are robust to uncertainties in how the ecosystem (and the broader human–ecosystem combination) operates, including the direct and indirect ecological effects of protection. Moreover, modelling results can be presented at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and relative to ecological, economic and social objectives. This helps to reveal potential ‘surprises', such as regime shifts, trophic cascades and bottlenecks in human responses. Using illustrative examples, this paper briefly covers the history of the use of simulation models for evaluating MPA options, and discusses their utility and limitations for informing protected area management in the marine realm.

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Gravestock, Pippa, Callum M. Roberts, and Alison Bailey. "The income requirements of marine protected areas." Ocean & Coastal Management 51, no. 3 (January 2008): 272–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2007.09.004.

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GRAY, NOELLA J., and LISA M. CAMPBELL. "Science, Policy Advocacy, and Marine Protected Areas." Conservation Biology 23, no. 2 (April 2009): 460–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01093.x.

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Chuenpagdee, Ratana, Jose J. Pascual-Fernández, Emese Szeliánszky, Juan Luis Alegret, Julia Fraga, and Svein Jentoft. "Marine protected areas: Re-thinking their inception." Marine Policy 39 (May 2013): 234–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.10.016.

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Ban, Natalie C., and Alejandro Frid. "Indigenous peoples' rights and marine protected areas." Marine Policy 87 (January 2018): 180–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.020.

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Fiske, Shirley J. "Sociocultural aspects of establishing marine protected areas." Ocean & Coastal Management 17, no. 1 (January 1992): 25–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0964-5691(92)90060-x.

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Jentoft, Svein, Thijs C. van Son, and Maiken Bjørkan. "Marine Protected Areas: A Governance System Analysis." Human Ecology 35, no. 5 (July 26, 2007): 611–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-007-9125-6.

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Pendleton, Linwood H., Gabby N. Ahmadia, Howard I. Browman, Ruth H. Thurstan, David M. Kaplan, and Valerio Bartolino. "Debating the effectiveness of marine protected areas." ICES Journal of Marine Science 75, no. 3 (August 31, 2017): 1156–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx154.

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Abstract Increasing the size and number of marine protected areas (MPAs) is widely seen as a way to meet ambitious biodiversity and sustainable development goals. Yet, debate still exists on the effectiveness of MPAs in achieving ecological and societal objectives. Although the literature provides significant evidence of the ecological effects of MPAs within their boundaries, much remains to be learned about the ecological and social effects of MPAs on regional and seascape scales. Key to improving the effectiveness of MPAs, and ensuring that they achieve desired outcomes, will be better monitoring that includes ecological and social data collected inside and outside of MPAs. This can lead to more conclusive evidence about what is working, what is not, and why. Eight authors were asked to write about their experiences with MPA effectiveness. The authors were instructed to clearly define “effectiveness” and discuss the degree to which they felt MPAs had achieved or failed to be effective. Essays were exchanged among authors and each was invited to write a shorter “counterpoint.” The exercise shows that, while experiences are diverse, many authors found common ground regarding the role of MPAs in achieving conservation targets. This exchange of perspectives is intended to promote reflection, analysis, and dialogue as a means for improving MPA design, assessment, and integration with other conservation tools.

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