marine protected areas
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three-hundred large marine protected areas (MPAs) offshore and 190,000 in small coastal areas need to be established in the next six years if the world is to reach the goal of protecting 30 percent of the ocean by 2030, according to a new study reported by Radio New...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Marine protected areas (MPAs) are economically beneficial to both fishing and tourism, according to a new study published in an international journal on marine sciences, Scientia Marina.
The new findings come as Palau plans to shrink its marine sanctuary in a bid to improve...
Nouméa, NEW CALEDONIA — No-take marine protected areas in the western and central Pacific Ocean appear to offer no benefit to tropical tuna conservation according to a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science.
The paper's lead author and chief fisheries scientist at the Pacific Community...