Marine protected areas invaded by floating anthropogenic litter: An example from the South Pacific

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (S2) ◽  
pp. 245-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Luna‐Jorquera ◽  
Martin Thiel ◽  
Matias Portflitt‐Toro ◽  
Boris Dewitte
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South

Characterising essential breeding habitat for whales informs the development of large-scale Marine Protected Areas in the South Pacific

2016 ◽  
Vol 548 ◽  
pp. 263-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
RE Lindsay ◽  
R Constantine ◽  
J Robbins ◽  
DK Mattila ◽  
A Tagarino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Breeding Habitat ◽  
The South

Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of marine protected areas in the South Pacific: assessing the evidence base

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick F. Smallhorn-West ◽  
Rebecca Weeks ◽  
Georgina Gurney ◽  
Robert L. Pressey
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
The South ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts

Conservation and Protected Areas on South-Pacific Islands: The Importance of Tradition

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Carew-Reid
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
The South ◽  
Island Ecosystems ◽  
Island Communities ◽  
South Pacific Islands ◽  
Traditional Patterns

The natural environments of the South Pacific islands are degrading rapidly. The region suffers one of the highest rates of species extinction in the world, and has probably the world's highest proportion of endangered species per unit land-area. Most island ecosystems in the South Pacific are totally unprotected, and many are rapidly diminishing in area or at least deteriorating in quality. The practice of conservation through conventional forms of protected areas has been ineffective in Pacific countries, having been applied in ignorance or denial of traditional practices or tenurial arrangements when such traditional patterns are often crucial to the maintenance of South Pacific cultures. Only approaches to conservation which embrace the multiple and subsistence uses of natural resources by island communities are having success.

Planktonic linkages among marine protected areas on the south Florida and southeast United States continental shelves

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1234-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A Hare ◽  
Harvey J Walsh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Fishery Management ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
South Florida ◽  
The South ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Southeast United States ◽  
Continental Shelves

One proposed benefit of marine protected areas (MPAs) is increased larval export, potentially increasing recruitment in unprotected areas. Because most marine species have planktonic larvae, information regarding planktonic transport is needed to evaluate the benefit of larval export. We used satellite-tracked drifters to define planktonic transport routes and rates from three MPAs along the south Florida and southeast United States (US) continental shelves. Drifter tracks indicated both long-distance transport and local retention. A probability model was developed based on drifter releases. The region was broken into zones; zone-specific residence times and movements between zones were defined from the drifter tracks. Transport out of the region in association with the Loop Current – Florida Current – Gulf Stream was the most frequently observed outcome, yet retention was high in the lower Florida Keys and on the Georgia shelf. From the model results, long-distance planktonic transport and local retention are the endpoints of a continuum rather than a dichotomy. Further, the outcome of planktonic transport is spatially heterogeneous with some regions exhibiting more retention and others exhibiting more export. The spatial aspects of planktonic transport described here should be considered in designing MPAs with fishery management objectives in the south Florida and southeast US shelf ecosystems.

Large and remote marine protected areas in the South Atlantic Ocean are flawed and raise concerns: Comments on Soares and Lucas (2018)

Marine Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinicius J. Giglio ◽  
Hudson T. Pinheiro ◽  
Mariana G. Bender ◽  
Roberta M. Bonaldo ◽  
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The South
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