Marine Protected Areas:

Tools for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystem

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Publication Year:2001

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Committee on the Evaluation, Design, and Monitoring of Marine Reserves and Protected Areas in the United States, Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council
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Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and threaten the long-term productivity of the seas. Declining yields in many fisheries and decay ...
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"...directed primarily to the United States situation, but it comprehensively addresses the general problems of MPAs. With its boxes of case histories, its extensive reference list and several useful appendices, it constitutes an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of marine ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-9	(skim)
Introduction	10-16	(skim)
Conservation Goals	17-29	(skim)
Conventional Management of Marine Fisheries	30-41	(skim)
Societal Values of Marine Reserves and Protected Areas	42-70	(skim)
Empirical and Modeling Studies of Marine Reserves	71-96	(skim)
Design	97-125	(skim)
Monitoring, Research, and Modeling	126-144	(skim)
Historical Background and Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas in the United Sates	145-173	(skim)
Conclusions and Recommendations	174-184	(skim)
References	185-208	(skim)
Appendix A: Acronyms	209-213	(skim)
Appendix B: Glossary	214-218	(skim)
Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies	219-222	(skim)
Appendix D: Meeting Agendas	223-231	(skim)
Appendix E: Presidential Executive Order Regarding Marine Protected Areas in the United States	232-236	(skim)
Appendix F: IUCN Protected Area Categories System	237-246	(skim)
Appendix G: Description of Studies Estimating Marine Reserve Area Requirements	247-256	(skim)
Index	257-272	(skim)

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Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and threaten the long-term productivity of the seas. Declining yields in many fisheries and decay of treasured marine habitats, such as coral reefs, has heightened interest in establishing a comprehensive system of marine protected areas (MPAs)-areas designated for special protection to enhance the management of marine resources. Therefore, there is an urgent need to evaluate how MPAs can be employed in the United States and internationally as tools to support specific conservation needs of marine and coastal waters.

Marine Protected Areas compares conventional management of marine resources with proposals to augment these management strategies with a system of protected areas. The volume argues that implementation of MPAs should be incremental and adaptive, through the design of areas not only to conserve resources, but also to help us learn how to manage marine species more effectively.

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"...directed primarily to the United States situation, but it comprehensively addresses the general problems of MPAs. With its boxes of case histories, its extensive reference list and several useful appendices, it constitutes an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of marine reserves, and to the debate on their relevance to fisheries. ... will be of value to all those involved in these operations."
-- Fisheries Research, 2002

"Because of its comprehensive nature and extensive literature citations, this report will no doubt be of value to persons and organizations involved in establishing MPAs and to the many stakeholders whose activities may be benefited or restricted by the creation of MPAs."
-- California Coast & Ocean, Spring 2001

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