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MPA news 136
Author(s): MPA News
Vol. 15, No. 5
March / April
2014
Table of Contents
Global study finds conservation success
increases dramatically when MPAs have five key features
The emerging concept of marine biodiversity offsets and their potential uses with MPAs
More outcomes and insights from IMPAC3
Regional recognition system for well-managed
MPAs is already underway in Coral
Triangle region
Perspective: .Designating Marine Conservation Zones in England – a phased approach
Notes & news
Marine Protected Area News September October 2013 MPA134
Author(s): MPA News
MPA NEWS, Vol. 15, No. 2 (September-October 2013)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Australia’s new government to review boundaries and regulations of MPAs designated in 2012
US and New Zealand scale back proposal for Ross Sea MPA in bid for other nations’ approval
A response to the revised Ross Sea proposal from the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
Letter to the Editor: Federal Government can act unilaterally to prevent harm to Great Barrier Reef
Four new global MPA task forces to launch at IMPAC3 in Marseille in October
Perspective: Closing the knowledge gap between academics and MPA managers
Notes & News: Scotland - Oil spill - Haiti - Drones - Enabling conditions for MPAs - MPA governance - Reef Manager’s Guide - Phoenix Islands - LMMA Lessons
future marine resource Use
Author(s): The Royal Society of New Zealand
In just a few decades, the fisheries industry has transitioned from crisis to a substantial and long-term generator of wealth for New Zealand. As shown by New Zealand’s experience with the fisheries Quota Management System, institutions matter. Our developing understanding of New Zealand ocean energy, minerals and petroleum, ecosystems and biodiversity all suggest that more potential sources of wealth are present in our oceans. However, appropriate management frameworks (i.e. institutions) are critical if New Zealand is to develop its marine resources efficiently and responsibly.
june letter to the minister from Akaroa Harbour marine Protection Society
Author(s): Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
Letter to Minister of Conservation from the Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
West Coast marine reserves public notice
Author(s): DOC
Notice to establish marine reserves on West Coast
Submissions close: 22 August 2012
The Minister of Conservation gives notice of her intention under Section 5 of the Marine Reserves Act 1971 to apply for an Order-in-Council declaring five areas of sea and foreshore in the West Coast Te Tai o Poutini Region (South Island) marine reserves.
Public Notice
West Coast marine reserves application document
Author(s): DOC
Notice to establish marine reserves on West Coast
Submissions close: 22 August 2012
The Minister of Conservation gives notice of her intention under Section 5 of the Marine Reserves Act 1971 to apply for an Order-in-Council declaring five areas of sea and foreshore in the West Coast Te Tai o Poutini Region (South Island) marine reserves.
New Zealand Marine Sciences Society letter june 2012
Author(s): Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
NZMSS letter to the Minister of Conservation - Akaroa Marine Reserve
Trajectories of spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii recovery
Author(s): D Freeman et al.
Trajectories of spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii recovery in New Zealand marine reserves: is settlement a driver?
SUMMARY
Monitoring species’ response inmarine protected areas is important for informing both the management
of those areas and the establishment of additional protected areas. Populations of spiny lobsters Jasus
edwardsii were monitored in eight New Zealand marine reserves for up to 34 years. The populations displayed
highly variable responses to protection. While a few showed rapid (within 1–2 years of protection) increases in abundance, others showed little response
even after a decade of protection. Some reserves showed little initial recovery, then a sudden increase following several years of protection, while others
displayed significant declines in abundance following initial recovery. Marine reserves located in areas with initially high densities of juveniles tended to
have rapid recovery, but aspects of reserve design had no significant influence on the recovery rate.
Variability among recovery trajectories also suggests that supply-side dynamics may be a key driver
of lobster recovery. Densities of legal-sized lobsters were positively correlated with reserve age, but the
abundance of juvenile lobsters increased in all but one reserve, indicating enhanced recruitment, survival
and/or movement of juvenile lobsters into reserves. It is important to consider the placement of reserves,
with respect to potential levels of larval supply, when establishing marine reserves for either conservation
or fisheries management purposes and for evaluating their effectiveness.
Akaroa Marine Reserve High Court Decision May 2012
Author(s): High Court of New Zealand - Christchurch
The High Court has told the Government to reconsider its decision to reject a proposal for a marine reserve in Akaroa.
The Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society applied for a marine reserve near Dan Rogers’ Bluff in Akaroa Harbour in 1995.
The Conservation Minister declined the application because a reserve would interfere with recreational fishing.
The society appealed to the High Court saying the minister did not weigh up the positives of the proposed reserve and the effects on recreational fishing.
Judge Nathanial Whata found that the application must be reconsidered.
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