scholarly journals Measuring Marine Protected Areas’ Conservation Effort: A Different Look at Three Deeply-Rooted Illusions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Eudes Beuret ◽  
Anne Cadoret
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Current Idea ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Conservation Effort ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Comparative

As a major tool for policies to protect biodiversity, the current idea of Marine Protected Areas is based on a triptych (a status, a perimeter, and regulations) that is intended to ensure their effectiveness, with the conservation effort assessed by adding up the classified surface areas. Based on an international comparative analysis using 13 differentiated case studies, we take another look at three founding illusions according to which (a) the MPA status corresponds to protection (b) on the level of the classified perimeter, and (c) founded upon regulations laid down to be respected. Our analysis shows that the status is an activatable capital, whose activation may encounter various obstacles that we have listed; that we should distinguish between two levels and types of protection, active and passive, rather than stick to the classified perimeter; that the lack of specific regulations means nothing with regard to the lack of protection; and that MPAs with a legal arsenal at their disposal use these rules first and foremost as a medium for dialogue with stakeholders, with various aims. This analysis leads us to specify what MPAs actually are, and to suggest new means and indicators to assess the conservation efforts made.

scholarly journals Introduction: an empirical framework for deconstructing the realities of governing marine protected areas

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter JS Jones ◽  
Elizabeth M De Santo ◽  
Wanfei Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Empirical Framework

Debates surrounding governance strategies for marine protected areas (MPAs) have to date largely focused on top-down, bottom-up or market-based approaches. Whilst co-management approaches for governing MPAs are widely accepted as a way forward for combining these three strategies, many interpretations of this concept exist and it is applied in many different ways in MPAs in different contexts. This study aimed to explore governance through a case-study approach based on a specifically developed empirical framework – the marine protected area governance (MPAG) analysis framework – to increase understanding of how to combine the three governance approaches. A dialogue with MPA practitioners in 20 case studies helped shape the MPAG analysis framework as it developed, and an international workshop was held on ‘Governing MPAs’, bringing the practitioners together to compare results and further develop the framework. This paper provides an overview of the topic and research methodology and briefly introduces the case studies further explored in this special issue

scholarly journals Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) fishery in southern California

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hunter S. Lenihan ◽  
Jordan P. Gallagher ◽  
Joseph R. Peters ◽  
Adrian C. Stier ◽  
Jennifer K. K. Hofmeister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Spiny Lobster ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Fishing Ground ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Panulirus Interruptus ◽  
The Status ◽  
Larval Production ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designed to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. Some MPAs are also established to benefit fisheries through increased egg and larval production, or the spillover of mobile juveniles and adults. Whether spillover influences fishery landings depend on the population status and movement patterns of target species both inside and outside of MPAs, as well as the status of the fishery and behavior of the fleet. We tested whether an increase in the lobster population inside two newly established MPAs influenced local catch, fishing effort, and catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) within the sustainable California spiny lobster fishery. We found greater build-up of lobsters within MPAs relative to unprotected areas, and greater increases in fishing effort and total lobster catch, but not CPUE, in fishing zones containing MPAs vs. those without MPAs. Our results show that a 35% reduction in fishing area resulting from MPA designation was compensated for by a 225% increase in total catch after 6-years, thus indicating at a local scale that the trade-off of fishing ground for no-fishing zones benefitted the fishery.

What Stakeholders Think About Marine Protected Areas: Case Studies from Spain

Human Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svein Jentoft ◽  
Jose J. Pascual-Fernandez ◽  
Raquel De la Cruz Modino ◽  
Manuel Gonzalez-Ramallal ◽  
Ratana Chuenpagdee
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas

Fishing inside or outside? A case studies analysis of potential spillover effect from marine protected areas, using food web models

2014 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 383-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Colléter ◽  
Didier Gascuel ◽  
Camille Albouy ◽  
Patrice Francour ◽  
Luis Tito de Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Spillover Effect

scholarly journals Citizen science monitoring of marine protected areas: Case studies and recommendations for integration into monitoring programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. e12470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Freiwald ◽  
Ryan Meyer ◽  
Jennifer E. Caselle ◽  
Carol A. Blanchette ◽  
Kevin Hovel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Monitoring Programs

scholarly journals An International Comparison on the Cultivation of Next-Generation Academics in Education Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1&2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Fei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
International Trends ◽  
The Status ◽  
Postdoctoral Research ◽  
International Comparative

This paper is comprised of an international comparative study on the cultivation of next-generation academics in education research. The purpose of the comparison was to determine international trends in this field, which will be used to evaluate the status quo in Taiwan. Two periods were used for analyzing the process of cultivation: graduate school and postdoctoral research. The research methods employed include a literature review, stakeholder interviews, and comparative analysis. Because of the emphasis on research universities, the cultivation of next-generation academics has received attention worldwide, but very little has been published on this topic. Although several related policies and strategies have been promoted and implemented in many countries, analyses on academic cultivation lack profound investigation and further discussion, specifically regarding education. Consequently, an empirical study on this field is necessary. Therefore, through a comparative analysis with a focus on Japan, this paper provides a summary of the recent international trends regarding the cultivation of next-generation academics. Moreover, I explore the current issues regarding this topic further by applying Bourdieu’s forms of capital theory.

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