Why Marine Protected Areas Are Failing Silky Sharks

New satellite tracking research shows that while MPAs help, they are far from enough for a highly mobile species heavily ...
Earth.com

Silky sharks reveal limits of marine protected areas

The Galapagos Marine Reserve covers about 133,000 square kilometers. Despite this large size, tracked sharks spent less than ...
The Shreveport Times

Trump opens protected waters for fishing. Are there protected areas in Louisiana's Gulf?

On April 17, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to open the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument for commercial fishing. The monument is one of the world's largest ocean ...

Historic ocean treaty to safeguard and sustainably use the high seas to take effect on Jan. 17

Oregon State University research into marine protected areas plays a crucial role in the historic High Seas Treaty that goes ...
Mongabay

Protected areas benefit nature & people, study says — with caveats

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new paper in the journal Current Biology that attempts to track how protected areas (PAs) fare on biodiversity protection and economic growth ...
The Conversation

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones

Jennifer Raynor receives funding from National Geographic Pristine Seas. She is a trustee at Global Fishing Watch, one of the primary data providers for this study. Marine protected areas cover more ...
Mongabay

To survive climate change, scientists say protected areas need ‘climate-smart’ planning

Climate change is threatening the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) in safeguarding wildlife, ecosystem services and livelihoods, with scientists now calling for the incorporation of ...