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Marine protected areas

New FCRR: Understanding the fishers to change the fishery in the bottom trawl industry in India

New FCRR: Understanding the fishers to change the fishery in the bottom trawl industry in India

The report unravels the drivers and motivations that entice fishers and the fishery to start, engage in, and stop bottom trawling in India. Understanding the nuances within communities rather than viewing them as one entity is paramount for designing equitable policies. Moreover, the study highlights a pressing reality: fishers do not always want to fish and are sometimes forced to remain in the bottom trawl industry. Recognizing and addressing these insights are paramount in effectively constraining bottom trawling.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, bottom trawling, CITES, Faculty, FCRR, India, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Marine protected areas, Project Seahorse, Publications, Research, Sarah Foster, seahorses

New FCRR: Implementation of CITES Appendix II listing for seahorses in the context of export bans and suspensions

New FCRR: Implementation of CITES Appendix II listing for seahorses in the context of export bans and suspensions

Despite measures taken by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), most dried seahorse exports appear to have gone underground, and smuggling is now the norm. The report explores the many reasons driving this illegal trade and then identifies ways forward.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with bottom trawling, CITES, FCRR, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Marine protected areas, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Foster, seahorses

Specific combinations of ocean protection, beneficial for ecology and socio-economic futures

Specific combinations of ocean protection, beneficial for ecology and socio-economic futures

MPAs must be carefully designed using ecosystem approaches that incorporate fully and partially protected areas without interfering with the right to fish for those whose livelihoods are dependent on access to marine areas and fish stock.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Faculty, Ilyass Dahmouni, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine protected areas, MPAs, ocean protection, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Research

Paper Park Index helps identify 55 unprotected marine protected areas

Paper Park Index helps identify 55 unprotected marine protected areas

Most of the ‘paper parks’ – or MPAs that fall short of safeguarding marine biodiversity – are located in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Conservation, Daniel Pauly, fishing practices, Marine protected areas, Sea Around Us

Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

Knowledge provided by local non-governmental organizations, academics, civil servants, journalists, and fishers can be valuable for evaluating the effectiveness of countries’ marine protected areas.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fish stocks, IOF students, Marine protected areas, ocean economy, Research, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries

IOF professors head to United Nations Ocean Conference

IOF professors head to United Nations Ocean Conference

Dr. William Cheung & Dr. Rashid Sumaila are off to Portugal for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), being held June 27 to July 1. Will participate in special side event: Fisheries Management as Climate Action, on June 26.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with CORU, FERU, IPCC, Marine protected areas, NGO, Overfishing, policy, Rashid Sumaila, United Nations (UN), William Cheung

‘Sticky questions’ raised by study on coral reefs

‘Sticky questions’ raised by study on coral reefs

Study found coral in more polluted and high traffic water handled extreme heat events better than a more remote, untouched reef.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Conservation, Coral, Faculty, IOF students, Marine protected areas, Pacific, Research, Simon Donner

World Ocean Day – Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau

World Ocean Day – Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau

Asking countries to carry an equal share of the load may be tidy from a legislative perspective, but it doesn’t do much for biodiversity

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Biodiversity, Conservation, CORU, fisheries economics, Gabriel Reygondeau, international trade, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, World Ocean Day

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Jacqueline Maud

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Jacqueline Maud

Marine protected areas aim to preserve ecosystem health in the oceans from the top down; Maud’s research looks at the ecosystem more from the bottom-up, and thinks that MPAs can “be tricky.”

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with food webs, Hakai Coastal Initiative, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Jacqueline Maud, Marine protected areas, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Sarah Foster

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Sarah Foster

One way to help seahorses thrive is to secure their habitat using marine protected areas (MPA). However, MPAs aren’t always as protected as the name implies.

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with bottom trawling, IOF Research Associates, Marine protected areas, Project Seahorse, Research, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, World Ocean Day

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