New maps and other documents related to proposed marine protected areas in Southern California are available online at dfg.ca.gov/mlpa. The information is part of the Marine Life Protection Act ...

California’s Coastal Treasures. 10 years and counting for California’s network of Marine Protected Areas. California’s Marine Life Protection Act became law in 1999 and was implemented ...

In January 2022, Ecuador created the Hermandad Marine Reserve, which expands the Galápagos Marine Reserve and connects it with another protected area that the government of Costa Rica created in ...

ProtectedSeas Navigator—the first global map of the world’s marine life regulations and their boundaries is now available. Navigator is a free, interactive map of over 21,000 marine protected ...

The state’s 1999 Marine Life Protection Act mandated the redesign of California’s patchwork of marine protected areas, which was finalized in 2012, creating a network of protected areas along ...

California cracks down on poaching in marine protected areas, but small-time anglers slip under the radar. ... Trina Williams of Tierrasanta happily accepted a laminated map of the state’s coast ...

Specifically, marine protected areas with enough staff to ... That they aren’t simply lines on a map, rather than fully-funded, managed area—so they’re actually achieving the goals ...

How Marine Protected Areas Help Fisheries and Ocean Ecosystems. With U.S. fisheries reeling from climate change and other threats, marine protected areas—especially highly and fully protected ...

Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: Guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas. One Earth , 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.002 Cite This Page : ...

Much of the expansion will cover deep-sea areas at depths ranging from 200 to 3,000 meters (660 to 9,850 feet), currently underrepresented in Belize’s system of marine protected areas, according ...

The researchers recommend establishing numerous marine protected areas across political ... The researchers examined decades of satellite imagery to map giant kelp persistence along 1,678 ...