Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot

Published:2018-12-21 Issue:6421 Volume:362 Page:1403-1407
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Dureuil Manuel¹²^ORCID,Boerder Kristina¹^ORCID,Burnett Kirsti A.²^ORCID,Froese Rainer³^ORCID,Worm Boris¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

2. Sharks of the Atlantic Research and Conservation Centre, Halifax, NS B3L 2Y5, Canada.

3. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 24105 Kiel, Germany.

Abstract

Not as advertised Marine protected areas (MPAs) have increasingly designated globally, with an associated advertised percentage of area protected. However, recent research has made it clear that many MPAs are not actually protecting marine biodiversity. Dureuil et al. focused on European MPAs and found that trawling, one of the most damaging types of fishing, occurs widely in these areas. Furthermore, using sharks and rays as indicator species, they found that many MPAs are failing to protect vulnerable species. Science , this issue p. 1403

Funder

Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Sobey Fund for Oceans

Nova Scotia Innovation and Research Entrance Graduate Scholarship

Dalhousie University Department of Biology

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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