Is there a future for coral reef parks in poor tropical countries?
McClanahan, T.R. (1999). Is there a future for coral reef parks in poor tropical countries? Coral Reefs 18(4): 321-325
In: Coral Reefs. Springer: Berlin; Heidelberg; New York. ISSN 0722-4028; e-ISSN 1432-0975, more
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| Keywords |
Conservation > Nature conservation
Countries > Developing countries
Economics
Environments > Tropical environment
Fisheries > Marine fisheries > Reef fisheries
Management > Environment management
Marine parks
Overexploitation > Commercial fishing > Overfishing
Reefs > Biogenic deposits > Coral reefs
Sanctuaries
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
There has been a proliferation in the legal gazettement of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the past three decades (Gubbay 1995; Kelleher et al. 1995). There is also a growing recognition that many marine fisheries are heavily exploited (Pauly and Christensen 1995; Polunin et al. 1996), that associated ecosystems are being changed, sometimes greatly (Dayton et al. 1995; Jennings and Lock 1996; Jennings and Kaiser 1998; Watlings and Norse 1998), and that MPAs are among the least difficult ways to manage overexploited fisheries (Bohnsack 1993; Roberts and Polunin 1993; Roberts 1997). |
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