Management of Marine Protected Areas for fisheries in the Mediterranean
2008
Revenga, S., Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Madrid (Spain). Secretaría General de Pesca Marítima, Dirección General de Recursos Pesqueros | Badalamenti, F., Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Castellammare del Golfo (Italy). Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been established for several decades in the Mediterranean. Most of them focus on nature conservation and incomes derive mainly from tourism. However, there is growing interest in the use of MPAs as fishery management tools. With this in mind more empirical data, gathered with appropriate sampling design, are needed to test the effectiveness of MPAs for fishery purposes. Spain is a pioneer country in establishing MPAs in the Mediterranean and a number of protected areas have been specifically established for fisheries. A synthesis of the main results achieved for these Spanish MPAs is provided
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