The Commission is working on two fronts that could aid krill. The first is developing and implementing a science-based plan that would help spread out fishing in both space and time to ease pressure on predators.

The second is designating a network of #MarineProtectedAreas. A big step on this front occurred in 2016 with the establishment of the #RossSeaMarineProtectedArea — the largest in the world.

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https://www.iucn.org/news/marine-and-polar/201611/antarctic-ocean-breakthrough-ross-sea-become-worlds-largest-marine-protection-area

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/science/menhaden-chesapeake-bay-fishing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Raising #catchlimits for #extractive monopolies through #regulatorycapture #degrades #oceans and #biodiversity: In May, a group of recreational fishermen from Maryland sued the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, a state agency, claiming it contributed to the decline of menhaden in and around Chesapeake Bay by “rubber stamping” the latest quotas set by the Atlantic commission.
#OceanDegradation #marineprotectedareas

"Worldwide, the "FishingIndustry has blocked the establishment of the #MarineProtectedAreas we urgently need to reverse the human-caused global depletion of #SeaLife. This study uses satellite tracking of fishing vessels and artificial intelligence (AI) to show that the fishing industry's concerns are unfounded," said Enric Sala, Explorer in Residence at National Geographic Society, the founder of Pristine Seas and a study co-author. "Even the largest of cont.."

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-large-ocean-areas-doesnt-curb.html

#ProtectTheOceans #BeneathTheSurfaceLiesTheFuture "#MarineProtectedAreas as #ClimateSolutions: How MPAs support #climateresilience, mitigation and adaptation"

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1c86c55bfa624643aa376e49fa571c85

Teen volunteers from #OceanWise start a campaign to raise awareness on #MarineProtectedAreas in #Canada https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/celc/stories/teen-volunteers-from-ocean-wise-start-campaign-to-raise-awareness-on-marine-protected-areas-in

For those detail-oriented gluttons for punishment, this (long) article by Carbon Brief sets out what was decided in the UN ocean treaty negotiations and where it leaves us. Notably “It’s not a guarantee that MPAs will happen, or that fisheries restrictions will happen, or that there will be restrictions to mining. But what it does do is create a mechanism for them all to be addressed in the same place.”
It IS huge progress. https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-the-high-seas-treaty-mean-for-climate-change-and-biodiversity/ #ocean #bbnj #MarineProtectedAreas

The Tyee: These Rare and Beautiful BC Reefs Fight Climate Change (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/08/Rare-BC-Reefs-Fight-Climate-Change/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #HecateStrait/QueenCharlotteSoundGlassSpongeReefsMarineProtectedArea #ScottIslandsmarineNationalWildlifeArea #Canadamarineprotectedareas #ExxonMobilCanadaProperties #FisheriesandOceansCanada #WorldWildlifeFundCanada #NaturalResourcesCanada #DavidSuzukiFoundation #MarineProtectedAreas #NationalWildlifeArea

California Marine Protected Area statewide forums come to Monterey

The Marine Protected Area Decadal Management Review Forum, March 15 at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road, in Monterey.

For more information: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs/Management/Decadal-Review#566381263-forum

#MarineProtectedAreas #MontereyBay #Monterey #CaliforniaFish&Wildife

A new UN ocean treaty is being negotiated **this week** on the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (ie. the open ocean which doesn't belong to any specific country). This is a huge deal for the ocean, and it's taken a long time to get to this point. It looks as though a claer direction is being set, and now it's just down to the details. Daily summaries of progress are here: https://enb.iisd.org/marine-biodiversity-beyond-national-jurisdiction-bbnj-igc5-resumed #Ocean #MarineProtectedAreas

RT @UNBiodiversity
Can you spot the seahorse? Blink and you might miss it.

This pygmy seahorse was found in Raja Ampat, Indonesia 🇮🇩 – where a network of #MarineProtectedAreas is home to over 1,600 species of reef fish and over 550 species of coral!

RT to help #ProtectBlueNature 🧡
Via @WWF

Global News BC: Massive area off B.C. coast one step closer to an official Marine Protected Area https://globalnews.ca/news/9468550/massive-area-bc-marine-protected-area/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Tang.ɢwan–ḥačxwiqak–Tsig̱isMarineProtectedArea #FisheriesandOceansCanada #BCMarineProtectedArea #MarineProtectedAreas #marineprotectedarea #Environment #MPAsinBC #BCMPA #MPA

RT @CFNGBI
Big news from @IMPAC5Canada! Coastal First Nations and federal and provincial partners endorse plan to create #MarineProtectedAreas Network.
Learn more: https://coastalfirstnations.ca/marine-protected-area-network-partners-endorse-plan-to-protect-bcs-north-coast/
#IMPAC5 #GreatBearSea

Additional 3 million hectares of #Irish Seas to be protected: Ireland has designated two new #MarineProtectedAreas, protecting the corals, reefs, sharks, fish, and dolphins which live there and enabling them to thrive. 🦈 🌊

#SaveOurSeas #LiveInHarmonyWithNature

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/two-new-marine-protection-sites-established-in-ireland/

The #BlueMonday we want 🌊💙

Interested in the marine environment? Check out our policy briefs small scale #fisheries 🎣 & #MarineProtectedAreas!

👉 https://biodiversa.eu/2022/10/06/marine-protected-areas-in-a-changing-climate/
👉https://biodiversa.eu/2022/10/06/small-scale-fisheries-and-co-management-schemes/

@anamckellar Times editorial: #JenniRussell drew attention to a great #EnvironmentalCatastrophe: a mass #extinction of #MarineLife in the #NorthSea off #Teesside. A 30 mile section of coast has been turned into a #MarineDesert. #Fishermen report that catches of lobster, crab & other #crustaceans have collapsed. Response secretive & deeply unsatisfactory; #PublicConfidence at stake. Govt boasting of #MarineProtectedAreas while Britain's domestic waters among most #polluted in Europe.

"Jon Ramnarace, who worked on protected area patrol and marine conservation technology, was shot and killed alongside his brother David in Belize City on December 31.

Ramnarace dedicated his life to protecting land and marine habitats in Central America, most recently in the Turneffe Atoll off the Belizean coast."

#Brazil #Activists #EnvironmentalDefenders #MarineProtectedAreas #Conservation #News #Environment

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/murdered-belize-environmentalist-helped-boost-marine-conservation-through-technology/

Det blir spennende å se hvor mye vi klarer å verne av den norske naturen når vi skal gjøre det representativt. 30% er mye når hyttebaroner og vannscootermafiaen skal være med å bestemme. Jeg er redd det er for mange feige lokalpolitikere, spesielt i kystkommuner.
#MyrVern
#MPA
#MarineProtectedAreas
#HavVern
#Nedbygging
#Strandsonen
#Naturvern
https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/JQnzAm/norge-maa-verne-mye-mer-for-aa-oppfylle-ny-naturavtale

Going through the #MiddleStoneAge fish remains from the #archaeology site of #BlombosCave in #SouthAfrica and found this giant, 100kya vertebrae!

It belongs to a dusky or silver kob (Image below), a #fish considered delicious and sought after. Today fishing is restricted to try and keep population levels up. Some #MarineProtectedAreas are in place but more would likely help!

(Image 2 credits Marius Diemont 2020)

Exciting research on #lobster growth.
#MPA
#MarineProtectedAreas

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1718

A really cool paper!

Female European lobsters in #MarineProtectedAreas, which experience grow faster and molt more frequently than those outside of MPAs.

Neat work here!

RT @TSordalen@twitter.com

Happy to see our paper on slow growth selection and benefits of protected areas out in @RSocPublishing@twitter.com! Lobsters grow faster in MPAs than in fished areas. A🦞🧵1/
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1718

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TSordalen/status/1593522684998074369