The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, an area almost the size of Japan, has a new network of
no‐take areas that significantly improves the protection of biodiversity. The new marine park …

Existing no-take areas within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park reflect a historical focus on
coral reefs and remote 'pristine'areas. The Representative Areas Program (RAP) aims to …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been widely adopted as the leading tool for coral-reef
conservation, but resource users seldom accept them [1, 2], and many have failed to …

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) provides a globally significant demonstration of the
effectiveness of large-scale networks of marine reserves in contributing to integrated …

For more than 40 years, marine zoning has played a key role while evolving as part of the
adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park. The statutory zoning …

Establishing permanent 'no‐take'marine reserves, areas where fishing and all other
extractive activities are prohibited, is an attractive but under‐utilized tool for fisheries …

Widespread coral reef decline has included the decline of reef fish populations, and the
subsistence and artisanal fisheries that depend on them. Overfishing and destructive fishing …

Fisheries on coral reefs are highly complex, can be very productive, but typically have little
or no management. Widespread overfishing and declining yields reveal an acute need for …

Fish assemblages in the Mimiwhangata Marine Park, an area closed to commercial fishing
but open to most forms of recreational fishing, were compared with adjacent fished areas …

Coastal zones are usually managed with two main objectives:(1) conservation/maintenance
of biodiversity and intrinsic ecosystem services and (2) maintenance of sustainable fisheries …