Summary The Atlantic salmon Salmo salar is the predominant culture species in temperate
marine waters. Production is almost exclusively derived from culture in floating cages, and …

El establecimiento de redes de áreas marinas protegidas (AMP) ecológicamente
representativas es una importante herramienta de manejo con que se cuenta para proteger …

The ecological effects of marine protected areas (MPAs) in temperate ecosystems are poorly
understood relative to their tropical counterparts. The limited number of rigorous empirical …

The G8 decided in March 2007 to initiate a “Review on the economics of biodiversity loss”, in
the so called Potsdam Initiative:'In a global study we will initiate the process of analysing the …

In order to protect the biological diversity of marine life in Australia's Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ), the commonwealth government has passed the Environmental Protection and …

The aim of this paper is to present an overview regarding the major problem of the
degradation of the marine environment due to human-originated overexploitation of its …

One of the solutions that has been advocated to reduce anthropogenic impacts in the marine
environment, is the concept of a global representative network of Marine Protected Areas …

Marine protected areas (MPAs), especially notake MPAs (also referred to as marine
reserves), are an emerging tool for marine conservation and management (Gell and Roberts …

Banks, SA, Skilleter, GA and Possingham, HP 2005. Intertidal habitat conservation:
identifying conservation targets in the absence of detailed biological information. Aquatic …

1. The OSPAR Commission in 2003 adopted recommendation 2003/3 which has the
purpose to establish the OSPAR Network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and to ensure …