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

An increasing number of scientists and resource managers recognise that successful marine
management approaches, including marine spatial planning (MSP), cannot occur without …

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 …

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 …

We analyze the strategies and actions that enable transitions toward ecosystem-based
management using the recent governance changes of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as …

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 …

Ecology Letters (2009) 12: 1336–1346 Abstract Marine Protected Areas are usually static,
permanently closed areas. There are, however, both social and ecological reasons to adopt …

Marine reserves are being established worldwide in response to a growing recognition of
the conservation crisis that is building in the oceans. However, designation of reserves has …

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 …

Objectives I.! To understand the level of fishing that existing fish stocks and reef communities
can sustain via:• Investigations of demographic characteristics of targeted species;• …