The cessation or reduction of fishing in marine protected areas (MPAs) should promote an
increase in abundance and mean size and age of previously exploited populations. Thus …

Caribbean coral reef habitats, seagrass beds and mangroves provide important goods and
services both individually and through functional linkages. A range of anthropogenic factors …

Marine reserves are quickly gaining popularity as a management option for marine
conservation, fisheries, and other human uses of the oceans. Despite the popularity of …

Information on the biology, fishery resources, exploitation patterns, management, and
conservation status of two species of grouper—the Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus …

Using ecological criteria as a theoretical framework, we describe the steps involved in
designing a network of marine reserves for conservation and fisheries management …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been proposed as one way to reduce the problems of
overfishing and to respond to uncertainty in fisheries management. Many fisheries, including …

Fully-protected marine reserves1 are areas of the sea completely protected from fishing and
other extractive or harmful human uses. Since the first fully-protected reserves were …

Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that
human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine …

Many species of groupers form spawning aggregations, dramatic events where 100s to
1000s of individuals gather annually at specific locations for reproduction. Spawning …

Groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) of littoral environments of warm-temperate and tropical
regions have experienced intense fishery exploitation. Indicators of intense fishing include …