A leading strategy in international efforts to reverse ongoing losses in biodiversity is the use
of protected areas. We use a broad range of data and a review of the literature to show that …

As well as serving valuable biodiversity conservation roles, functioning no-take fishery
reserves protect a portion of the fishery stock as insurance against future overfishing. So …

Marine reserves are a promising tool for fisheries management and conservation of
biodiversity, but they are not a panacea for fisheries management problems. For fisheries …

THERE IS GROWING consensus that life within the world's ocean is under considerable and
increasing stress from human activities (Hutchings, 2000; Jackson et al., 2001). This …

Background A variety of human activities have led to the recent global decline of reef-
building corals,. The ecological, social, and economic value of coral reefs has made them an …

Fewer protected areas exist in the pelagic ocean than any other ecosystem on Earth.
Although there is increasing support for marine protected areas (MPAs) as a tool for pelagic …

Spillover, the net export of adult fish, is one mechanism by which no‐take marine reserves
may eventually have a positive influence on adjacent fisheries. Although evidence for …

Benefits for fisheries from marine protected areas (MPAs) are expected from recruitment of
exported eggs and larvae as well as from spillover of adults to adjacent fishing grounds …

We evaluated the spatial distribution of otter trawl fishing effort and catches resulting from
the imposition in 1994 of year-round and seasonal groundfish closed areas off the NE USA …

Potential fishery benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are widely acknowledged, yet
seldom demonstrated, as fishery data series that straddle MPA establishment are seldom …