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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Marine protected area"”.
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Recreational Diving and Hawksbill Sea Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in a Marine Protected Area
… activity prompting increased awareness for the marine environment. Recent studies, however, indicate that recreational diving may cause unintended behavioral changes in marine macrofauna. Few studies, however, have specifically investigated the effects of recreational diving on sea turtles. I …
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Environmental Accounting of Marine Protected Area "Isole Ciclopi" by means of Emergy analysis
… environmental accounting study Emergy-based in a marine protected area. The study was conducted in the marine protected area "IsoleCiclopi" following a multi-year pathway, in line with the document "Environmental accounting in Italian Marine Protected Areas" (EAMPA), developed by several research …
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Livelihoods of small-scale fishers of Struisbaai : implications for Marine Protected Area planning.
… is characterized by an increasing network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA), with the purpose of conserving fisheries resources and marine biodiversity. The coast is also home to over a hundred rural small-scale fisher communities, such as the community at Struisbaai Noord, which are considered …
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Assessing techniques to successfully monitor the oceanography of the complex uThukela Marine Protected Area
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are increasingly being established to restore and protect coastal and marine environments. The newly established uThukela Marine Protected Area (MPA), located on the central KwaZulu-Natal Bight along the northeast coast of South Africa, has been identified as a key …
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An analysis of the perceptions surrounding the re-zoning of the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an increasingly important tool for sustainable marine governance. However, their effectiveness is improved if designed to consider how people value and interact with coasts and marine resources designated for protection. This research critically examines the …
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Effects of Artificial Reef Implementation on Fish Populations in a Marine Protected Area: Bluefields Bay, Jamaica
… reef was created within Bluefields Bay Marine Sanctuary, a newly created no-take preserve. The goal of the artificial reef is to provide protection and habitat for various fish populations. Once the population reaches carrying capacity, fish should expand outwards of the protected zone …
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Legal pluralism in environmental management : informal rules and non-compliance in the Karbonkelberg Marine Protected Area
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-104).
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Empirical evaluation of the effectiveness of South Africa's marine protected area network in representing fish communities
In this study, fish community structure as sampled by shore angling, trawling, boat-based line-fishing and seine netting was compared across the EEZ of South Africa, including sites in designated MPAs. Multivariate statistics were used to assess the extent to which MPAs represent the full range of …
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The effectiveness of Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area in the conservation of rocky shore biodiversity
Establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) has intensified in recent years, and there are now over 6800 MPAs worldwide. However, there is a prominent need to assess their effectiveness in terms of protecting biodiversity. In Chapter 1, I provide the theoretical background to this dissertation …
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South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
This dissertation examines the international, regional and national legal context for the declaration of a large multi-zoned MPA around the Prince Edward Islands. In particular I examine South Africa's obligations in terms of international and regional treaty law as well as its commitments to …
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Baited remote underwater video survey of reef fish in the Stilbaai marine protected area, with an assessment of monitoring requirements
… abundance and community composition within marine protected areas (MPAs) is essential to assess whether conservation goals are being reached. The costs, logistics and sampling biases inherent to traditional monitoring methods limit sustainable monitoring in all MPAs along the South African …
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South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: an analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
… management purposes as well as conservation of marine ecosystems and biodiversity in the area. As a first step the Minister announced that the current “no-fishing” zone would be extended from 8 to 12 nautical miles. This was done a few months later by means of an amendment to fishing regulations …
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An intensive study of movement and population dynamics in Triakis megalopterus in the De Hoop Marine Protected Area, South Africa
… managing the fishing mortality and providing marine protected areas (MPAs) as refugia. To this effect, estimating natural mortality rates and home range size is vital. Triakis megalopterus, a commonly caught, endemic coastal shark of South Africa provides an excellent opportunity for this …
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The Response of a Predatory Fish, Ophiodon elongatus, to a Marine Protected Area: Variation in Diet, Catch Rates, and Size Composition
<p>Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a management tool used to protect and sustain many ecologically and economically important fish species from overexploitation by recreational and commercial fishing. Lingcod (<em>Ophiodon elongatus</em>) and some of its prey species, such as rockfish …
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Under Their Own Laws: How the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation created a new marine protected area – without the federal government’s approval
… unilaterally declared the Gitdisdzu Lugyeks marine protected area (MPA) in their territorial waters of Kitasu Bay. Whether they have the legal authority to create that protected area, however, is a difficult question to answer. The Constitution Act of Canada protects Indigenous people’s …
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Effects of protection and environmental factors on rock lobster, abalone, and giant periwinkle abundances in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
The Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area (TMNP-MPA) was established in 2004 to restore and protect the Cape Peninsula's biodiversity, including the populations of exploited macro-invertebrate species. Scientific publications on MPAs support the idea that biodiversity protection is …
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Biology, movement behaviour and spatial dynamics of an exploited population of smooth hound shark mustelus mustelus around a coastal marine protected area in South Africa
… of the life-history, movement in relation to a Marine Protected Area (MPA) boundary, and short and long-term spatial behaviour in relation to environmental preferences of Mustelus mustelus were studied in the Saldanha Bay region on the west coast of South Africa. The overarching aim of this …
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