Marine reserves affect areas outside reserve boundaries via the displacement of fishing effort and the export of production. Here we focus on how these key factors interact to influence the results seen once reserves are created. For a settlement-limited fishery, export of increased production from within reserves can offset the effects of displaced fishing effort. We develop simple mathematica...

According to the publication by US Minerals Survey in 1999, the total reserve of manganese ore in the world is 0.66 billion tons. See Table 1. Table 1 World Manganese ore reserve(Mn metal weight, million tons) __________________________________________ Name of counties Reserve in 1999 __________________________________________ South Africa 370 Ukraine 135 China 40 India 34 Australia 26 Gabon 20...

Abstract. The Galapagos Marine Reserve was established in 1986 to ensure protection of the islands' unique biodiversity. Unfortunately, islands are polluted by marine plastic debris and island authorities face challenge effectively remove from its shorelines owing limited resources. To optimize efforts, we have developed a methodology identify most effective cleanup locations on Islands using n...

Although marine reserves represent one of the most effective management responses to human impacts, their capacity to sustain the same diversity of species, functional roles and biomass of reef fishes as wilderness areas remains questionable, in particular in regions with deep and long-lasting human footprints. Here we show that fish functional diversity and biomass of top predators are signifi...

New work reveals that the large network of no-take marine reserves on the Great Barrier Reef is working splendidly. However, bold, global action is needed to eliminate threats that reserves cannot guard against.

Models for marine reserve design have been developed primarily with 'reef fish' life histories in mind: sedentary adults in patches connected by larval dispersal. However, many fished species undertake ontogenetic migrations, such as from nursery grounds to adult spawning habitats, and current theory does not fully address the range of reserve options posed by that situation. I modelled a gener...

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Illegal shark fishing is thought to occur globally, including within so-called ‘‘shark sanctuaries’’, marine reserves and even inside UNESCO World Heritage sites, such as the Galápagos Islands. Presumably, this is due to poor local enforcement coupled with the growing international demand (and high economic incentives) for shark and other wildlife products. Understanding illegal shark fishing p...

The study and implementation of no-take marine reserves have increased rapidly over the past decade, providing ample data on the biological effects of reserve protection for a wide range of geographic locations and organisms. The plethora of new studies affords the opportunity to reevaluate previous findings and address formerly unanswered questions with extensive data syntheses. Our results sh...

Debate over the consequences of marine reserve implementation has long focused on tradeoffs between ecological improvements from reserves and possible economic losses from reduced harvest. More recently, several articles suggest instead that reserves might generate economic as well as ecological benefits (1; 2; 3; 4). In particular Hastings and Botsford demonstrate that, even without any ecolog...