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Marine Protected Areas and Marine Reserves We post daily news, good and bad, about MPA. This page was 1st created around a university MSc course about Marine Protected Areas and Marine Reserves.

The course was founded by Bill Ballantine around 1998 and taught by Mark Costello from 2004 to 2019.

OCTO Webinar: Assessing MPA Quality at Scale: An Introduction to the MPAtlas Assessment Portal (October 20) Presented by...
14/10/2026

OCTO Webinar: Assessing MPA Quality at Scale: An Introduction to the MPAtlas Assessment Portal (October 20)



Presented by: Beth Pike, Jessica MacCarthy, and Nikki Harasta of the Marine Conservation Institute.

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 20, Noon US EDT/9 am US PDT/4 pm UTC/5 pm BST/6 pm CEST

Description: The Marine Protection Atlas (MPAtlas) is the leading resource for marine protected area (MPA) effectiveness tracking and reporting. The MPAtlas team is building a comprehensive global database of MPA assessments using The MPA Guide, a science-based framework that evaluates an MPA across two dimensions: Stage of Establishment (its status in the process of becoming an MPA) and Level of Protection (how well it is protected from the impact of human activities). With nearly 17,000 officially reported MPAs, growing the database requires the expertise of scientists and practitioners across the globe. To facilitate data collection, the MPAtlas team recently launched the new MPAtlas Assessment Portal, a data entry portal that allows users to complete MPA Guide assessments and submit additional data to existing assessments to help grow the MPAtlas database. Join the MPAtlas team on this webinar to learn more about the purpose, utility, and functionality of the new data portal, including a brief tour of the portal and tips on how to register and get started.
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Presented by: Beth Pike, Jessica MacCarthy, and Nikki Harasta of the Marine Conservation Institute. Description: The Marine Protection Atlas (MPAtlas) is the leading resource for marine protected area (MPA) effectiveness tracking and reporting. The MPAtlas team is building a comprehensive global dat...

Protecting the internet means protecting the seabed
10/10/2026

Protecting the internet means protecting the seabed

Every day, trillions of dollars, oil and gas and 99% of the world’s web traffic move through undersea pipelines under no state’s protection. With superpowers and corporations now vying for control, should we be worried about this potential new wild west of geopolitical power?

Banning bottom trawling in MPA is just a start; alternatives to this destructive method are needed everywhere. In Sweden...
08/10/2026

Banning bottom trawling in MPA is just a start; alternatives to this destructive method are needed everywhere. In Sweden light-trapping is being explored

Across Sweden’s west coast, debate about the future of fishing is growing more urgent. A Swedish government’s proposal to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas have brought the issue into sharp focus for coastal communities.

07/10/2026

European marine atlas - but note that over 80% of the areas called MPA do not aim to protect biodiversity )so not even paper parks)

Explore, collate and create your own sea map. Learn more about Europe's seas and coasts, their environment, related human activities and European policies.

Clever title for a new movie about the deep sea, raising awareness of why it needs protection
06/10/2026

Clever title for a new movie about the deep sea, raising awareness of why it needs protection

Feature Documentary Directed by Eleanor Mortimer. Presented by Sandbox Films in Association with BFI Doc Society Fund. With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth.

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