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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.

02/06/2026

https://news.nationalgeographic.org/new-peer-reviewed-study-bottom-trawling-in-europe-s-waters-costs-society-up-to-eur16-billion-annually-mostly-due-to-climate-impacts/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRdZoxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe_2vM73D_OI0-k8rm7jvGDvDGzwZEr14bKmFK3fNKqZhTmEMAaiWt9vtjks0_aem_Ee5cXiypGzGQd0_qxmFgEw

The destructive fishing practice takes place in more than half of Europe’s marine protected areas (MPAs); reducing bottom trawling inside and outside of Europe’s MPAs could unlock benefits to taxpayers, fishers and the climate

01/06/2026

Not a paper park :)

"If current management controls are kept in place, then the level of threats and their impacts are likely to remain low.”

31/05/2026

https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press-releases/dutch-court-rules-against-free-pass-for-destructive-bottom-trawling-in-marine-protected-areas/

View the press release

30/05/2026

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/vanishing-giants-the-indian-oceans-biggest-fish-need-saving-commentary/

I have spent much of my life studying predatory fishes in East Africa’s coastal waters, but never have I been more concerned about their future. The disappearance of the western Indian Ocean’s largest reef fishes is not just an ecological tragedy, it is a crisis that threatens entire coral reefs...

29/05/2026

70 years of fishing video

What does 70 years of fishing pressure really look like? Sea Around Us Mapped Data

28/05/2026

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/pascale-moehrle-pressed-europe-to-take-its-seas-seriously/

In recent decades Europe’s seas have become a test of whether environmental policy can keep pace with ecological decline. Scientific advice on fisheries has grown more precise, satellite monitoring has expanded, and governments have pledged to restore marine ecosystems. Yet many fish stocks remain...

27/05/2026

https://www.seaaroundus.org/real-mpa-paper-park-los-roques-national-park/

"Lack of staff and funding has meant that illegal fishing and overfishing have always been a serious problem" in Los Roques.

26/05/2026

https://imarco2026.es/

Vigo, Spain, September 2 – 4, 2026 Welcome to iMarCo 2026: Connectivity across water realms for ecosystem resilience! In an increasingly interconnected world, understanding the connectivity between marine and river ecosystems becomes essential for the conservation of our water resources and enviro...

25/05/2026

Less protection for fisheries as well as biodiversity is looming in USA and Europe

Entrevista al científico Daniel Pauly. Ve devastadora la política de Trump para la pesca y alerta contra una reforma pesquera en la UE.

24/05/2026

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/ocean-philanthropy-small-sums-for-a-vast-domain/

For a realm that covers most of the planet, the ocean attracts a modest share of charitable attention. In philanthropic terms, it remains a niche cause: widely discussed, but thinly financed. That gap has narrowed in recent years, though only slightly and from a low base. Estimates suggest that ocea...

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