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Social acceptability of marine protected areas by Sjölander, Frans

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Modelling the role of marine protected area in biodiversity conservation by Sarker, Subrata, Rahman, Mohammad, Abdul, Wahab

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Optimal Siting, Sizing, and Enforcement of Marine Protected Areas by Albers, H.J., Preonas, L., Capitán, T., Robinson, E.J.Z., Madrigal-Ballestero, R.

“…We present and solve a spatial bio-economic model in which a manager chooses the optimal location, size, and enforcement level of a marine protected area (MPA). This manager acts as a Stackelberg leader, and her choices consider villagers’ best response to the MPA in a spatial Nash equilibrium of fishing site and effort decisions. …”
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Marine Protected Areas in the Coral Triangle: Progress, Issues, and Options by White, A.T., Aliño PM, Cros, A., Fatan NA, Green AL, Teoh, Shwu Jiau, Laroya L, Peterson N, Tan S, Tighe S, Venegas-Li, R., Walton A, Wen W

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Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally by Gill, D.A., Mascia, M.B., Ahmadia, G.N., Glew, L., Lester, S.E., Barnes, M., Craigie, I., Darling, E.S., Free, C.M., Geldmann, J., Holst, S., Jensen, O.P., White, A.T., Basurto, X., Coad, L.M., Gates, R.D., Guannel, G., Mumby, P.J., Thomas, H., Whitmee, S., Woodley, S., Fox, H.E.

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Marine Protected Areas: Lessons from Costa Rica and Tanzania by Heidi J., Albers, Róger, Madrigal, Stephen, Kirama, Razack, Lokina, Aloyce, Hepelwa, Elizabeth J Z, Robinson, Jane, Turpie, Alpízar, Francisco

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Ecological Representativity of Marine Protected Areas along the Swedish West Coast by Arfwedson, Kimberly

“…Marine protected areas (MPAs) are recognised worldwide as an important tool to combat biodiversity loss. …”
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Promoting gender equity in marine protected areas: A self-assessment tool by Bonilla Anariba, Sara, Sanders, Arie, Canty, Steven

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Marine protected areas in Costa Rica: How do artisanal fishers respond? by Madrigal-Ballestero, Róger, Albers, Heidi J., Capitán, Tabaré, Salas, Ariana

“…Costa Rica is considering expanding their marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve marine resources. …”
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Siting Marine Protected Areas with Area Targets Protecting Rural Incomes, Fish Stocks, and Turtles in Costa Rica by Capitán, Tabare, Madrigal, Róger, Albers, H. Jo, White, Benjamin

“…With many countries seeking to increase the area conserved in marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve the Convention on Biodiversity’s protected area targets by 2020, we employ a bioeconomic model to determine which configurations of MPAs that meet area targets perform the best for secondary goals, including fishing yield, rural income, fish stocks, and sea turtle conservation. …”
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Integration of socio-ecological data to prioritize biodiversity hot-spots for Marine Protected Area (MPA) delineation in the coastal zone of Bangladesh by Sarker, Subrata, Hossain, Md. Shahadat, Das, Nabanita, Riya, Shashowti, Smriti, Sagorika, Mokarrom, Hossain, Rahman, Mohammad

“…Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are widely used tools for conserving coastal and marine biodiversity and ecosystem health. …”
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Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries by Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Cohen, Philippa, Morais, Renato, Januchowski-Hartley, F., Ceccarelli, Daniela, Malimali, Siola'a, Stone, Karen, Warren, Regon, Cinner, Joshua

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Linking small-scale fisheries co-management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Cohen, Philippa J., Phillips, Michael, Jupiter, Stacy, Govan, Hugh, Pressey, Robert

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Navigating large scale ocean science in a Pacific small island developing state by Claassens, Louw, Hernandez, Christina, Biondi, Piera, Jaskiel, Jacob, Karanassos, Christina, Mesengei, McQuinnley, Nestor, Victor, Otto, Ikelau, Renguul, H., Rotjan, Randi, Sartori, Greta, Tatebe, Lyvonsky

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Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands by Van Der Ploeg, Jan, Sukulu, Meshach, Govan, Hugh, Eriksson, Hampus

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Why human rights matter for marine conservation by Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Allison, Edward (Eddie), Gurney, Georgina, Karnad, Divya, Kretser, Heidi, Lobo, Aaron, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Newing, Helen, Pennell, Kamille, Raj, Sushil, Tilley, Alexander, Williams, Haley, Peckham, Hoyt

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Introducing the Nusatupe innovation hub – showcasing the best of the sustainable island food systems by Palmer, Neil, Eriksson, Hampus, Wate, Jillian Tutuo, Bennet, Gregory, Saeni-Oeta, Janet

“…Surrounded by aquamarine waters, and with a Marine Protected Area close by, Nusatupe has been the site of a WorldFish research station for 40 years or so – remote from the rest of the world but very close to the lives of Solomon Islanders. …”
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The Coral Triangle Atlas: An Integrated Online Spatial Database System for Improving Coral Reef Management by Cros, Annick, Fatan, Nurulhuda Ahamad, White, Alan, Shwu Jiau Teoh, Tan, Stanley, Handayani, Christian, Huang, Charles, Peterson, Nate, Li, Ruben Venegas, Siry, Hendra Yusran, Fitriana, Ria, Gove, Jamison, Acoba, Tomoko, Knight, Maurice, Acosta, Renerio, Andrew, Neil, Beare, Doug

“…Its utility is demonstrated using biophysical data, data summarising marine habitats, and data describing the extent of marine protected areas in the region.…”
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Genetic connectivity of the sky emperor, Lethrinus mahsena populations across a gradient of exploitation rates in coastal Kenya by Mzingirwa, F.A., Stomeo, Francesca, Kaunda-Arara, B., Nyunja, J., Mujibi, F.D.N.

“…Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the potential to enhance fisheries through transport of larvae or by a net emigration of adult and juvenile fish to adjacent fished areas. …”
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Essential young-of-the-year fish macrophyte habitats along the swedish east coast by Zielfeldt, Zanna

“…Additionally, the amount of essential YOY fish habitats protected by marine protected areas (MPAs) is unknown. To address these questions relationships between YOY fish and habitat/environmental variables were analyzed for a large data set consisting of 4,670 samples along the Swedish Baltic Sea coast using Generalized Additive Models (GAMs). …”
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