Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a widely used tool for marine conservation and fisheries management. In coastal areas, it has become clear that the success of MPAs, and the achievement of sustainable fishery production, requires a combination of effective management and conservation frameworks, maintenance of decent fisheries livelihoods, and...
If the role of MPAs as a conservation tool is now widely demonstrated
even with some variability, their effects on fishery yields, tourism revenues
and social aspects are only confirmed by very few studies. More than 550
MPA now exist in the South Pacific mostly community based managedand
the expectations...