The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary (will be referred to
as Sapelo Island Estuarine Sanctuary) has been in operation since 1976,
but to this date no management plan has been drafted or implemented. Management
of the Sanctuary has changed from the management structure outlined in
the initial Sanctuary Proposal and...
From mid-June to early October of 1997, the author worked in the Coastal Resources
Management Division (CRMD) on the island of Saipan, in the western tropical Pacific
(Figure 1). The University of Oregon Micronesia and South Pacific Program and the
government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)...
Situated off the west coast of Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand, Phu Quoc archipelago and its waters are well-known for their rich natural resources, especially the bounty of fishery resources. Under increasing pressure from the growing population, fishing, and tourism development, there is a strong need to formulate an...