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The concept of effectiveness comes up often in the MPA field...The most basic gauge of MPA effectiveness is pretty simple: Is a site achieving its stated goals or not" Click on the link below to read the full article.

In Chile in September at the Fourth International MPA Congress, there was a side event on satellite-based surveillance of illegal fisheries. It was unique in that there were several Chilean naval officers in uniform in the audience.

Conservation groups have hailed a move by Niue to set nearly half of its marine estate aside as a vast new reserve.Click on the link below to read the full story.

The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has plans to create a huge marine sanctuary to combat overfishing. It's one of several marine protected areas announced over past weeks.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Every four years IUCN hosts a World Conservation Congress (WCC) which brings together thousands of leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous groups, business and academia from around the planet to discuss the most pressing environmental issues of our time...The Hawai'

The parks protect a combined area in the Pacific Ocean more than twice the size of Germany.Click on the link below to read the full story.

This week it was reported that the US is recommending policy adjustments that would allow commercial fishing in two marine monuments or protected areas located in the middle of the Pacific ocean.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Marine scientists are warning that if the Trump administration rescinds fishing protections around eight Pacific islands, the United States will lose one of its best laboratories for measuring how a warming climate affects marine life.Click on the link below to read the full story.

There are some excellent publications available to guide protected areas in developing new revenue streams...But implementing new revenue strategies based simply on guidelines from a report may not always be easy. Click on the link below to read the full story.

The 2017 Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Area Management was received by Keobel Sakuma, representing the partners and team who developed and established the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act.