Limited conservation efficacy of large-scale marine protected areas for Pacific skipjack and bigeye tunas

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science Vol. 9
• Main Authors: Hampton, John, Lehodey, Patrick, Senina, Inna, Nicol, Simon, Scutt Phillips, Joe, Tiamere, Kaon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 10.01.2023; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: 30 by 30; Biogeochemistry; Biomass; Commercial fishing; Conservation; Fish populations; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fishing; Fishing effort; Intervention; Life history; Management tools; Marine conservation; Marine parks; Marine protected areas; MPA; Population dynamics; Protected areas; SEAPODYM; spatial management; Spawning; Species; Stocks; Thunnus obesus; tuna fisheries; Pacific Ocean; Phoenix Islands

Large-scale, no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) have been established in several locations in the Pacific and expansion of such areas to reach 30% of the ocean area is actively promoted in some quarters. Justification for the establishment of large oceanic MPAs often includes the conservation ben...