Creating and managing MPAs is a complex process, with every situation and location different – from developing a model of sustainable fishing in the Lyme Bay marine reserve on the south coast of England, to delivering an endowment fund to support a large no-take MPA around Ascension in the South Atlantic.
The Blue Marine BLUEprint for MPAs scales up our impact by sharing our insights from establishing and managing MPAs. It is a framework of questions and a toolkit of ideas for anyone on the MPA journey. The BLUEprint sets out the steps under four themes: Information, People, Economics and Management; from the concept stage (before), through active management (during), to review (after designation and during ongoing management). The four themes apply in almost all situations: gathering robust Information; effectively engaging the People linked to and dependent on the area; establishing sustainable Economic models to finance ongoing management; and developing collaborative Management measures to ensure long-term success. Case studies provided from our MPA projects include:
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Just 8.1 per cent of the global ocean is under some level of protection, and only 2.8 per cent is fully protected. Blue Marine’s mission is to see at least 30 per cent under effective protection by 2030. Key to this is securing marine protected areas (MPAs) – specified areas where fishing and other extractive activities are restricted or regulated – and ensuring they are effectively managed. Over the past 15 years, Blue Marine has worked in the UK and around the world to support the establishment of MPAs that protect species, habitats, cultural heritage and ecosystems.
In 2010, Blue Marine was instrumental in the establishment of the largest MPA around Chagos in the Indian Ocean. Over the next 15 years, with multiple partners, including the Great British Oceans coalition, we helped establish MPAs in the UK and overseas, including a UK government commitment to protect more than 4 million sq km around its Overseas Territories.
Blue Marine is working in Brussels and around Europe to use marine protected areas (MPAs) and fisheries laws – and case-study experience from our own projects – to help restore our conjoined seas.
In the marine protected area designated by the Balearic Island, Blue Marine works with local partners to monitor illegal fishing and reduce pollution.
We are working with local partners to deliver lasting protection for whales, dolphins and African penguins across the 9,500 sq km of NIMPA – the Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area.
Whales migrate from South America along a ‘humpback highway’ to feed in the Southern Ocean. Blue Marine has helped protect a huge part of it, around the UK territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).
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