Community- and government-managed marine protected areas increase fish size, biomass and potential value.

Government-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can restore small fish stocks, but have been heavily criticized for excluding resource users and creating conflicts. A promising but less studied alternative are community-managed MPAs, where resource users are more involved in MPA design, implementat...

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Main Authors: Angelica A D Chirico, Timothy R McClanahan, Johan S Eklöf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5555630?pdf=render