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