{"id":982,"date":"2012-04-19T18:05:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T22:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/?p=982"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:00:03","slug":"learn-more-about-mpas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2012\/04\/19\/learn-more-about-mpas\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn more about MPAs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After reading the 2003 article by Elliot A. Norse titled \u201cMarine Reserves: the best option for our oceans?\u201d and the partially opposing views of Peter Kareiva, I decided to research more on this subject of Marine Protected Areas. The timeline we created in lab stopped around the year 2003 but this topic appears to still be of high interest among the scientific community. Upon searching the web, I found NOAA\u2019s National Marine Protected Areas Center main page<\/a> to be particularly useful. To learn more about MPAs and how you can get involved, check out the links below!<\/p>\n

About MPAs:<\/p>\n

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Ways to Get Involved!<\/p>\n

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Each day, the website displays a different headline story to inform everyone about this growing concern. For example, today the topic of \u201cPreserving our Maritime Heritage\u201d is featured, with related sub-news articles about Cultural Heritage MPAs<\/a>\u00a0listed below and other articles listed to the right.<\/p>\n

The main story featured yesterday was about the MPA Interactive Mapping Tool<\/a>, which I found really unique and entertaining. Before you actually arrive to the map, they present details on the history, metadata, uses, help with the different tools, and contact information. This online mapping tool provides data for over 1,600 MPAs across the world, offering access to spatial boundaries, conservation based classification data, and about the site management. All of this information can be obtained at any time during your visit on the map by clicking on the small, round icon labeled with a letter \u201ci\u201d on the top menu bar.<\/p>\n

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To operate the tool based on a specific subject matter, you can either click the drop-down menu in the box on the left and choose one of the following options: National System, Level of Protection, Government Level, Fishing Restrictions, or Management Agency. For example, one can investigate what level of protection different MPAs are currently classified (No Access, No Impact, No Take, To Be Determined, Uniform Multiple Use, Zoned Multiple Use, or Zoned w\/No Take Areas).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An additional option for operating this tool is to search the MPAs by particular regions. A drop down list is located on the top right-hand corner of the screen where the following selections are available:\u00a0 All Regions, New England, Mid Atlantic, SE Coast, Gulf Coast, Caribbean, Great Lakes, Pacific NW, California, Alaska, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands. For example, Virginia is displayed under the Mid-Atlantic region.<\/p>\n

I really recommend taking at least 5-10 minutes playing around with this awesome new tool and the MPA websites, as they are extremely informative and offer constantly updated information about this question of MPAs that we previously addressed during the class discussion.<\/p>\n

Suggestion: check out the MPAs near the coast of your home state!\u00a0 Here is the site from New Jersey\u2019s coast and information about it: \u201cWaters off New Jersey Closure\u201d<\/p>\n

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