US EditionWorld coming up short on promised marine sanctuaries
- In April 2024, President Donald Trump authorized industrial-scale fishing in large areas of a marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean.
- This authorization contradicts a fragile global target to protect 30 percent of oceans by 2030, as the US and other countries make little progress.
- Currently, 16,516 marine protected areas cover only 8.4 percent of oceans, with just 2.7 percent fully protected and European MPAs still heavily impacted by bottom trawling.
- Scientific studies show well-managed MPAs increase fish populations and cause a spillover effect, but only one-third of MPAs have sufficient protection, and the largest no-fishing zone in Hawaii is now threatened.
- Conservationists warn that without fishing bans and government action, MPAs remain symbolic, making the 30 percent ocean protection goal difficult and the ambition notably at risk.
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Study reveals scale of extra MPAs needed to hit international targets for the ocean « Carbon Pulse
Additional marine protected areas (MPAs) totalling over 18 million square kilometres, an expanse greater than the size of Russia, are needed to protect 30% of the global ocean by 2030, according to a study released this week.
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