Help a Researcher Out!

Veronica Relano (UBC/Sea Around Us, Canada) is researching Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) around the world. She needs your help to answer a very quick question about some specific MPAs…

Dear all, 

My name is Veronica Relano. I am working on a PhD under the supervision of Dr Daniel Pauly, the Principal Investigator of Sea Around Us , a research initiative at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada. 

We are conducting a study on MPAs all around the world. However, for some MPAs, we have received very few responses (see list below). We would really appreciate it if you would send us an email in case you are familiar with any of the below-listed MPAs; or if you know someone that could also help us, please feel free to loop them and forward our email (to: v.relano[at]oceans.ubc.ca).

Then, we will ask you just one quick question (no more than 2 min required to answer it).

List of MPAs we would like to ask a question about:

• Shoal Bay & Island Harbour (Anguilla)

• Rose Atoll (America Samoa)

• Terres Australes Françaises [Strict Marine Protection Zone] (French Southern Territories)

• Low Bay Sanctuary (Antigua and Barbuda)

• Coral Sea (Australia)

• Gizilaghaj State Nature Reserve (Azerbaijan)

• Vlaamse Banken (Belgium)

• Jewfish Cay Marine Reserve (The Exumas) (Bahamas)

• Saint-Barthélemy National Nature Reserve (Saint-Barthélemy)

• Pulu Keeling (in Cocos-Keeling Island)

• DanDongYaLvJiangKouBingHai Wetlands National Nature Reserve (China)

• North Sound Replenishment Zone (Cayman Islands)

• Llevant de Mallorca/Cala Rajada (Spain)

• Merenkurkun saaristo /Outer Bothnian Threshold (Finland)

• Calanques (France)

• Ngulu Atoll Zone A (in Yap, Micronesia)

• Kolkheti (Georgia)

• Gibraltar (UK)

• Parc Naturel des Mangroves du Fleuve Cacheu (PNTC) (Guinea -Bissau)

• Grand Anse (Grenada)

• West Coast MNR (Isle of Man) (UK)

• Campbell + Gahirmatha Sanctuary (India)

• Area marina protetta Plemmirio (Natural Marine Reserve in Italy)

• Minquiers (Jersey)

• Kabira Bay, Ishigaki Island (Japan)

• Chungsan-do (island) Neighboring Water (청산도 주변해역) (South Korea)

• West Coast (incl. Soufriere, Rachette Reefs, Petit Piton, Gros Piton and Anse Chastenets) National Park and Marine Management Area in Saint Lucia Island

• Bundala Biosphere Reserve (Sri Lanka)

• Kuršių marios, Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (Lithuania)

• Irbes šaurums Protected Marine Area (Aizsargajama juras teritorija) (Latvia)

• Sebkha Bou Areg Permanent Hunting Reserve (Morocco Oriental)

• Ailinginae (in Marshall Islands)

• Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique)

• Etangs des Salines (Martinique)

• Norfolk - National Park Zone (Australia)

• Sureste de Nicaragua (Reserva de la Biosfera) (Nicaragua)

• Cordillera de Coiba (Panama)

• Doggersbank (Natuurbeschermingswet) (Netherlands)

• Raet (Nasjonalpark in Norway)

• Cordillera de Coiba (Panama)

• Marine de la Réunion (Réunion)

• Lobul sudic al Câmpului de Phyllophora al lui Zernov (Romania)

• Russian Arctic (Franz Josef Land)

• Yanbu‘ Coastal Conservation Area (Saudi Arabia)

• Svalbard East (Svalbard and Jan Mayen, sovereignty of Norway)

• Bratten (Habitats Directive in Sweden)

• Man o War Shoal Marine Park (Sint Maarten)

• Columbus Landfall Marine (Turks and Caicos Islands) (UK)

• Hazar State Nature Reserve (in Turkmenistan)

• Nino Konis Santana (National Park in Timor-Leste)

• Nukufetau (Koga Tapu) Locally Managed Marine Area in Tuvalu

• Mangroves-Kisarawe Reserve (Tanzania)

• Azovo-Sivashskiy (National Park in Ukraine)

• RMS Rhone anchor (Marine Park in British Virgin Islands) (UK)

• Ciénagas del Catatumbo (National Park in Venezuela)

• Cu Lao Cham Hoi An (Biosphere Reserve in Vietnam)

• Prince Edward Islands - Sanctuary Zone (Prince Edward Islands)

• Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (Sudan)

Thank you so much for your help. 

Warm Regards, 

Veronica. 

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