The management performance of marine protected areas in the North-east Atlantic Ocean |
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| Institution: | 1. Universidade da Coruña, Facultade de Dereito, Campus de A Coruña, A Coruña, 15071 Spain;2. Universidade da Coruña, Facultade de Ciencias, Campus de A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain;3. Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR), CENPAT, CONICET, Blvd. Brown2915, Puerto Madryn (U9120ACD), Chubut, Argentina;4. XTribe / EduCaaS / inVIable, Calle Serrano 43, 28001 Madrid, Spain;1. Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil;2. Centro de Estudos do Mar, Universidade do Paraná – UFPR, Pontal do Paraná, PR, Brazil;1. School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia;2. Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia;1. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia;2. The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1110, Philippines;1. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281 – S8, 9000 Gent, Belgium;2. Ghent University, Faculty of Law, Department of European, Public and International Law, Maritime Institute, Universiteitstraat 6, 9000 Gent, Belgium;3. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management, Gulledelle 100, 1200 Brussels, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | In the North-east Atlantic Ocean there are 550 inshore and offshore MPAs established to accomplish a high diversity of objectives, which can be classified into 24 different types of MPA designations. Only 153 of these MPAs have a management plan (MgP) --the basic tool required for an effective management. Amongst these, only 66 are actually managed, i.e. they have the staff and resources required to operate the plan. A common characteristic of these MPAs is the lack of standardized indicators of their performance. In order to address this issue, an alternative approach was developed based on the assessment of management performance using the expert knowledge and perceptions of managers operating MPAs, a universal source of information that could allow overcoming the usual gaps due to the restrictions in coverage of scientific monitoring and assessments. MgPs showed differences among countries but were homogeneous within each country, reflecting the usual top-down approach in the establishment of MPAs. Compliance with the qualitative objectives present in MgPs was higher than compliance with quantitative ones (87% versus 50%), and the MPAs that most successfully achieved their objectives were those with regular monitoring. This analysis also shows that beyond these objectives, the establishment of an MPA and the activities developed as a consequence of its creation have a positive socio-economic impact on the local human community. |
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| Keywords: | Marine protected areas Marine reserves Management Management plans North-east Atlantic Ocean |
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