Examples of using Mpas in English and their translations into Chinese
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Marine protected areas(MPAs).
However, many people remain skeptical that MPAs actually benefit fish populations,…?
Chile's example can help other countries to create more MPAs.”.
State, local, and federal agencies consider MPAs in evaluating coastal development projects.
In other areas, MPAs may contain nurseries or spawning grounds, or reliable sources of food.
Rocha is not theonly expert who thinks that remote ocean MPAs are missing their intended mark.
There are now 124 MPAs covering 852 square miles, or 16 percent of California state waters.
Some other delegations, however,expressed reservations about establishing and managing MPAs on the high seas.
MPAs also provide refuge for other marine species, such as endangered marine turtles and dugongs.
EC continued to support research on MPAs and held a symposium in Spain in September 2007 on this subject.
MPAs are often created in ecologically rich waters where the strict regulations can protect the most life.
In this connection,mention was made of the need for identifying methods to establish and manage MPAs on the high seas.
To be effective, MPAs need key traits: they must be‘no-take', or completely off-limits to commercial activity;
Projects on habitat classification andmapping were undertaken with a view to designating MPAs and networks of such areas.
Canada highlighted two MPAs(Bowie Seamount MPA and Musquash estuary) in which VMEs were found.
She adds that inspiring countries to take bold action andhelping them access international support can also make MPAs more effective.
With efforts like these, and additional and expanded MPAs, perhaps large fish and sharks will one day return.
MPAs can provide benefits like protecting endangered species or helping replenish fish stocks that spill into neighboring fisheries.
Mobile apps tell fishermen where the MPAs are and emerging technologies are being used to help identify poaching hotspots.
In particular, they agreed to promote measures for the establishment of a comprehensive andcoherent Mediterranean network of coastal and MPAs by 2012.
A number of activities for the designation of MPAs and networks of such areas are ongoing at the regional level(see section G below).
These include restricting gear types, lowering the total allowable catch, dividing shares of the catch among fishers,and designating marine protected areas(MPAs).
Part of the reason for these shortcomings is that MPAs in different parts of the world are often created with different objectives in mind.
Australia has proposed the development of a global representative system of marineprotected areas to encourage States to establish MPAs within and across national jurisdictions.
Information currently available suggests that no MPAs have been established beyond areas of national jurisdiction pursuant to the Noumea Convention.
It will further compile a consolidatedset of scientific criteria for representative networks of MPAs, including in open ocean waters and deep sea habitats.
High seas MPAs would aid the recovery of depleted and overfished fish stocks thereby creating employment and ensuring food security for coastal communities.
Today, a new study published in Nature Communications found that MPAs can rapidly increase fish stocks without disadvantaging fishers.
In addition, many MPAs are designated through a top-down, heavy-handed approach, without first building support from local communities affected by a fisheries' closure.
Inspection services had investigated how MPAs could be monitored and controlled and indicated that it was feasible to establish effective control and enforcement of these areas.
