Of the 8% of the ocean that is currently under some form of marine protection, only 3% is fully protected from destructive practices like bottom trawling, commercial fishing, and resource extraction.
Act now to strengthen the protection of your local marine protected area.
Learn how to track and make sense of ecological and social impacts of your MPA – what has been successful, and what needs to improve?
Explore the Protected Seas Navigator to locate a marine protected area near you. Click the protected area to learn more about the area’s size, level of protection, and contact information for the managing agency or group.
In the MPA Handbook, you’ll find guiding principles, strategies, and templates, with real-world examples, to illustrate how to improve the financing and management of an existing MPA to maximize the benefits it provides to people and the planet.
A bull-dozed forest is not protected. Neither is a trawled ocean. Join our partners in demanding that global leaders finally put a ban on bottom trawling inside marine protected areas by signing these petitions.
Martin Colognoli / Ocean Image Bank, Jeff Hester / Ocean Image Bank, Tom Henderson, Tomas Malik
