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APPENDIXES

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AFS American Fisheries Society

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CBRA Coastal Barrier Resources Act

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CMC Center for Marine Conservation

CNPPA Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (IUCN)

COMPARE Criteria and Objectives for Marine Protected Area Evaluation

CPUE Catch per unit effort

CVM Contingent value method

CWA Clean Water Act

CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act

DOC U.S. Department of Commerce

EEZ Exclusive economic zone

EFH Essential fish habitat

ESA Endangered Species Act

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FKNMS Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

FWCA Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

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FWS Fish and Wildlife Service

GESAMP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution

GIS Geographical information system

GPS Global positioning system

HA Hedonic approach

HAPC Habitat area of particular concern

IFQ Individual Fishing Quota

IMO International Maritime Organization

ITC Individual transferable quota

IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MMA Marine managed area

MMPA Marine Mammals Protection Act

MPA Marine protected area

MPPRC Marine Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act

MSFCMA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

MSY Maximum sustainable yield

NAPA National Academy of Public Administration

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NERR National Estuarine Research Reserve

NERRS National Estuarine Research Reserve System

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

NMS National Marine Sanctuary

NMSP National Marine Sanctuary Program

NMSA National Marine Sanctuary Act

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOS National Ocean Service

NPS National Park Service

NRC National Research Council

NWR National Wildlife Refuge

NPFMC North Pacific Fisheries Management Council

OCS Outer Continental Shelf

OCSLA Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

OPA Oil Pollution Act

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RFPDT Reef Fishery Plan Development Team

SPAW Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife of the Wider Caribbean Region

SWNP System-Wide Monitoring Program

TAC Total allowable catch

TCM Travel-cost model

TNC The Nature Conservancy

TPA Terrestrial protected area

TURF Territorial use right fishery

UN United Nations

UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

USCRTF U.S. Coral Reef Task Force

USFS U.S. Forest Service

VMS Vessel monitoring system

WCED World Commission on Environment and Development

WCPA World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN)

WWF World Wildlife Fund

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Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and threaten the long-term productivity of the seas. Declining yields in many fisheries and decay of treasured marine habitats, such as coral reefs, has heightened interest in establishing a comprehensive system of marine protected areas (MPAs)-areas designated for special protection to enhance the management of marine resources. Therefore, there is an urgent need to evaluate how MPAs can be employed in the United States and internationally as tools to support specific conservation needs of marine and coastal waters.

Marine Protected Areas compares conventional management of marine resources with proposals to augment these management strategies with a system of protected areas. The volume argues that implementation of MPAs should be incremental and adaptive, through the design of areas not only to conserve resources, but also to help us learn how to manage marine species more effectively.

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