The alphabet soup that protects cold-water corals in the North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 397, Issue , 2009, Pages 355-360

  Brock, Robert ^a   English, Elizabethann ^a   Kenchington, Ellen ^b   Tasker, Mark ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cold water corals; Habitat protection; Marine protected areas; North Atlantic; Vulnerable marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 74049100860     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08303     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Department of Justice Canada (1985) Fisheries Act, Chapter F-14. Minister of Justice, available at http://laws.justice. gc.ca/en/F-14/
2. Department of Justice Canada (1996) Oceans Act, S. C., 1996, c. 31. Minister of Justice, available at http://laws.justice. gc.ca/en/O-2.4/
3. Department of Justice Canada (2002) Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, S. C., 2002, c. 18. Minister of Justice, available at http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-7.3/index.html
4. Council of the European Communities (1992) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. Off J Eur Union 206:7-50, available at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ nature/legislation/habitatsdirective/index-en.htm
5. NOAA (2007) Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act. NOAA, available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2007/
6. NOAA (2008) Essential fish habitat. What is essential fish habitat? NOAA, Office of Habitat Conservation, Habitat Protection Division, available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/efh/index-a.htm
7. NOAA (2009) What are habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC)? NOAA, Office of Habitat Conservation, Habitat Protection Division, available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/efh/index-b.htm