Design of Marine Protected Areas on high seas and territorial waters of rockall bank

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 397, Issue , 2009, Pages 305-308

  Hall Spencer, Jason M ^a,f   Tasker, Mark ^b,f   Soffker, Marta ^a   Christiansen, Sabine ^c,f   Rogers, Stuart ^d   Campbell, Maria ^a   Hoydal, Kjartan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^c WWF North East Atlantic Programme   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f ICES Working Group on Deep water Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Lophelia pertusa; Marine Protected Area; MPA; NE Atlantic; Offshore; Vessel monitoring system; VMS

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FISHING VESSEL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 74049133211     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08235     Document Type: Article

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