Marine
Protected Areas,
or MPAs, are places that receive special management that protect specific
resources.
In most cases these include popular tourist sites, areas
of biological, cultural and/or historical significance, or areas set
aside as biological reserves that help maintain important resources by
preventing particular activities such as harvesting of marine organisms or
artificial feeding. In recent years, primarily due to the failure of
conventional management practices to promote sustainable fisheries, MPAs
have become an increasingly important tool for marine fisheries in both
temperate and tropical seas.
The goals of this section are to provide
information on the location, regulations, and research on MPAs in the
State of Hawai'i. Additional information on MPAs throughout the world are
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