Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are being proclaimed around the world with the stated primary purposes of enhancing fisheries stocks and/or conserving marine biodiversity. In Australia, in response to a joint State/Commonwealth agreement to establish a National Representative System of MPAs (NRSMPA)...
The aims of this project were to:
Determine the efficacy of translocation of mature abalone for stock rebuilding
Identify key ecological processes that limit stock recovery
Quantify the scale of 'spillover' from translocated populations
Cost-benefit analysis of rehabilitated...