The great Batemans MPA swindle: Not science, a sham!

摘要

The proliferation of ill considered MPAs should be put on hold. Australia's Marine Protected Areas now comprise about one third of the global total and with planned additions this is set to soon become close to half of the world's MPAs. Yet not a single marine species in Australia has been lost or is in danger of loss. A much more empirical, rational, evidence-based approach to management is sorely needed. The following heavily edited summary from a recent address by one of Australia's foremost fisheries biologists, Professor Bob Kearney, underscores how much the current MPA mania has become detached from both good science and competent resource management. What he has to say deserves careful consideration.