Refining The Tool Kit For Sustainable Fisheries Managers who
have more — and more subtle – tools may be able to generate more
profit from a sustainable fishery than they can using marine
protected areas alone As spatial planning is used increasingly
to manage fisheries and other ocean resources, researchers are
working to determine the best ways to use and refine the various
spatial management tools. Among them are marine protected areas
(MPAs), one of the most common methods, which limit or entirely
curtail fishing in a given area. A new paper published in the
early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences (USA) on July 2 describes research in this area
conducted by UCSB Marine Science Institute project scientist
Andrew Rassweiler and co-principal investigators Christopher
Costello, Bren professor of resource economics, and David
Siegel, professor in the UCSB Geography Department and director
of the Earth Research Institute. According to Rassweiler,
considerable research has focused on