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SUBMITTER: Pennino MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5958106 | biostudies-other | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pennino M Grazia MG Rufener Marie-Christine MC Thomé-Souza Mario J F MJF Carvalho Adriana R AR Lopes Priscila F M PFM Sumaila U Rashid UR
Scientific reports 20180517 1
Identifying vulnerable habitats is necessary to designing and prioritizing efficient marine protected areas (MPAs) to sustain the renewal of living marine resources. However, vulnerable habitats rarely become MPAs due to conflicting interests such as fishing. We propose a spatial framework to help researchers and managers determine optimal conservation areas in a multi-species fishery, while also considering the economic relevance these species may have in a given society, even in data poor situ ...[more]