Blanluet Arthur, Game Edward T, Dunn Daniel C, Everett Jason D, Lombard Amanda T, Richardson Anthony J
School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; The Nature Conservancy, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia.
The Nature Conservancy, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Feb;39(2):175-187. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.003. Epub 2023 Sep 29.
Oceans beyond the continental shelf represent the largest yet least protected environments. The new agreement to increase protection targets to 30% by 2030 and the recent United Nations (UN) High Seas Treaty try to address this gap, and an increase in the declaration of oceanic Marine Protected Areas (oMPAs) in waters beyond 200 m in depth is likely. Here we find that there is contradictory evidence concerning the benefits of oMPAs in terms of protecting pelagic habitats, providing refuge for highly mobile species, and potential fisheries benefits. We discover a mismatch between oMPA management objectives focusing on protection of pelagic habitats and biodiversity, and scientific research focusing on fisheries benefits. We suggest that the solution is to harness emerging technologies to monitor inside and outside oMPAs.
大陆架以外的海洋是规模最大但保护最少的环境。到2030年将保护目标提高到30%的新协议以及最近的联合国公海条约试图填补这一空白，深度超过200米水域的海洋海洋保护区（oMPA）的申报数量可能会增加。我们发现，关于oMPA在保护远洋栖息地、为高度洄游物种提供避难所和潜在渔业效益方面的益处存在相互矛盾的证据。我们发现，oMPA侧重于保护远洋栖息地和生物多样性的管理目标与侧重于渔业效益的科学研究之间存在不匹配。我们建议，解决办法是利用新兴技术对oMPA内外进行监测。
