Facts about Marine Protected Area

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   Spillover effects from marine protected areas benefit surrounding fisheries as adult fish and larvae migrate outward into adjacent fished zones.

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   Scientific research consistently shows that fish populations inside marine protected areas tend to be larger, older, and more abundant than those in surrounding fished waters.

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   Governments and international bodies have established thousands of marine protected areas worldwide, now collectively covering over 8 percent of the global ocean.

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   Fully protected marine protected areas, where extractive activities like fishing are prohibited, are often called 'no-take zones' and tend to show higher biodiversity than adjacent unprotected waters.

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   The largest marine protected area in the world is the Marae Moana in the Cook Islands, covering approximately 1.9 million square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean.

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   A marine protected area is a clearly defined geographical space within the ocean where human activities are managed to conserve nature and ecosystem services.

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