Effectiveness of small locally-managed marine protected areas for coral reef fisheries management in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Muallil, Richard N, Deocadez, Melchor R., Martinez, Renmar Jun S., Campos, Wilfredo L., Mamauag, Samuel S., Nañola, Cleto L., Jr., Aliño, Porfirio M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Marine parks and reserves—Philippines; Coral reef fisheries—Philippines; Sustainable fisheries—Philippines; Coral Triangle; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11475
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Philippines has more than 1600 locally managed marine protected areas (MPAs), the most in the world. However, their effectiveness for coral reef fisheries management is often questionable because most of these MPAs are small and ineffectively managed. In this study, we assessed the fish biomass...