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Yeah these are two separate and distinct concepts under California law and undoubtedly in other jurisdictions there should be separate articles definite.y. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikidgood (talk • contribs) 02:25, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason the United States section does not load in my browser so I left the information in the North Pacific section, which is not inappropriate as it is California coastal water jurisdiction anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikidgood (talk • contribs) 02:24, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User Beland suggested this. Why did you suggest this? --Pepijn Koster 15:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this page now merged with the Marine reserve article? These are two different things.-- unsigned comment added 17:04, 13 September 2006 by 217.121.193.200

To those who care:I'll be finishing out the gigantrum "Global status" portion little by little. ResMar 18:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

just too long...ResMar 17:28, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I drastically hit this piece. Comments appreciated. It's an important subject, worth a lot more content than it now reflects. I'd love to see some expert knowledge add some facts about what's actually going on in other MPAs. Lfstevens (talk) 15:32, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there no criticism section on this page? Many organizations, including environmental orgs, have spoken out about the threat of misguided MPA's to the property and land usage rights of indigenous populations. I'm starting one now... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwedes (talk • contribs) 17:00, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't we mention means on how to help maintain MPA's ? I'm thinking for example of the placing of obstructions (such as reef balls, ...) and the use of "scarefish" for example the Infrasound Fish Fence and Neptun Electrical Fish Barrier^[1][2] Scarefish can help to get the fish population move more towards the shore rather than grouping further away from shore; the advantage of this is that the fish can't be caught by large vessels (who would fish there illegally) then due to the shallow depth near the shore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doyna Yar (talk • contribs) 16:51, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think a world map of protected areas would really put it into perspective at a glance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doyna Yar (talk • contribs) 16:51, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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In my opinion, I think there are too many sections to this article. I'm proposing that some the sections be combined and that the general order of the article also be changed to something similar to the protected area or national park articles. First, I think terminology and classification could be combined into a 'Definition' section. If not then we could keep it as is, back-to-back sections at the beginning. However, more importantly, there are several sections that do need to be combined. For instance, I think the 'Stressors', 'Coral reef', and 'Fish' sections can be combined into a larger 'biodiversity/ecology' section that briefly explains primary productivity of the oceans, biodiversity and range of biomes, trophic levels/food chain, maybe some ocean physics/chemistry, and then human (climate change/overfishing) and natural stressors to these systems that gives the reader better understanding for why marine protected areas are important and deserving of protection. Next I think that 'History' section needs to be created out of a combination of the 'International efforts' and 'National efforts' sections, which I feel should be more 'current events' style. The history sections could include something along the lines of the first protected areas ever plus the treaty frameworks including the UN, UNCLOS specifically, the ATS, and other international agreements. Also, this is a complicated topic so if written in chronological way including discussion of parallel MPA achievements according to different national or state efforts like California, that would be best. Next I believe the 'Management', 'Assessment', 'Success Criteria', and 'Enforcement' sections could be combined into just a 'management' section. These are all definitely a part of management by which ever agency or group overseas the MPA. After all that, I think you can keep the 'Economics' section as a standalone section or include it in some sort of larger 'benefit to humanity section' followed by the 'International and national efforts' section that expands up the history section more thoroughly via specific programs and MPAs. I think the 'Criticism' section should remain last and I honestly believe that the 'Misconception' section is about management or goal setting so that can be dissipated appropriately. Curoi (talk) 23:52, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reorganization in this way makes sense to me. Whizz40 (talk) 05:29, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This article currently has a section with the percentages protected for each country. This section has a color scale, and it's almost impossible to read the yellow text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toad02 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the further reading list as I don't think it's useful:

• Spadi, Fabio (2000). "Navigation in Marine Protected Areas: National and International Law". Ocean Development and International Law. 31 (3): 285–302. doi:10.1080/009083200413172. S2CID 153439247.
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• Moustakas, A.; Karakassis, I. (2009). "A geographic analysis of the published aquatic biodiversity research in relation to the ecological footprint of the country where the work was done". Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 23 (6): 737–748. doi:10.1007/s00477-008-0254-2. S2CID 121649697.
• Christie, Patrick, "Marine Protected Areas and Biological Successes and Social Failures in Southeast Asia." School of Marine Affairs and Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. University of Washington. Washington. January 5, 2004. EMsmile (talk) 03:49, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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