A Protected Ocean

Marine Protected Areas Work – they should be no-take and enforced

There are places in our oceans that are of vital importance. They are nurseries for fish. They are feeding and breeding areas for whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles. They are hotbeds for invertebrates and places where kelp forests grow. In order for our ocean to thrive, we need these places to thrive. And the only way to do that is to protect them, completely as no-take zones. That means no fishing in an MPA.

No Fishing Here, Lots of Fish There

If we allow the most important places in the ocean to thrive and ban all fishing in these underwater national parks, we will be building fish populations for the future. We are taking a hard line against commercial, industrial-scale fishing – especially in protected areas.