Status of the marine protected area network across the English channel (La Manche): Cross-country similarities and differences in MPA designation,management and monitoring |
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| Institution: | 1. Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK;2. Antenne Manche-Mer du Nord de l’Agence des aires marines protégées, DDTM-DIRM 4, rue du colonel Fabien, BP 34 76083 Le Havre Cedex, France;3. School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK;4. Natural England, Level 10, Renslade House, Bonhay Road, Exeter EX4 3AW, UK;1. Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, D-18119 Rostock, Germany;2. Marine Science and Technology Center of Klaipeda University, H. Manto 84, LT-92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania;3. State Agency for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LUNG), Goldberger Strasse 12, D-18273 Güstrow, Germany;4. Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Müggelseedamm 310, D-12587 Berlin, Germany;5. German Environmental Agency (UBA), Wörlitzer Platz 1, D-06844 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany;6. State Agency for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR), Hamburger Chaussee 25, D-24220 Flintbek, Germany;7. Project Management Jülich, branch office Rostock, Schweriner Straße 44, D-18069 Rostock, Germany;1. Department of Geography, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK;2. Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;1. Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, European Topic Centre-University of Málaga, Campus deTeatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain;2. Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Department of Ecology, Campus deTeatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Recent international policy developments require states to conserve at least 10% of coastal and marine areas by creating effectively managed and ecologically coherent networks of protected areas in the marine environment. In the framework of the PANACHE project, the current status of designation, management and monitoring of the network of marine protected areas (MPAs) of an important environmental, social and economic marine area: the English Channel (the Channel) was examined. Currently 224 MPAs exist belonging to 12 different designation categories and covering 17 440 km2, or approximately 20.3% of the project area in the Channel. International protection targets in the marine environment are thus met at this regional scale, although the individual contributions of the UK and France are considerably different, with French MPAs accounting for nearly 80% of the total area protected. Differences between countries are also found regarding MPA designation categories (11 in France, 6 in the UK, 1 in the Channel Islands) and management structures (with more actors involved in the UK) and approach, whereas the monitoring techniques used are similar, although more standardised in the UK. Pending challenges include greater within-country and cross-country MPA designation, monitoring and management simplicity, integration and coordination as well as the assessment of management effectiveness and ecological coherence of the Channel network of MPAs. |
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| Keywords: | Marine protected area English Channel MPA network development Management Monitoring |
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