Reply to: Global effects of marine protected areas on food security are unknown

Affiliations

¹ Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA. esala@ngs.org.
² Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Environmental Markets Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Watershed Sciences and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
⁵ IFREMER, Unité Halieutique de Manche et Mer du Nord, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
⁶ Changing Ocean Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
⁸ Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI, USA.
⁹ GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
¹⁰ The WorldFish Center, Philippine Office, Los Baños, The Philippines.
¹¹ MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
¹² Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
¹³ The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.
¹⁴ Marine Conservation Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁵ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science CBCS, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Dynamic Planet, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁷ Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Comment

Enric Sala et al. Nature. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;621(7979):E37-E40.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06494-7.

¹ Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA. esala@ngs.org.
² Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Environmental Markets Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Watershed Sciences and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
⁵ IFREMER, Unité Halieutique de Manche et Mer du Nord, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
⁶ Changing Ocean Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
⁸ Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI, USA.
⁹ GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
¹⁰ The WorldFish Center, Philippine Office, Los Baños, The Philippines.
¹¹ MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
¹² Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
¹³ The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.
¹⁴ Marine Conservation Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁵ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science CBCS, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Dynamic Planet, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁷ Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Comment on

Global effects of marine protected areas on food security are unknown.
Ovando D, Liu O, Molina R, Parma A, Szuwalski C. Ovando D, et al. Nature. 2023 Sep;621(7979):E34-E36. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06493-8. Epub 2023 Sep 20. Nature. 2023. PMID: 37730877 No abstract available.

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