Summary Description
- Creates conservation measures for marine areas.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- Wild-caught fishing
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Fish
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- USA
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Regulation
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2000
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Executive Order 13158 of May 26, 2000 Marine Protected Areas (U.S.A.)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Clearly defines geographic space managed for long-term conservation.
- Weaknesses
- Provides different levels of protection from minimally protected to fully protected.
- May not be suitable for local and indigenous management reliant on traditional knowledge.
- Resources to manage MPAs are limited and their effectiveness relies on contextual factors, such as governance and socio-economic characteristics, rather than the design attributes, such as the MPA size.