Membership benefits and possible areas of collaboration

Membership benefits

• Sharing of experiences, challenges and best practices in MPA development, management, and enforcement to leverage our shared knowledge.
• Building consistent and strong messages on the importance and benefits of effectively managed MPAs
• Enhancing the ability of each agency to meet its domestic and/or international MPA mandates and commitments, and contribute to marine conservation on a global scale.
• Identifying new opportunities to influence ocean management and create innovative approaches and results-based tools to help protect marine resources. 
   

  School of Chub, Papahanaumokuakea, Hawaii Photo: NOAA

Possible areas for collaboration

• Collaboration and information sharing on management approaches to common threats like climate impacts,  ocean acidification, invasive species, coral disease, ship strikes, or fishing impacts 
• Sharing approaches to the application of technology to MPA management
• Sharing of best practices for tracking the emergence of new pressures and mitigation efforts
• Sharing of scientific information
• Promoting the development of MPA networks
• Developing common messages regarding benefits of MPAs and management approaches
• Sharing approaches to working with indigenous peoples