The introduction and implementation of marine conservation measures can only be achieved through mutual partnerships between scientists, fishing communities and policy makers, new research has suggested.
The study draws together the novel environmental discoveries on seabed recovery gathered during 15 years of annual monitoring surveys in the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area (MPA), following its protection from bottom towed fishing gear in 2008.
It also weaves together the wider story of efforts to protect the area, shining a fresh light on some of the people who have provided the foundation for the project successes.
In doing so, the study's authors aimed to show how people and nature are intricately linked when it comes to understanding and managing coastal ecosystems.
This, they add, has never been of more importance as society nears the middle of a decade that is critical for the future of our ocean and the communities that rely on it.
Published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, the study was led by researchers from the University of Plymouth and the Blue Marine Foundation, in collaboration with local communities in Lyme Bay.
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