Tying Policy to System: Does the Ross Sea Region Marine Reserve Protect Transport Pathways Connecting the Life History of Antarctic Toothfish?

• Published in: Marine Policy
• Main Authors: Ashford, Julian, Dinniman, Michael, Brooks, Cassandra, Wei, Lian, Zhu, Guoping
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2022
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Ross Sea; Toothfish; Marine protected area; Life history connectivity; Physical structuring; Transport pathways; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; Pacific; Indian; Southeast Indian Ridge; Iselin Bank; Northern Arm; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/428; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104903; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_fac_pubs/article/1439/viewcontent/Ashford_2022_TyingPolicytoSystemDoestheRossOCRFinal.pdf

A central objective of the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area (MPA) is to protect areas important to the life cycle of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), a top fish predator and by far the region’s most important commercial species. Juvenile toothfish predominate in deep basins along the...