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Overhauling Ocean Spatial Planning To Improve Marine Megafauna Conservation, Ana Micaela Martins Sequeira, Graeme Clive Hays, David Sims, Víctor Eguíluz, Jorge Rodríguez, Michelle Heupel, Rob Harcourt, Hannah Calich, Nuno Queiroz, Daniel Paul Costa, Juan Fernández-Gracia, Luciana Ferreira, Simon David Goldsworthy, Mark Andrew Hindell, Mary-Anne Lea, Mark Meekan, Anthony Michael Pagano, Scott Shaffer, Julia Reisser, Michele Thums, Michael Weise, Carlos Duarte

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

Tracking data have led to evidence-based conservation of marine megafauna, but a disconnect remains between the many 1000s of individual animals that have been tracked and the use of these data in conservation and management actions. Furthermore, the focus of most conservation efforts is within Exclusive Economic Zones despite the ability of these species to move 1000s of kilometers across multiple national jurisdictions. To assist the goal of the United Nations General Assembly’s recent effort to negotiate a global treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas, we propose the development of a new frontier in dynamic marine spatial management. …