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Contact Brock Bernstein, 805-646-8369, brockb@west.net,
or Holly Price,
831-647-4247, holly.price@noaa.gov, with any questions. 


The impact of marine reserves: do reserves work and does reserve size matter?
Benjamin Halpern. Ecological Applications (in press).
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The use of marine reserves in evaluating the dive fishery for the warty sea cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) in California, U.S.A.
Stephen C. Schroeter, Daniel C. Reed, David J. Kushner, James A. Estes, and David S. Ono. 2001. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 58: 1773-1781. Published online on the NRC Research Press Web site at http://cjfas.nrc.ca on August 17, 2001.
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Effectiveness of an existing estuarine no-take fish sanctuary within the Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Darlene R. Johnson, Nicholas A. Funicelli, and James A. Bohnsack. 1999. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 19: 436-453.
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Large-scale closed areas as a fishery-management tool in temperate marine systems: The Georges Bank experience
S. A. Murawski, R. Brown, H. L. Lai, P. J. Rago and L. Hendrickson. 2000. Bulletin of Marine Science. 66(3): 775-798.  This is the largest example of the use of permanently closed areas in fisheries management in the U.S.
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Marine protected areas as a precautionary approach to management
Mark H. Carr and Peter T. Raimondi. 1999. CalCOFI Rep. 40: 71-76. 
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Concepts relevant to the design and evaluation of fishery reserves
Mark H. Carr and Peter. T. Raimondi. 1998. In Marine Harvest Refugia for West Coast Rockfish: A Workshop, ed. By Mary Yoklavich. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-255, pp. 27-31. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
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Comments on proposals for marine reserves in CINMS
Dr. Ray Hilborn, Professor, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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Design principles for rockfish reserves on the U.S. west coast
Richard M. Starr, University of California Sea Grant Extension Program, Moss Landing, CA. 1998. In Marine Harvest Refugia for West Coast Rockfish: A Workshop, ed. By Mary Yoklavich. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-255, pp. 50-63. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
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Scientific consensus statement on marine reserves and marine protected areas
(Also referred to as the "AAAS Statement.") 
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An Evaluation of the Short-term Social and Economic Impacts of Marine Reserves on User Groups in Key West  
(pdf file) by Tanya Dobrzynski and Elizabeth Nicholson.

A recently completed study of the short-term socioeconomic impacts of no-take areas in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on several major user groups in Key West.
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