A brief overview and comparison of the benefits of MPAs and NTZs

Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a significant instrument for fisheries management and conservation. MPAs can safeguard habitat, and ecological processes as well as species diversity, their abundance, size, and densities. In a No-Take Zone (NTZ), these environmental and fishery advantages are especially noticeable. No-Take Zones are a subset of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in which no fishing operations, including recreational or commercial, nor the removal of any flora and fauna are allowed. It is a type of marine spatial management that has grown in popularity as the world has moved towards ecosystem-based management in fisheries. Benefits include improved growth, fecundity, and diversity of species within NTZs, which can also boost populations beyond NTZs because of the spillover impact of a greater population and juveniles migrating into surrounding waters. Hence, NTZs restore reserves and enhance resistance to climatic changes. […]