What does MPA stand for?

Marine Protected Area (ecology/environment)

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

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Samples in periodicals archive:

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS The following is a letter I wrote regarding the southern California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative.

Crushing Blanket of Humanity

The difficulty of the task was evident Thursday, when the panel had to put off until next month its recommendation to the California Fish and Game Commission on its preference among three hotly debated plans for a Marine Protected Area in the Southern California Bight.

Fishermen contest plans for Calif. ocean reserves

Over the next few years, parts of the Irish Sea will be given environmental protection as the UK government is committed to establishing a network of Marine Protected Areas by 2012.

Helpto shapehow weusetheIrishSea; CONSERVATION

This new project will promote protection of the North Sea's weird and wonderful marine wildlife, from microscopic plankton to gigantic whales, by helping to create a network of Marine Protected Areas to protect wildlife and their habitats from damaging activities.

Your chance to save our seas

Dr Al Khuzaie was speaking on the sidelines of the opening of the three-day workshop on the global marine heritage site selection and world heritage and marine protected areas in the Gulf and Red Sea.

Heritage hope for new Bahrain sites

A WORKSHOP on the selection of international and regional marine world heritage sites and marine protected areas opened yesterday.

New push to protect marine heritage sites

The feature includes 20 different layers of content contributed by leading ocean explorers, scientists and researchers, such as photos and videos of "hot spots" around the world and information on marine protected areas.

After Google Earth comes Google Ocean

Bush on Tuesday defended his record on the environment as he designated three parts of the Pacific Ocean as the world's largest marine protected areas.

Bush names marine monuments, defends record