Open Channels (MPA news) A fuller insight into UK Government’s intentions for the Ascension Island and Pitcairn Islands MPAs.

The UK Government has announced its intent to designate a large no-take MPA around part of Ascension Island, a remote and lightly populated UK territory in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Equator.  Although formal declaration of the MPA’s boundaries may not happen until 2017 or later, the UK Government and Ascension Island Government are taking a first step this year, closing an area covering 234,291 km² (or 52.6%) of the island’s waters.  This closure is intended to allow research to scope the eventual boundaries of the MPA. To read more go to:

https://www.openchannels.org/news/mpa-news/uk-intends-designate-large-no-take-mpa-around-part-ascension-island-uk%E2%80%99s-pitcairn