Bonus points for using possibly the best pig graphic every published in a journal article!

People can disagree about minimum standards for MPAs, or what level of protection a given MPA should have, but bottom trawling isn’t inherently inconsistent with currently applied definitions of MPAs that allow for a range of protection levels and objectives.

Would caveat it can depend on the purpose of the MPA. e.g. some types of bottom trawling might be consistent with an MPA focused on protecting non-benthic features; It might be a minimally protected MPA, but still an MPA, e.g as defined by MPA Guide (mpa-guide.protectedplanet.net/resources)

trying this place out, can you add me as a contributor? Thanks! @ethanfreedman.bsky.social

#addOcean Thanks for organizing, giving this bluesky thing a try!

Dan Ovando, scientist at the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, trying out this bluesky thing! www.iattc.org/en-US/About/...