A Network of the World's Large-Scale Marine Managed Areas
Big Ocean Founding Member Sites. December 6, 2010. Image credit: Big Ocean
As the name states, Big Ocean is a network of managers and partners of existing and proposed large-scale marine managed areas. The collective aim is to improve the effectiveness of management efforts, to serve as a peer learning resource and support system, and to build the professional standards of practice for this emerging genre of marine conservation.
Big Ocean also aims to share outcomes and lessons learned in order to increase understanding of the unique contributions of large-scale marine protection and how management of the ocean at such scales is changing the game of ocean governance.
The six founding member sites pictured above represent more than 900,000 mi2 (2.3 million km2) of ocean ecosystems, which is roughly the same size as the Mediterranean Sea, or one-and-a-half times the size of the Gulf of Mexico.
Learn more about
the Big Ocean network by surfing around our web site, and linking to the web pages of our member sites.
