
Conservation
Marine Protected Areas Are Important, but...
...they can't do their job of protecting aquatic ecosystems if people fail to respect their boundaries
Patricia Fernandez Waid, MSc, is a marine conservation enthusiast and naturalist with Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She also works in the field of bioinspired design.
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