Oregon State University
Skip navigation

Breakthroughs in Science

Posts Tagged ‘“Marine Protected Areas”’

The National System of Marine Protected Areas

Monday, December 1st, 2008

From News and Communication Services at OSU: “Marine protected areas are parts of the ocean set aside for their conservation value, much like state and national parks,” said Mark Hixon, a professor of marine biology at Oregon State University and chair of the federal advisory committee that helped produce the framework for the national system. […]