ABSTRACT
The bible of marine protected area (MPA) planning and management is Salm and Clark’s Marine and Coastal Protected Areas: A Guide for Planners and Managers, first published in 1984, revised in 1989 and 2000. This book is also useful in planning and managing areas which include cetaceans. Kelleher (1999, 2001) and Kelleher and Kenchington (1992) provide additional perspective on the development and establishment of MPAs, with many practical suggestions, drawing on Graeme Kelleher’s valuable hindsight analysis from his time as head of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority from 1979 to 1994. Meffe et al (1999) provide a stimulating ‘big picture’ discussion of what ought to be the guiding principles of marine mammal conservation and its implementation in view of the human relationship to nature. In the section on ‘Checklist for creating better MPAs and PAs for cetaceans’ I have expanded on some of Salm and Clark’s (1989), as well as Kelleher’s (1999, 2001) and Meffe et al’s (1999), suggestions, specifically tailoring them to fit cetaceans and cetacean habitat. My thinking on this is also influenced by Notarbartolo di Sciara (2007) and many of the ideas presented at the first International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA) (Reeves, 2009). A working group, the International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, has grown out of this conference, which, among other things, aims to identify principles for planning as well as managing protected areas that feature or include marine mammals. The first conference focused largely on cetaceans, and proceedings can be downloaded from the ICMMPA site (https://www.icmmpa.org" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.icmmpa.org); subsequent conferences are planned.
