Network of Managed Access and Reserve Areas (MA+Rs)

Marine species require a variety of healthy habitats throughout their life cycle to maintain a stable population. To safeguard these habitats for the species to reproduce, develop, and mature, it is essential to create networks of marine reserves at the appropriate scale.

Managed access areas refer to the areas where a group of fishers have preferential rights to harvest resources within the defined boundaries. To ensure efficient governance of these areas, effective mechanisms must be established at multiple levels, and the authority to manage or co-manage the area must be handed over to community-led groups.