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Exploring the shallows: a response to ‘Saving the shallows: focusing marine conservation where people might care’

Exploring the shallows: a response to ‘Saving the shallows: focusing marine conservation where... INTRODUCTION The central thesis of Amanda Vincent's Editorial entitled ‘Saving the shallows: focusing marine conservation where people might care’ (Vincent, ) is that the oceans are not enough of a public and political priority and a considerable shift in the relationship between society and the seas is required to drive a much needed increase in marine conservation efforts. Vincent cites the considerable disconnect between society and the sea, particularly in terms of understanding how personal behaviour choices can impact marine environmental health. We agree entirely with these views; there is a strong scientific evidence base that supports both socio‐ecological connections between human activity and marine environmental health (Halpern et al. , ; Rogers and Laffoley, ) and the disconnect between society and marine health (Fletcher and Potts, ; Natural England, ; Jefferson, ; McKinley and Fletcher, ). Vincent asserts that the most effective way of engaging people with the marine environment is to focus on shallow seas less than 10 m deep. These areas, she argues, are those that people have most experience of and are therefore most likely to care about, as they can be considered to be the local ‘ocean neighbourhoods’ of individuals and communities. In http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN
1052-7613
eISSN
1099-0755
DOI
10.1002/aqc.2220
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION The central thesis of Amanda Vincent's Editorial entitled ‘Saving the shallows: focusing marine conservation where people might care’ (Vincent, ) is that the oceans are not enough of a public and political priority and a considerable shift in the relationship between society and the seas is required to drive a much needed increase in marine conservation efforts. Vincent cites the considerable disconnect between society and the sea, particularly in terms of understanding how personal behaviour choices can impact marine environmental health. We agree entirely with these views; there is a strong scientific evidence base that supports both socio‐ecological connections between human activity and marine environmental health (Halpern et al. , ; Rogers and Laffoley, ) and the disconnect between society and marine health (Fletcher and Potts, ; Natural England, ; Jefferson, ; McKinley and Fletcher, ). Vincent asserts that the most effective way of engaging people with the marine environment is to focus on shallow seas less than 10 m deep. These areas, she argues, are those that people have most experience of and are therefore most likely to care about, as they can be considered to be the local ‘ocean neighbourhoods’ of individuals and communities. In

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater EcosystemsWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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