Marineprotectedareas(MPAs)areanimportantinstrumentfor
conservationand fisheriesmanagement.MPAscanprotecthabitats,
ecosystemstructure,functioningandintegrity,andspeciesdiver-
sity,richness,sizeanddensity [1–3]. Theseconservationand fish-
eriesbenefits areparticularlyevidentin “no-take” MPAs [4]. Their
importasamanagementtoolhasleadtoincreasingnumbersof
MPAsaroundtheworld – morethan6800MPAscovering 2.86%
of ExclusiveEconomicZonesin2010 [5] – andglobalcommitments
toscaleupthecoverageofMPAsto10%aerialcoverageby2020 [6].