Comments on: Britain announces world’s largest marine reserve

By: Steve Clark

Steve Clark — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:24:53 +0000

Fantastic news! More countries need to take similar steps. This might bring up the total marine protected areas up to 1%. We should shoot for 12%, the amount of land that is protected.

By: Lisa Clarke

Lisa Clarke — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:16:24 +0000

What about the UK we desperately need preservation of the UK coast in terms of marine reserves.

By: Dr Richard L Munisamy

Dr Richard L Munisamy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:29:33 +0000

The Marine Park will not last. Mauritius has a legal claim to the islands and the British have made no effort to convince Mauritians of its environmental necessity. When the NGO I work for asked the British High Commission in Mauritius to work with us promoting The End of the Line we received the following response:

Thank you for the proposition. After consulting ‘the powers that be’, I regret to say that we will be unable to go forward with it. However, we encourage you to show the film around as much as possible as the last few weeks have demonstrated that there are many negative perceptions on the objectives of marine parks.

By: Todd Bates

Todd Bates — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:17:40 +0000

I wish to applaud the British government for this action; continued studies will not help the environment, a “no-take” stand will definitely move our world forward. Politicians respond to what we, as voting persons, tell them to do. Let’s tell more of them that this is the behaviour desired and expected.

Todd Bates.

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:32:21 +0000

I think that this is absolutely fantastic. We’re facing a serious issue here, and some steps forward such as this one, are a head in the right direction. I applaud the U.K on it’s righteous decision.

There are not plenty of fish in the sea,

Luke.