| Forests in Indonesia | Governance | "New Order" Indonesian Forest Governance System, 1965-1998 | No (1) | scientific information did not play an important role in this governance system. |
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| Forests in Indonesia | Governance | "Reformasi" Indonesian Forest Governance System, 1998-2012 | No (1) | Policy-setting does not seem to be in any way science based for this system. |
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| Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ICCAT) | Governance | ICCAT Governance System | Somewhat (2) | Scientific assessments are used to make recommendations for Western ABFT withdrawals. However, final decisions are made in a political process, and on several occasions this political process has disregarded recommendations. There are also questions about the reliability of scientific knowledge concerning Western ABFT. |
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| Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ICCAT) | Governance | ICCAT Governance System | Somewhat (2) | Scientific assessments are used to make recommendations for Eastern ABFT withdrawals. However, final decisions are made in a political process, and on several occasions this political process has disregarded recommendations. There are also questions about the reliability of scientific knowledge concerning Eastern ABFT. |
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| Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ICCAT) | Governance | ICCAT Governance System | Somewhat (2) | |
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| Montreal Protocol | Governance | Montreal Protocol | Yes (3) | |
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| International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) | Governance | Rhine Chemicals Convention | Yes (3) | |
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| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | Governance | GBR Marine Park Act 1975-1999 | Somewhat (2) | The initial zoning scheme was influenced by some science - double-check this. |
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| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | Governance | GBR Marine Park Act 2004-current | Yes (3) | The rezoning of the GBR marine park was guided by the best available science, and is heralded as the best implementation of systematic conservation planning |
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| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | Governance | GBR Marine Park Act 1975-1999 | Yes (3) | |
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| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | Governance | GBR Marine Park Act 2004-current | Yes (3) | |
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| Wakatobi National Park | Governance | Wakatobi National Park 2008-current | Yes (3) | Widespread knowledge of the destructive impacts of blast and poison (cyanide & local root) on coral reefs has informed the prohibition of these gears. |
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| Wakatobi National Park | Governance | Wakatobi National Park 2008-current | Yes (3) | Knowledge of where fish spawn, and knowledge of vulnerability of spawning fish to over-exploitation. |
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| Wakatobi National Park | Governance | Wakatobi National Park 2008-current | Yes (3) | Follows consensus or general good practice related to protecting nesting beaches. However, no-takes not designed to protect species with wide home ranges. |
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| Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument | Governance | NWHI Monument Act 2006 | Yes (3) | Lobster fishery is closed. |
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| Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument | Governance | NWHI Monument Act 2006 | Yes (3) | pristine area and all no take |
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| Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument | Governance | NWHI Monument Act 2006 | Yes (3) | the whole area is no take |
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| Central California National Marine Sanctuaries | Governance | Joint Sanctuary Management Governance System | Yes (3) | Management is required to reflect best available science. |
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| Central California National Marine Sanctuaries | Governance | Joint Sanctuary Management Governance System | Yes (3) | Management is required to reflect best available science. |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Nature Reserve Management Plan | Yes (3) | The light mantled albatross is classified as near threatened, requiring conservation measures throughout their range. Protection of breeding sites and threats from invasive species is an important component that might affect their survival |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan | Yes (3) | The bycatch mitigation measures are compatible with best practices for seabird bycatch mitigation |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan | Yes (3) | |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Nature Reserve Management Plan | Yes (3) | Policies are implemented on the basis of the best available science |
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| Raja Ampat (National Act No. 32 2004) | Governance | Raja Ampat Governance System | Yes (3) | |
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| Raja Ampat (National Act No. 32 2004) | Governance | Raja Ampat Governance System | Yes (3) | |
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| Raja Ampat (National Act No. 32 2004) | Governance | Raja Ampat Governance System | Yes (3) | Yes - MPAs are a network across the region.
Although primary aim is local food security |
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| Central California National Marine Sanctuaries | Governance | Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan | Yes (3) | Policies incorporate the best available science. Science conducted for management purposes are peer-reviewed. |
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| Svalbard Nature Reserves | Governance | Svalbard Environmental Protection Act | Yes (3) | Policy makes recognized the unique and fragile aspects of the polar landscapes described by science and have created fairly strict regulations in accordance. |
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| Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) | Governance | Galapagos Governance System 1998-current | Yes (3) | In line with international treaties and consensus that turtle nesting beaches should be protected. |
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| Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) | Governance | Galapagos Governance System 1998-current | Somewhat (2) | At the start of the time period being coded the quota set was higher than scientific consensus - the quota was determined through negotiations among sector representatives in the Participatory Management Board, and there were protests when quotas were not satisfactory to fishermen. At the end of the time period being coded, the closed fishery at catch limits are being adhered to - so coded as 'somewhat' |
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| Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) | Governance | Galapagos Governance System 1998-current | Yes (3) | Ban on industrial fishing, and shark fishing, transport, and sale of all sharks and their products has been banned in accordance with current scientific consensus (and international agreements, e.g. CITES) |
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| Great Australian Bight Marine Park (GABMP) (Commonwealth Waters) | Governance | GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management 2000 - 2005 and Management Plan 2005 - 2012 | Yes (3) | Management is required to reflect the best available science. |
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| Svalbard Nature Reserves | Governance | Svalbard Environmental Protection Act | Yes (3) | There is ongoing monitoring to estimate the biomass of the shrimp stock, and the fishing effort is regulated accordingly. |
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| Great Australian Bight Marine Park (GABMP) (Commonwealth Waters) | Governance | GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management 2000 - 2005 and Management Plan 2005 - 2012 | Somewhat (2) | Management is required to reflect the best available science, however SBT quotas are influenced by a range of political processes from numerous nations. |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Marine Park Management Plan | Yes (3) | The light mantled albatross are considered near threatened by the IUCN and protected under the agreement on the conservation of albatross and petrels. Accordingly full protection is warranted as are investments in recovery. |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Marine Park Management Plan | No (1) | The MPA does not protect important habitat for toothfish, and according to existing information is not used extensively by toothfish. |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Marine Park Management Plan | Yes (3) | |
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| Seaflower MPA | Governance | Seaflower MPA Act 2005 | Missing | NO DATA |
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| Macquarie Island Marine Park | Governance | Macquarie Island Nature Reserve Management Plan | Somewhat (2) | Although the Nature Reserve provides some protection to Toothfish it was not explicitly designed for this purpose. |
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| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | Governance | GBR Marine Park Act 2004-current | Yes (3) | The locations of important nesting and foraging sites were actively considered in the re-zoning, and the ban on turtle hunting is considered necessary. |
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| Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | Governance | Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan | Yes (3) | The seabird bycatch mitigation measures (as prescribed by CCAMLR and implemented by the AFMA) are absolutely in accordance with the current scientific consensus, in fact, they are considered perhaps the best example of seabird mitigation techniques (see e.g., Croxall 2008). |
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| Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | Governance | Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan | Yes (3) | Policies are based on the best available science and in accordance with the current scientific consensus. |
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| Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | Governance | Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan | Yes (3) | |
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| Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | Governance | Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan | Yes (3) | HIMI toothfish are managed according to the best available science, however scientists are still in the process of understanding their life history, population structure and distribution in the HIMI region. |
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| Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve | Governance | Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan | Somewhat (2) | The MPA closed some areas that are important to the life history for toothfish, particularly juvenile grounds. Yet, the MPA was designed when toothfish fishing was exclusively trawling and prior to the discovery of toothfish spawning grounds in the HIMI EEZ (see e.g., Welsford et al. 2012). Further the MPA had broader goals beyond protecting toothfish (e.g., protecting the World Heritage and cultural values of the HIMI area, unique benthic and pelagic environments, representative marine habitats, and foraging areas for land-based predators). |
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| Great Australian Bight Marine Park (GABMP) (Commonwealth Waters) | Governance | GABMP (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management 2000 - 2005 and Management Plan 2005 - 2012 | No (1) | Gillnetting has been formally highlighted as a key threat to the conservation of Australian sea lions in 2005 (see Hamer et al. 2011) and is still allowed across most of the GABMP for half the year. |
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| Svalbard Nature Reserves | Governance | Svalbard Environmental Protection Act | Yes (3) | Breeding colonies protected and populations are monitored annually |
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| Seaflower MPA | Governance | Seaflower MPA Act 2005 | Missing | |
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| Cenderwasih National Park | Governance | Cenderwasih governance system | Yes (3) | Large area encompassing a variety of habitats. Spawning aggregations protected.
In 2008 an MoU was signed by WWF-Indonesia and State Univeristy of Papua to enhance research and area development in Cendrawasih Bay National Park. http://www.wwf.or.id/en/about_wwf/whatwedo/marine_species/where_we_work/core_site/cendrawasih/ |
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| Cenderwasih National Park | Governance | Cenderwasih governance system | Yes (3) | Large area encompassing a variety of habitats. Spawning aggregations protected.
In 2008 an MoU was signed by WWF-Indonesia and State Univeristy of Papua to enhance research and area development in Cendrawasih Bay National Park. http://www.wwf.or.id/en/about_wwf/whatwedo/marine_species/where_we_work/core_site/cendrawasih/ |
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| Falkland Islands squid | Governance | The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) Fisheries Department’s Falklands Interim Conservation and Management Zone (FICZ) | Yes (3) | In-season depletion models project biomass and take into consideration a number of factors. Managers use best available science. |
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| New Zealand squid | Governance | New Zealand Quota Management System | Yes (3) | A lot of scientific gaps regarding squid, but incorporate any information available. With only four million people, and the fourth largest EEZ in the world, New Zealand simply can’t afford the science needed to manage all fisheries exactly at their target level. So the government prioritises spending on fisheries data collection, monitoring and stock assessment to focus on stocks with the highest landings or greatest importance, or those considered most at risk of being unsustainable. Where there is little information, it is hard to gauge how close a stock is to its target level. So the Government must act cautiously, and set the catch at what it thinks is a safe level. Fisheries managers advise the Government, based on the results of Science and Monitoring programmes.
Scientists are often contracted out. Industry pays for most scientific efforts. |
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| California squid | Governance | California Department of Fish and Wildlife Market Squid Fishery Management Plan | Yes (3) | Heavily tied to science. At the core of the MLMA is the principle of basing decisions on sound science and other useful information. The MLMA also calls for basing decisions on the best available
scientific information as well as other information that the Department and the
Commission possess. Work with scientists in the area. |
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| Pond aquaculture on Lombok, Indonesia | Governance | Indonesian Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture | No (1) | |
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| Pond aquaculture on Lombok, Indonesia | Governance | Indonesian Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture | | |
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| Caete-Teperacu Extractive Reserve (RESEX) in Braganca, Brazil | Governance | Caeté-Taperaçú Extractive Reserve (RESEX) in Brazil | Somewhat (2) | |
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| Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica fisheries governance | Governance | Marine Areas for Responsible Fishing (AMPRs) Costa Rica | Somewhat (2) | |
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