Plans to make a stretch of the Isle of Man's coastline into a Marine Conservation Zone were welcomed by local fisherman.

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It can be considered as a model for promoting integrated eco-tourism development in similar islands and may serve as the basis for a larger marine and terrestrial buffer zone.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The site, located in the south Atlantic, is one of the least-disrupted island and marine ecosystems in the cool temperate zone.

UNESCO: World Heritage

The panel will also have to finalise levels of protection in each zone, as the Marine Bill allows regulators a lot of flexibility in what to prohibit (such as fishing) for which periods of the year.

BBC: Marine protection bids unveiled

Nancy Rabalais, who heads the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and has mapped the dead zone each year for nearly three decades, claims that the amount of nitrates flowing into the Gulf of Mexico has increased by up to 300% over that time.

ECONOMIST: Nutrient pollution

International conventions are an essential tool for protecting marine biodiversity, given the lack of physical barriers in the ocean to confine species to a single zone.

UNESCO: Open Access to Scientific Information

"We are proud as Cook Islanders to provide our entire exclusive economic zone... as a shark sanctuary, " said Teina Bishop, Cook Islands minister of marine resources.

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