Mainstream Ideas:

10% Plan for No-Take Reserves

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=10979679
Can achieve these goals:

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/12DOT000S8FA07/Possible+Goals+for+Marine+Protected+Areas

Academic "The Journal of Marine Protected Areas" (J. Mar. Prot.)

    Recycling funding into maintainence of MPAs

Huge Educational Potential

Non-extractive uses can be economically lucrative 

Likely Case Studies:

United States

Peru

New Zealand

Kenya/Tanazania 

Zoning Programs Outside of No-Take Reserves

Obviously, some restrictions are required outside of the 10% zones.  We provide the principle, other teams provide the specifics of regulatory strategies.

Fair Trade Fish

Similar Programs have been tried in the past, but have had problems with implementation (EcoLabeling, for instance).  Has large education potential for developed countries:

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/12DOT000S8FA07/Fair+Trade+Fish

Seems like logical continuation of "Seafood Watch Lists"

Important to explicitly put issue into the public awareness

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