[CRCP]

Tsitiskamma National Park in South Africa may be one of oldest parks, although
not a coral reef park.  I have not been able to find its date of origin, but I
think it may go back to the 1930s.

The following are some interesting work done there, but donot gieve the dates
of the park's origin.

Buxton, C. D. 1993. Life-history changes in exploited reef fishes on the east
coast of South Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes 36:47-63.

Buxton, C. D., and M. J. Smale. 1989. Abundance and distribution patterns of
three temperate marine reef fish (Teleostei: Sparidae) in exploited and
unexploited areas off the Southern Cape Coast. Journal of Applied Ecology
26:441-451.


Christopher Hawkins wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> It is interesting to hear all of the answers to the question
> "When was the first marine park established?"  I have always had
> difficulty with the semantics as far as MPA and marine park etc.
>  The first true marine park as we know it today may well be the
> John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park off Key Largo, Florida (as
> cited in several publications), December 1960.  Though I suppose
> it depends on one's definition of 'marine park'.  I doubt though
> that Ft. Jefferson or other early ones were MPAs or parks as we
> know them today, especially in light of how the rise of
> ecotourism has helped to catagorize many of them.  Good luck!
>
> Christopher Hawkins
> Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies
> University of Newcastle
> UK
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger
> http://im.yahoo.com
> ~~~~~~~
> For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the
> digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the
> menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver.

--
Tim McClanahan
Coral Reef Conservation Project
The Wildlife Conservation Society
Kibaki Flats #12
Kenyatta Beach, Bamburi
P.O. Box 99470
Mombasa, Kenya
email: crcp at africaonline.co.ke
Tel O: 254 11 485570
Tel H: 486549




~~~~~~~
For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the
digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the
menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver.