| conservation of the critically endangered eastern australian population of the grey nurse shark (carcharias taurus) through cross-jurisdictional management of a network of marine-protected areas. | between 2001 and 2009, 26 marine-protected areas (mpa) were established on the east australian seaboard, at least in part, to manage human interactions with a critically endangered population of grey nurse shark, carcharias taurus. this network is spread across six mpa systems and includes all 19 sites outlined in the national recovery plan for c. taurus, though five sites remain open to some forms of fishing. the reserve network has complex cross-jurisdictional management, as the sharks occur i ... | 2013 | 24213854 |