Science Perspective Piece Highlights MegaMove findings

It was great to see the perspectives piece in the journal Science outlining the recent findings of the MegaMove project and highlighting how our research is changing the conservation conversation. The perspective article, titled "How migrating marine megafauna tracks with conservation", was written by Leah R. Gerber and Katrina Davis and published in the same issue as the MegaMove recent paper.

In the perspectives piece, where current issues in efforts to protect marine life are brought to light, Gerber and Davis do an excellent job at explaining why we need to be smarter about marine conservation. They highlight MegaMove's recent work identifying important marine megafauna areas (IMMegAs), which are key areas used by marine megafauna for feeding, breeding, and migrating, which remain mostly unprotected. This is a critical gap in conservation.

The main point in the perspectives piece is that conservation needs to be more strategic and its outcomes more focused. Data and knowledge provided by MegaMove will be useful to figure out which areas are best to designate protection, particularly to address key goals of the High Seas Treaty.

We were very pleased to see the MegaMove project was highlighted in such a nice perspectives piece published in Science. It will be encouraging to now also see our research helping to shape a smarter, more effective approach to protecting the ocean and its incredible wildlife.