Marine Protection in the Gulf of Mexico: Current Policy, Future Options, and Ecosystem Outcomes

In this policy brief, researchers at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Nicholas School of the Environment share their thoughts about the ways in which marine protection in the Gulf of Mexico could be designed to account for the region's unique ecosystem, what types of spatial management and protection could be implemented under existing policies and law and how these spatial management options might influence future ecosystem health--even in the face of potential human and natural disasters.