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Policy 142</i>: 105109. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105109\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105109</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Roessger, J.; Claudet, J.; Horta e Costa, B.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Roessger, J.; Claudet, J.; Horta e Costa, B.","Englishabstract":"Contracting Parties of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (the ‘OSPAR Convention’) have agreed to establish an effective network of marine protected areas (MPAs). While the network is currently covering approximately 7% of the North-East Atlantic, the extent to which existing MPAs appropriately harbour protection remains unknown. Using the regulation-based classification system, we assessed the levels of protection of 946 zones belonging to 476 strictly marine OSPAR MPAs. 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