Do Marine Protected Areas in the Red Sea Afford Protection to Megafauna?: A Reassessment Nearly a Decade On

Anthony (Tony) B. Rouphael^1*, Marshall N², Noor N³, El-Gawish S³, Baha-El-Din S³, Al-Bahry W³, Elhalawani S⁴ and Abdulla A⁵

¹Dare, 5 Birdwood Ave, Como, Australia

²James Cook University, ATSIP Building, Townsville, Q4811, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Australia

³Abdullah El Kateb St., Dokki, Giza, Nature Conservation Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

⁴Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, BirdLife International, England

⁵Centre of Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia