This paper introduces the effect of public participation in special marine reserves management from the connotation of public participation, and uses the public participation in Ma’an Archipelago special marine reserves management as the research object.From both resources protection and management strength the author analyzes the background of introducing the public participation in the reserves, then focuses on the enthusiasm and legal issues of the public participation and the problems of enforcing the public participation by introducing the methods of fishermen participating in reserves management.The article puts forward solutions to these problems: Enhancing consciousness of public participation; Improving the law of public participation in reserves; Giving the participants certain rights of management; Coordinating the problems of enforcing public participation in the management.