No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought
- Written by Dustin Marshall, Professor, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University
An adult _Plectropomus leopardus_ from the Whitsundays.(Credit to David Wachenfeld, Triggerfish Images), One hectare of ocean in which fishing is not allowed (a marine protected area) produces at least five times the amount of fish as an equivalent unprotected hectare, according to new research published today.
This outsized effect means marine...





