Fish mass is 34% higher in Australia's marine protected areas, but only if all fishing is banned
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The mass of fish in fully protected Marine Protected Areas is 34% higher than what is expected if they were openly fished, according to Australian research, which also found no boost to fish mass in partially protected areas. The authors say the findings highlight the importance of strict fishing exclusion for fish biomass recovery.
Journal/conference: Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Research: Paper
Organisation/s: University of Tasmania, The University of Adelaide
Funder: This work was partially supported by a Parks Victoria Student Research Scholarship. Data from RLS and ATRC used in the analyses
are managed through, and were sourced from, Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)—IMOS is enabled by the National
Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). Support was also provided by the Australian Research Council (R.D.S.-S. by ARC
FT190100599, C.M. by FT200100870). R.D.S.-S. was also supported by a Fellowship in Marine Consearvtion by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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