Friday, May 25, 2012

Research: Marine reserves help sustain fisheries

No fishing areas are helping to sustain valuable Australian fisheries according to research published in the Cell Press journal, Current Biology.

Scientists applied a forensic DNA profiling approach to track the dispersal pathways of fish larvae throughout a network of marine reserves on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Though marine reserves have been set aside to help sustain fisheries, the study is the first to provide conclusive evidence that these marine reserves generate important recruitment subsidies to both fished and protected areas.


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