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Published at 2016-07-13 20:00:05

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A University of Washington fisheries professor argues this week that saving biodiversity in the world's oceans requires more than banning fishing with marine protected areas,or oceanic wilderness areas. In a three-page editorial published this week in the journal Nature, he argues that this increasingly common conservation strategy is not as effective as properly managing recreational and commercial fisheries.

Source: phys.org

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