The banning of fishing in a newly created Pacific marine sanctuary will wait on stocks recover and attract high-finish tourist dollars as a replacement source of incomeThe recent decision by the Pacific island nation of Palau to finish fishing in a California-sized swath of tuna-rich ocean comes at a time of record overfishing and will wait on the populations of bigeye and yellowfin to recover,scientists say.
Officials hope that the current reserve will boost sustainable tourism revenues as well as fish populations, as ordinary divers and even snorkelers will be able to experience the disagreement that protection measures can make.
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Source: theguardian.com