Marine protected areas inadequate for protecting fish and ocean ecology, study finds

Friday, August 29, 2014 - 04:00 in Biology & Nature

A new study reports that an expansion of marine protected areas is needed to protect fish species that perform key ecological functions. According to investigators, previous efforts at protecting fish have focused on saving the largest numbers of species, often at the expense of those species that provide key and difficult-to-replace ecological functions.

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