Travel distances of juvenile fish key to better conservation

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

Marine reserves—sections of the ocean where fishing is prohibited—promote coral reef sustainability by preventing overfishing and increasing fish abundance and diversity. But to be effective, they need to be sized right, and in a way that accounts for how far juvenile fish travel away from their parents after spawning.

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