Recovery potential of the world’s coral reef fishes

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An analysis of fish declines in coral reefs shows that simple fishing limits and implementation of marine protected areas can be enough to support recovery of coral ecosystem resilience.

MacNeil et al. show how conservation targets and the recovery rates of key fish groups can be estimated from large-scale comparisons of fish biomass at protected and remote sites.

Read more on Nature.

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