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Protecting large ocean areas helps biodiversity — and doesn’t harm fisheries, study finds

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The findings come as the world seeks to protect and conserve at least 30% of the ocean by 2030. Image: Unsplash/Sebastian Pena Lambarri

Octavio Aburto
Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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The difference in fishing effort (fishing hours per vessel): purple, decrease in fishing, and blue, increase in fishing; before (2014-2017), and after (2018-2021) the MPA’s implementation.
The difference in fishing effort (fishing hours per vessel): purple, decrease in fishing, and blue, increase in fishing; before (2014-2017), and after (2018-2021) the MPA’s implementation.

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