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To protect ocean environments, ‘good enough’ might be the best long-term option
Anastasia Quintana & Alfredo Giron Nava, The Conversation Fisheries & Aquaculture
In 2012, a number of small fishing towns set up 11 small, temporary areas where fishing was banned to fight overfishing in the Gulf. When these marine reserves expired five years later, the towns nearby all voted on whether to keep or change them. One community, Agua Verde, voted to keep their nearby reserve of San Marcial and make it five times larger. None of the other towns expanded their reserves.
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