Study: Spearfishing Restrictions Boosted Fish Stocks In Great Barrier Reef
While spearfishing can be an ecologically sustainable activity with minimal bycatch, restricting the activity via designated spearing-free management zones can have conservation benefits at a regional scale, Australian scientists have found. Restricting spearfishing in some “yellow zones” in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has doubled the abundance of coral trout, according to new research…