Reef Fish Rebound in 'No-Take' Zones
By Wendy Heller, June 29, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Newscientist.com
The controversial move to shut out commercial and recreational fishers from vast areas of the Great Barrier Reef has led to a rapid increase in fish populations.
"Everyone is a little surprised. We've seen a consistent pattern of recovery of coral trout over an extraordinarily large area," says Garry Russ of James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland...
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