Alf
09-24-2002, 11:34 AM
Fish have no place to hide
Military Technologies and Increased Fishing Effort Leave Fish With "No Place to Hide" Say Scientists
New technologies and increasing fishery effort make the need for marine reserves imperative. So claimed a panel of scientists at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston in February.
"New technologies and fishing effort have peeled the lid off the oceans," said University of York scientist Callum Roberts. "If we want to keep seafood on our plates we need to put back refuges so some fish survive long enough to reproduce."
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Military Technologies and Increased Fishing Effort Leave Fish With "No Place to Hide" Say Scientists
New technologies and increasing fishery effort make the need for marine reserves imperative. So claimed a panel of scientists at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston in February.
"New technologies and fishing effort have peeled the lid off the oceans," said University of York scientist Callum Roberts. "If we want to keep seafood on our plates we need to put back refuges so some fish survive long enough to reproduce."
The Rest of the story (http://www.coralreefalliance.org/news/fishhavenoplacetohide.html)