Changes Necessary
A key part of any change must be to significantly increase the amount of research funding to assess impacts of fishing and other activity on the aquatic environment. Any regime must also promote the development of a system of re-presentative marine reserves to help avoid, or mitigate, the effects of fishing and protect biodiversity. Most marine scientists have accepted the use of marine reserves as a legitimate fisheries management tool. International scientific advice generally agrees that 20 percent of any marine environment needs to be protected if fisheries are to be sustainable.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 306, 1 November 2002, Page 30
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