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Study: Giving Local Fishermen Control Prevents Overfishing (Mostly)
Voice of America – In many tropical countries, overfishing by small-scale fishers threatens offshore reefs, which are some of the oceans’ most important ecosystems. The new study confirmed what a growing body of research has shown: giving local fishers more control over how, when and where to fish usually results in better incomes, more cooperation with the rules, and more fish on the reef. But not always. The new research also found out why these fisher-managed systems sometimes fail. Read article
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