A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from ‘no-take’ protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The report, ‘An Integrated Biogeographic Assessment of Reef Fish Populations and Fisheries in Dry Tortugas: Effects of No-take Reserves,’ is the first to evaluate how the 151-square nautical mile Tortugas Ecological Reserve affects the living marine resources of the region and the people whose livelihoods are connected to them.
via NOAA: Tortugas marine reserve yields more, larger fish.