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Fish lightly to keep snapper on the reef
Fishing is fundamentally altering the food chain in coral reefs and putting extra pressure on top-level predator fish
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- January 12, 2017
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- Lancaster University
- Summary:
- Scientists have looked at 253 coral reef sites across the Indian Ocean. They found that top-level predator fish -- such as snapper and grouper -- were easily overfished and require a different approach if they are to be conserved.
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Journal Reference:
- Graham, Nicholas A. J. et al. Human disruption of coral reef trophic structure. Current Biology, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.062
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