Trophy-size fish catches in five Marine Protected Areas (IMAGE)
Caption
This graph illustrates the cumulative records of trophy-size fish catches over time in five different Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The open (white) circles represent records within 0-100km from the MPA boundary, while the dark (black) circles represent records between 100-200km from the MPA boundary. The vertical dark-blue dashed lines indicate when fishing protection was implemented within the MPAs. After the MPAs were established, there is a noticeable increase in the number of record-sized fish caught near the MPAs. This is consistent with the MPA providing a spillover of record-sized fish into adjacent, fished areas.
Credit
Franceschini et al. and Nancy Hulbirt, SOEST Illustrations, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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