date:May 29, 2012
juvenile recruitment to both reserve and fished reefs within the study area.
Until now, no one has been able to show that adequately protected reserve networks can make a significant contribution to the replenishment of fished populations, said Geoff Jones, lead author of the study. The fate of the offspring of fish in the reserves has been a long-standing mystery. Now we can clearly show that the benefits of reserves spread beyond reserve boundaries.
Mr Harrison says he hopes that policymak