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Success Stories in Troubled Waters

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 13/10/2011 - 23:32
The race to save animal species from extinction is as important as ever before. There are still many threats to a growing number of animals, but there are also some success stories. Animals on the brink of extinction have rebounded.
Success Stories in Troubled Waters
Published in X-Ray Issue: 25 - Sep 2008
Authored by: Arnold Weisz | Photography: | Translation:
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Marine protected areas have proven to allow threatened fish stocks to recover and to increase the fishing yield in adjacent areas. In the Egyptian Red Sea, five years after the establishment of marine reserves, fishing has increased by 66 percent in neighbouring areas.

Conservation is not an empty word, it actually helps. Even though the list of threatened marine species continue to grow, there are some remarkable success stories of the recovery of animal populations.

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Success Stories in Troubled Waters