Is This the Way Forward for Conservation in Fishing Communities?

Leaders from andavedock joined force with two dozen neighbouring communities to establish a vast conservation area along dozens of miles of coast line. They outlawed fishing with poison and mosquito nets, and set aside permanent refuges around threatened coral reefs and mangroves. The real magic went beyond profit. Within five years, they'd secured legal s from the state to manage over 200 square miles of ocean,. eliminating destructive industrial trawlers from the waters.