Fish vs. forests? Madagascar’s marine conservation boom

Mongabay
Nov 1, 2017, 2:34 pm138 pts
BEHELOKE BAS, Madagascar — For a few days each year, fishermen here can travel back in time. When octopus season opens on a new part of the reef every three months, a single boat with three or four divers might catch as much as 200 pounds in a few hours. That, says Jean François, a fisherman who goes by the…

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