Australia opens vast swaths of famed marine parks to fishing

Mongabay
Mar 29, 2018, 12:14 am153 pts
Australia is known for protecting its sea life in a 3.3 million square kilometer (1.3 million square mile) system of marine parks that covers 36 percent of the country’s oceans. The protection of those parks is now at stake, as the government last week approved five long-awaited management plans covering 44…

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