Overfished lobster found to grow bigger in protected areas

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Nov 24, 2022, 6:20 pm409 pts
A team of researchers at the University of Agder's, Center for Coastal Research, working with a colleague at the Institute of Marine Research, both in Norway, has found that when protected areas for lobsters are established in overfished parts of the sea, the lobsters tend to grow bigger. In their paper…

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