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Marine conservation across protected area boundaries

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A synthesis of animal population trends around 27 no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) cautions that concentrated fishing right next to an MPA undermines population recovery within the MPA — and beyond.

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Fig. 1: Population recovery is a matter of scale.

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