NTA Zones Supplement.

A supplement to a previous post regarding NTA zones (no-take areas).

Just to explain it again, NTA zones were set up to protect fish in the late 1960s and early 1970s, before climate change was a major issue.

Anyway, I found another article, posted today about the study. This one in particular has a lot more info about the actual study itself.

Apparently the study conducted by an international team of scientists from all over the world was "the largest study of its kind to have been carried out, covering 66 sites across seven countries and spanning over a decade in the Indian Ocean".

[Thats pretty cool.]

Previous work by this same team includes investigations to the 1998 coral bleaching even that affected coral reefs all around the world.

I think this article is the most comprehensive of all the other ones so far.

"They conclude that while the existing zones should not be removed, new areas are needed in the right place to protect corals against the effects of rising temperatures."

There we go. :)

posted by Sage @ 9/01/2008 02:31:00 PM Comments: 0