Many reefs are also fishing protected areas for the same reason, why this one should be treated differently?
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What's the goal? Is the idea to stop fishermen from hurting themselves? Is it that removing a sunken ship would interfere with the natural processes that put the ship there?
Reefs can't be fishing-protected areas because of the presence of fish. The presence of fish is how we pick fishing-intensive areas.
> Reefs can't be fishing-protected areas because of the presence of fish. The presence of fish is how we pick fishing-intensive areas.
Not. Complex problems don't have simple answers.
We don't define fisheries by the presence of fish. We define fisheries by the presence of fish that --can be-- fished. This means normally age, not number. And age can't be measured easily in many species so we use size instead. Distance to the coast, population status and life cycle are also hugely influential.