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"The Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years,
is showing signs of recovery thanks to a sweeping fishing ban.
The ban was made more effective by the implementation of “evolutionary game
theory”, which included finding alternative employment for fishers.
One veteran biologist said it was the most positive freshwater conservation
story he had seen anywhere in the world in 20 years. “It is really fantastic
news. It is one of the first times that we can say that government measures
have not just worked, but have really improved things,” said Sébastien Brosse,
of the University of Toulouse in France.
Brosse was part of a research team that analysed the changes in the vast
waterway, which serves a population of 400 million people and many of the
world’s largest factories. After the ban, the team observed fish biomass had
more than doubled and several endangered species had rebounded.
Their results, which were published on Thursday in the journal
Science, raise
hopes of a remarkable – if still fragile – comeback."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
