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Study by UC Santa Barbara aims to understand how the expansion of marine protected areas will affect global fishing effort.
Fully protected marine reserves currently cover less than 3% of the world's oceans, but ongoing international discussions suggest they will expand over the coming years .
The researchers designed a data-driven, predictive model to investigate how fishing effort will respond.
The researchers didn't focus on the mechanisms behind their results, but they have a few hypotheses.
MPAs may serve as a reservoir for increasing fish stocks, which then spill over into unprotected areas surrounding them.
Alternatively, there might not be a strong spillover effect, and MPAs could simply close off the most productive fishing grounds.
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