/ Alan Hastings Content for 69³ΙΘΛ en /news/marine-reserves-solution-bycatch-problem-oceans <p>Commercial fishermen may be able to catch more of the profitable fish they want with marine reserves than without them, according to a study in the journal <em>PNAS</em> led by the University of California, Davis. Using marine reserves as a management tool could also help the recently rebounded West Coast groundfish fishery sustain itself, the study notes.</p> <p>Marine reserves are a subset of Marine Protected Areas. Some MPAs allow fishing, but marine reserves are areas of the ocean closed to fishing and other extractive activities.</p> August 07, 2017 - 1:30pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/marine-reserves-solution-bycatch-problem-oceans