The Future of Marine reserves
Marine
reserves are the way to help increase the fish population. George’s
Bank’s fish population and species increased as well as other factors.
- The biomass (total population weight) of a number of commercially important fish species on Georges Bank has sharply increased, due to both an increase in the average size of individuals and, for some species, an increase in the number of young surviving to harvest-able size.
- Some non-commercial species, such as longhorn sculpin, increased in biomass.
- By 2001, haddock populations rebounded dramatically with a fivefold increase.
- Yellow-tail flounder populations have increased by more than 800 percent since the establishment of year-round closures.
- Cod biomass increased by about 50 percent by 2001.
- Scallop biomass increased 14-fold by 2001, an extra benefit of the establishment of closed areas primarily intended to protect ground-fish.
How will it help in the future
Marine reserves are useful in the future because it creates a breeding ground for endangered species, this means that in the future fish populations can be controlled and recreational fishing can also be a sport without it being such an impact on the marine life.