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Marine reserve would boost fish stocks – and tourism

THERE was an excellent letter in Thursday's Guernsey Press about fish stocks from Mr Ferbrache. Why ever has not the States set up in Guernsey a marine conservation area, that is a no-take zone? Some years ago I wrote to Richard Lord, the marine photographer and a member of La Societe Guernesiaise, about setting up conservation areas. In the warmer summer months for the last 30 years I have regularly swum with mask and snorkel in Chouet and when windy in Pembroke. I used to see many small flat fish fry every time but in the last few years they are not present. Why, I do not know. Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel set one up around its short coastline and after some seven or so years there are large lobsters all outside the zone, much to the delight of the local fishermen. Not only are marine conservation zones good for fishing but also for tourism.

News|Jul 10, 2017
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