[Coral-List] South China Sea ruling and coral reef conservation; fishing for lessons

[Douglas Fenner]

South China Sea ruling sparks conservation fears

http://www.nature.com/news/south-china-sea-ruling-sparks-conservation-fears-1.20279?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20160721&spMailingID=51873914&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=962855827&spReportId=OTYyODU1ODI3S0

Open access.

Also:

Conservation: fishing for lessons on coral reefs.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7612/full/535361a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20160721&spMailingID=51873914&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=962855827&spReportId=OTYyODU1ODI3S0

Not open-access.  Look for author contact (at top of references), click on
name next to "correspondence to".

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