Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012 Jackson et al. 2014

1. Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012Jackson et al. 2014 Recommendation 1 (page 105): “The most important recommendation based on the evidence of this report is the urgent and immediate need to ban fish traps and fishing of any kind for parrotfish and to severely restrict and regulate all other kinds of fishing throughout the wider Caribbean including spearfishing, gill nets, long lines, and all other destructive fishing practices.”