Factoid/2016/11/01
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The World's Largest Marine Protected Area Has Just Been Created
- "A coalition of 24 countries and the European Union agreed Thursday to a plan to set aside nearly 600,000 square miles of the waters southeast of New Zealand, prohibiting all commercial fishing and restricting other human activity “in order to meet specific conservation, habitat protection, ecosystem monitoring and fisheries management objectives.”" - excerpt from article in Think Progress.
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