Banning fishing does not mean populations simply bounce back, as scientists found off Scotland’s west coast
The closure of the Clyde fishery has led to the recovery of marine species – but not the same species as lived there before, according to a report.
Published in the journal Current Biology, the paper found the marine ecosystem of west Scotland’s Clyde Sea shows signs of recovery after a reduction in fishing pressure, but with sprat now the dominant species instead of herring.
