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Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve

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Following full marine reserve status at the Poor Knights in October 1998, snapper showed significant increases in abundance and biomass relative to fished control locations. This was particularly apparent for large snapper (>270 mm), whose numbers increased rapidly to levels 7.4 times higher
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editorials to create the marine reserve around Poor Knights. When the reserve was founded in 1981, commercial fishing was banned, but recreational fishing was still allowed. A full ban on fishing was finally implemented seventeen years later in 1998. Currently, it is prohibited to disturb marine
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While the incredible increase in snapper density resulted from the immigration of adult fish into the reserve, rather than from within-reserve recruitment, these results suggests that partial fishing regulations, as implemented in the early years of the reserve, are ineffective for protecting
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in the final survey compared to the initial pre-reserve survey, and total snapper biomass increased by 818%. There was no significant increase in the abundance, biomass or size of snapper at the reference locations over this time.
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Denny, CM, Willis, TJ and Babcock, RC (2004) "Rapid recolonisation of snapper Pagrus auratus: Sparidae within an offshore island marine reserve after implementation of no-take status". Marine Ecology Progress Series 272:
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and adjacent rock stacks Sugarloaf Rock and High Peak Rocks. It is one of the world's ten most popular sites for
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found there, and are popular also for their intriguing landforms, which include natural arches and caves.
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is the only commercial fishing permitted between one and three nautical miles. The islands are a popular
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Warne, Kennedy. "Blue Haven: New Zealand marine reserves are a model for the world."
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The reserve has also been one of the primary areas studied and documented by
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is permitted within one nautical mile (1,852 m) and
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Map of New Zealand showing the location of the reserve.
35°30′S 174°45′E / 35.500°S 174.750°E / -35.500; 174.750
protected area
New Zealand
Department of Conservation
Poor Knights Islands
scuba diving
Wade Doak

Bill Ballantine
New Zealand Herald
marine reserve
commercial fishing
long lining
diving location
marine
fauna

snapper
Mokohinau Islands
Marine reserves of New Zealand
"Data Table - Protected Areas - LINZ Data Service"
Land Information New Zealand
Forest and Bird
"Poor Knights Islands sailing ban 'not enforced'"
The New Zealand Herald
ISBN
0-473-01296-0

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