The Benefits of No-Take Zones
A coinciding advantage to maintaining a beautiful reserve and beautiful marine-life in the reserve is the tourism, research, and educational opportunities they generate. In a study taken by TERRA (2003) of the Isle Medes project, the statistics reported that:
• Due to the increased tourist trade from visitors to the marine reserve 30.000 more
beds have been added to the hotel capacity of the area
•Also 740 more yacht berthing places have been created
•120 new employment opportunities have been created
•A revenue of 3 million Euro per year from diving activities and tourist
accommodation has been attained
•A revenue of 2,5 million Euro per year has been created from visitors to the marine reserve. (TERRA 2003).
For this reason tourism has been further researched in relation to marine reserves, and is discussed in a different section.
Should all of this material go into the Economics Section?
Benefits to Humans of A Healthy Oceanic Ecosystem:
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