Clarissa David
Source: Saipan Tribune [1]
January 5, 2012

"The need to improve the CNMI's understanding and management of its coral reef fisheries was highlighted in a recently published scientific study that showed troubling findings about the Commonwealth in comparison to other jurisdictions in Micronesia.

"Commercial Coral-Reef Fisheries Across Micronesia: A Need for Improving Management" was a study conducted in 2009 to 2010 and spearheaded by Dr. Peter Houk, chief biologist of Pacific Marine Resources Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving scientific research and monitoring across Micronesia for use in sound resource management planning.

"To our knowledge, this is the only study of its kind in the Western Pacific that's finally published and peer-reviewed," Houk said Tuesday."

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