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Study Exposes Misperception of Poaching on the GBR and Its Remedy
February 21, 2018
TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Feb. 21 -- James Cook University issued the following news release:

New research has revealed the tiny minority of fishers who poach on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) think the illegal practice is justified, because they believe "everyone else is doing it."

Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University asked nearly 700 recreational fishers at boat ramps in Townsville about their perceptions of . . .

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