Giving Back by Not Taking

The waters around the Isle of Arran were denuded of life following a decision, in 1984, to allow bottom trawlers and dredgers to operate near the shore. Subsequent public pressure resulted in a No Take Zone being created in this area in 2008 and the result has, reportedly, been a transformative increase in biodiversity and rocketing populations of fish and molluscs (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/how-no-take-zones-revived-one-devastated-scottish-fishery-isle-of-arran). This just shows what can be done by a relatively simple decision to have a properly protected marine area. It is even likely to benefit fisheries outside the area.