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Finding Nemo – and Dory – is easy. Deciding whether they should be pets is harder

  • Written by Michael Tlusty, Research Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston
imageUnlike clownfish (Nemo), Pacific blue tang fish (Dory) cannot be bred in captivity. nostri-imago/flickr, CC BY

Coral reefs across the globe are under threat from climate change. Fishing of any kind is often seen as a further assault on these ecosystems, and any perceived increase in fishing, especially when not for subsistence, is often met with...

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