From leaping rays to lazy sea lions—the "extraordinary recovery" in a Mexican m...

From leaping rays to lazy sea lions—the "extraordinary recovery" in a Mexican marine reserve makes it Earth's most robust, experts say.


Pictures: Best Marine Park? Booming Fish Leap and Swarm
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Panama porkfish swim by a Cabo Pulmo reef. The no-fishing park was established in 1995 to restore the area's heavily overfished waters. Between 1999 and 2009, Cabo Pulmo saw a 460 percent increase in its total amount of fish—or biomass, here gauged by weight and length estimates, researchers say.

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