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Saving Ocean Wildlife

Conservationists are taking wildlife preserves to the ocean, creating refuges where fishing is forbidden. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that fish in these marine reserves are thriving and that they can even become nurseries for replenishing nearby fisheries.

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