'No-take' reserve impact pest starfish

Fishing bans set up to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are having an impact on one of its most devastating predators, a new study has found.

Published in the latest Current Biology journal, the research shows there are fewer outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) in areas of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, off the Australian north-east coast, where fishing is banned.