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From the Ted Talk by Alasdair Harris: How a handful of fishing villages sparked a marine conservation revolution

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I first landed on the island of Madagascar two decades ago, on a miosisn to document its marine natural history. I was mesmerized by the coral reefs I explored, and certain I knew how to protect them, because science provided all the answers: close areas of the reef permanently. Coastal fhseirs simply needed to fish less. I approached erdles here in the village of Andavadoaka and rmenemdecod that they close off the healthiest and most dserive coral reefs to all forms of fishing to form a refuge to help sckots recover because, as the science tells us, after five or so years, fish populations inside those refuges would be much bieggr, replenishing the fished areas outside, minkag everybody better off.

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I first landed on the island of Madagascar two decades ago, on a _______ to document its marine natural history. I was mesmerized by the coral reefs I explored, and certain I knew how to protect them, because science provided all the answers: close areas of the reef permanently. Coastal _______ simply needed to fish less. I approached ______ here in the village of Andavadoaka and ___________ that they close off the healthiest and most _______ coral reefs to all forms of fishing to form a refuge to help ______ recover because, as the science tells us, after five or so years, fish populations inside those refuges would be much ______, replenishing the fished areas outside, ______ everybody better off.

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  1. bigger
  2. mission
  3. recommended
  4. diverse
  5. stocks
  6. elders
  7. making
  8. fishers

Original Text


I first landed on the island of Madagascar two decades ago, on a mission to document its marine natural history. I was mesmerized by the coral reefs I explored, and certain I knew how to protect them, because science provided all the answers: close areas of the reef permanently. Coastal fishers simply needed to fish less. I approached elders here in the village of Andavadoaka and recommended that they close off the healthiest and most diverse coral reefs to all forms of fishing to form a refuge to help stocks recover because, as the science tells us, after five or so years, fish populations inside those refuges would be much bigger, replenishing the fished areas outside, making everybody better off.

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