来自84个研究机构的超过270名海洋科学家近日致信澳大利亚环保部长，批评现行海洋保护政策存在结构性缺陷。1科学家指出，政府将高保护等级海洋公园主要设置在远离人烟的地区，导致沿岸水域的生态保护严重不足。1其中新南威尔士州和东南昆士兰州等关键区域的海洋保护率仅为1-7%。1
科学家呼吁将澳大利亚每个海洋生物区的至少30%划为高度保护区，禁止工业拖网、延绳钓和采矿等活动。1这一倡议与澳大利亚政府承诺的2030年前保护30%海洋目标相呼应。1目前，澳大利亚四分之一的水域已处于高度保护状态。1环保部长Murray Watt表示政府已在很大程度上朝着该目标前进。1
大堡礁开放捕鱼区中80%的珊瑚鲈鱼出生于高度保护区，1说明沿岸高保护区对维持渔业资源的关键作用。
More than 270 marine scientists from 84 research institutions have written to Australia's environment minister criticizing the placement of the country's highest-protection marine parks, arguing they are predominantly located in remote areas rather than vulnerable coastal zones 1. The scientists are calling for at least 30 percent of each of Australia's marine bioregions to be designated as highly protected areas, with prohibitions on industrial trawling, longlining, and mining 1.
Currently, one quarter of Australia's waters are in a highly protected state 1, but protection levels vary dramatically by region. Coastal areas such as New South Wales and southeastern Queensland have marine protection rates of only 1 to 7 percent 1. Evidence from the Great Barrier Reef demonstrates the importance of protected spawning grounds—80 percent of coral trout born in the reef's open fishing zones originate from highly protected areas 1.
Environment Minister Murray Watt stated that the government has "largely progressed toward the 2030 target of protecting 30 percent of marine areas" 1.
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