Indonesia’s manta rays worth US$15 million per year
A new study in PLoS One shows that the value of manta ray fisheries is just 3% that of manta ray tourism.
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Is a manta worth US$ 17 billion? What is the true cost of biodiversity loss?
Manta ray tourism has the potential to be multi-million dollar industry in Indonesia, but is it competing head to head with the fisheries industry?
Will it take 85 years to regulate manta fisheries?
After 85 years of controversy, commercial whaling may finally be in decline. What lessons can be learned from the whaling saga to aid manta ray conservation?
