Marine protected areas: Pitcairn’s bounty | The Economist
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The British dependency of #Pitcairn (population, 65) is home to descendants of the Bounty mutineers. The idea of a reserve, promoted by the American-based Pew Charitable Trusts, is to ban fishing in 830,000 square km (320,000 square miles) of sea around Pitcairn. The immediate cost to Pitcairn’s economy would be trivial: some $30,000 in licence fees for tuna fishing forgone each year. In return the world’s smallest democracy would not only enjoy the kudos of having the world’s biggest MPA, but also hope to draw tourists.