FISHGUARD

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Coastal facilities such as harbors and dams reduce the nursery function of shallow coastal seabed by limiting the micro-habitat shelters essential to the survival of the larvae and post -larvae (the post-larvae are larvae able to swim and leave the waterbody to join the coast).

The destruction of natural habitats is a major cause of larvae and fish post-larvae mortalityby then directly responsible for the fish depletion.

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FISHGUARD is one of the answers that harbor managers can offer to reduce this mortality. The mesh in the modules are designed to let the fry, larvae, post-larvae pass through and stop the predators. Furthermore, the development of organisms in these nets allows the establishment of a feeding microcosm for these young recruits.