Retraction of Flawed MPA Study Implicates Larger Problems in MPA Science
Editor's note: This article was originally published on SustainableFisheries-UW.org, a University of Washington project to better communicate fishery science.
After months of public criticism and findings of a conflict of interest, a prominent scientific paper (Cabral et al. 2020, A global network of marine protected areas for food) was recently retracted by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
A retraction is a Big Deal in science, especially from a prominent journal. What’s strange in this story is how the conflict of interest intersects with the science. ...
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