] Fishing will be banned from about one third of
] Australia's Great Barrier Reef under a draft rescue plan
] to save the world's largest living structure from human
] impact.
]
] The coral reef, which is one of Australia's main tourist
] attractions with its magnificent array of tropical fish,
] is under threat from record high temperatures,
] over-fishing and pollution.
]
] Australia's environment minister David Kemp said the
] government plan would increase so-called green zones,
] where commercial and recreational fishing is banned, from
] 5 percent of the 2,000 kilometer (1,200-mile) reef to
] over 30 percent, prompting instant protests from
] fishermen.