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Se sante nan resif Se poutèt sa se lye a prezans nan pwason èbivò tankou papiyon. Kòm pechè nan Beliz te kontinye rekòlte pelakat, kantite yo te kòmanse rapidman desann. Rechèch sou chanjman ki fèt nan kominote pwason yo apre yon peryòd sèt ane (2002-2009) nan lapèch nan Beliz te montre yon 41% n bès nan zwazo penk pandan peryòd tan sa a. Lapèch twòp lapèch deja gen efè obsèvab sou resif Beliz la. Yon etid te jwenn ke yon lakou Reef atol nan Reef Glover a ki te yon fwa te trè an sante ak yon 75% koray kouvri kounye a gen mwens pase 20% koray kouvri paske nan alg plis pase kwasans.
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The health of reefs is therefore closely linked to the presence of herbivorous fish such as parrotfish. As fishermen in Belize continued to harvest parrotfish, their numbers started to rapidly go down. Research on the change in fish communities after a seven-year period (2002-2009) of fishing in Belize showed a 41% decline in parrotfish over that time period. Overfishing parrotfish already has had observable effects on Belize’s reefs. One study found that an atoll reef lagoon at Glover’s Reef that had once been very healthy with a 75% coral cover now has less than 20% coral cover because of algae over-growth.