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If Long Island Sound were converted into a fishing reserve, one of the largest benefits would be an increase in the fish populations throughout Long Island Sound and the surrounding area. For example, in the Tsitsikamma National Park in South Africa, which has been established since 1964, it was found that the reserve's density of commercially important starid fish "Chrysoblephus laticeps," were estimated to be forty two times higher in the reserve than in surrounding fishing grounds (Gell 2). Once the fish populations within Long Island Sound has increased, then the fish would disperse and migrate out of the Sound. This migration would increase the fish population within the commercial fishing grounds, and, therefore, increase the productivity of commercial fishing. This, at the same time, would create a stable market; a market that would only become stronger over time. Although some question whether Long Island Sound would be capable of supporting these enormous fish......

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