When using fisheries to harvest and restore a certain group of fish, either because they are becoming extinct, or because a community is trying to preserve the species, is a great way to restore the habitats in the Florida reefs. Although you cannot restore the population of those fish that are gone, the use of fisheries, along with stating that the reefs are a place that can no longer be fished, is the best way to ensure that the population no longer dies down. It is also a way to allow the fish to breed, once it is named a natural habitat that fishermen cannot fish, in turn, producing more of the fish that have greatly died down due to the fishermen, and other natural causes.

So, although there is no way to bring back the lost population, using fisheries until the area is no longer allowed to be fished, is a great way to preserve the fish which are still alive, and ensure they will be able to survive in that safe habitat which is made for them, until they can be released back into the wild, and go back into the Florida reefs, which is their natural habitat.