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LONDON — Britain said Thursday it will create the world’s largest marine reserve by banning fishing around the U.K.- owned Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean — a cluster of 55 islands across about a quarter of a million square miles of ocean.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said commercial fishing will be halted around the Chagos islands to allow scientific research and the preservation of coral reefs and an estimated 60 endangered species.
His ministry insisted the move would not affect operations on the island of Diego Garcia, which Britain leases to the U.S. military for use as a base.
