[Coral-List] Bad news for reefs in S. China Sea
Paul Sammarco
psammarco at lumcon.edu
Fri Jul 15 11:45:55 EDT 2016
Dear Doug,
This was happening on the Great Barrier Reef decades ago - primarily by the
Taiwanese fishermen, I believe. For all I know, it may still be going on.
The fines and other penalties are very stiff. But we used to see the
results of it upon diving in the central region.
Cheers,
Paul
Paul W. Sammarco, Ph.D.
Professor
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Subject: [Coral-List] Bad news for reefs in S. China Sea
Giant clam poaching wipes out reefs in South China Sea
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/south-china-sea-coral-reef-destru
ction/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20160713news
-FBLIVEchinasea&utm_campaign=Content
Open access.
And the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ruled in favor of the
Philippines and against China on the South China Sea.
Cheers, Doug
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