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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

REEFS NEWS

Historical Photographs Expose Decline In Florida's Reef Fish, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141813.htm

A unique study by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has provided fresh evidence of fishing's impact on marine ecosystems. Scripps Oceanography graduate student researcher Loren McClenachan accessed archival photographs spanning more than five decades to analyze and calculate a drastic decline of so-called "trophy fish" caught around coral reefs surrounding Key West, Florida...

Trophy fish caught on Key West charter boats: a) 1957, b) early 1980s and c) 2007. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of California - San Diego))

AHH! Everyone must play their part to save the marine...more quickly!

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