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Fla. Officials Try to Shield Coral Reefs


Environment  (tags: ecosystems, coral, coral reefs, Florida, reefs, hatcheries, fishing, endangered, environment, oceans )

Dave
- 907 days ago - apnews.myway.com
Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending. But . . .
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Moonfly T. (166)
Saturday June 16, 2007, 10:24 pm
Very nice story Dave...nice to read about how the awareness and seriousness of this is finally getting lawmakers to wake up and to protect the coral reefs! Part of the Global Warming problem.
 
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