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| Rate limiting materials like phosphates and nitrates being
released into coastal environments can/do cause algal blooms, collapses of
communities. Here is an image looking toward Viti Levu, with the brownish
stain towards land the effect of burning, processing sugar cane
(subsidized... largest employer, largest income source in Fiji). Walt
Smith Intl., located on the water, actually trucks in, filters and chills
the water they use to hold, ship their marine livestock. |
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| Oils, fuels are bad news on the worlds reefs. Occasionally
(as in geological time spans) there are "natural leaks"... most
are from human activity. Military surface ships, merchant marines,
pleasure craft all "contribute" substantially. |
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| The top four inches of the seas is indeed a magical place.
Early histories of all living phyla are spent here... And many along
shorelines where jet-drives are employed, mainly as pleasure craft
("Sea Doos"). The frappeeing that occurs as a consequence is
tremendously destructive. Killing most everything that passes through
these drives. Additionally the motors that drive these devices and
outboards of two stroke design are dismally inefficient, pumping
fuel into the water.
Am proud of local gov't for disallowing the jet-drive annual event in
SD... for the calculation of several thousands of gallons of gas it would
have dumped into Mission Bay.
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| What is "the highest and best use" of live corals?
To make into cement? Rubble for roads? To cut into blocks or use as entire
pieces for building materials? Much ore money to be made by carefully
culling/removing small specimens, selling to richer nations peoples...
protecting the reefs for later, continuous use. |
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| The cheapest source of hydrated calcium silicates in many
tropical island nations is sadly coral reefs. Perhaps people angling to
improve the world's reefs could send these countries cement? |
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| The lovely Di (or at least her feet) on a "rubble
road" in Indonesia... made of smashed up coral... replaced every few
years. |
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| Some examples of coral block, pieces, whole organisms used
for building materials... Mortar made from? |
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| I suspect I could make you cry by showing some of the
pictures I have of corals destroyed from anchors being dragged over reefs. |
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| Modern fishing gear "keeps fishing" when lost or
discarded in the seas... Please, if you find such gear on the bottom, haul
it up, see that it makes its way to a landfill or fire. |
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| Discounting the incidental damage of divers touching,
kicking, generally beating on the reefs, getting and staying at dive
resorts, on live-aboards does take its toll. |
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| What is this illegal (in California) greenery? The evil
marijuana? Don't be a criminal, or at the very least, don't be an idiot
and release anything live to an environment it is not naturally found in.
Here are some members of the dreaded family Caulerpaceae... Wonder if
civil servants released that bit in San Diego? |
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