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NEWS - Cyanide and blast fishing me
- Subject: NEWS - Cyanide and blast fishing me
- From: Rangoonp@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 00:29:00
Subject: NEWS - Cyanide and blast fishing meet population explosion
http://bsd.motherjones.com/coral_reef/burma.html
Cyanide and blast fishing meet population explosion
The best Burmese reefs occur near the Thai
border and offshore islands, but they suffer
from overfishing, overcollecting, tourism,
mining, and industrial growth. Corals in the
Mergui Archipelago are in good shape, but
sea turtles and other reef animals are being
exploited there. In Burma as well as
Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia,
boys work for up to 12 hours diving onto
coral reefs and scaring reef fish into nets by
banging on the corals. The London
Independent reports that dozens die each
year from decompression illness (the bends)
or drowning.