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10-18-2006 @ 1:18PM

Willy said...

Last year, Florida's Governor, the State legislature, and the Federal government implemented a temporary management plan that involved instituting a no-fishing zone around 46 square miles of the Tortugas in the hopes that fish populations, and ultimately the reefs, would revive after decades of overfishing.
http://www.divester.com/2005/08/11/expanded-protection-for-dry-tortugas-national-park/

This summer, divers logged more than 1500 dives in the area to establish a baseline and to determine if the no-take area is working.
http://www.divester.com/2006/06/30/divers-make-1500-dives-in-tortugas-in-a-bid-to-protect-it/

It's a beautiful area, and it really needs to be protected.

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