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...OTHER GREAT REEF Inhabited only by lobster fishermen and their families for just 14 weeks of the year, the remarkable Abrolhos Islands encompass some of the finest coral reefs in Australia. The Geraldton-based Abrolhos Island Tours operates half-day chartered floatplane trips to this tropical archipelago of 122 islands, costing about $85 per person. Each excursion starts on the picturesque East Wallabi Island for a walk along the pristine sands of Turtle Bay and includes a snorkeling expedition and light refreshments. The underwater scenery is breathtaking, and it's not unusual to see lobsters walking across the reef...
...World Conservation Union (iucn) estimates that 30% of all species worldwide are under threat. The problem has been exacerbated by the industrialization of the fishing process, in which massive nets are dropped from trawlers and then raised to trap fish. This technique catches dolphins and sharks and damages coral reefs. And as hauls in national waters have diminished, European countries have negotiated fishing rights in West Africa, a practice condemned by environmental groups. Scientists have been warning the E.U. of this dire situation for years, and the Commission has proposed cuts in fish quotas before. But any serious reform...
...Beata," 1795, the enchanting picture of Alba at play, her black fleece of curls cascading down her back--"There is not a hair on her head," wrote a French visitor to Madrid, "that does not excite desire"--tormenting her pious old servant, la Beata, with a red coral charm for repelling the evil...
...Kirkland House, Coral Fernandez-Illescas, a native of Spain and currently an assistant master in Rockefeller College at Princeton University, will assume the position from Timothy C. Harte ’90, who will accept a tenure-track position at Bryn Mawr College...
...found underwater. With more than 200 islands and countless reefs?many of which have yet to be explored?the Indian island chain harbors some of the most diverse marine life in South Asian waters. Unlike Asian reefs decimated by dynamite and cyanide fishing and eroded by toxic runoff, Andaman coral thrives. A recent Reefwatch Marine Conservation survey found that the reefs were spared the worldwide coral cull caused by the El Ni??o...