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Minding Nemo
Tropical Fish Trade Threatens Coral Reef Ecosystems |
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01 Oct 2003 |
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| Minding Nemo Tropical Fish Trade Threatens Coral Reef Ecosystems More than 20 million tropical fish and up to 10 million other marine critters are caught each year for the aquarium trade, according to a new report from the U.N. Environment Programme. One of the most destructive harvesting methods involves stunning tropical fish with a near-lethal dose of sodium cyanide, which can harm not only fish but c ... |
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| Topics: Asia, marine life, oceans, toxics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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