Vieques reefs

[Gene Shinn]

Re: Doug Fenners comments. I too remember the report that said the reefs at
Vieques were in better shape (and there were more fish) than elsewhere in
Puerto Rico. It concluded that the reason was that fisherman can't get in.
The report came to mind when I first read that the leader of the movement
to get the Navy out is the head of the Fishermans Association. Gene


"If we lose our capacity to be wrong, we are not doing the business of
science" Charles L. Drake
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