[Coral-List] photo of large anchor(chain) damage

[Lad]

HI All,

I've got a few images that I'd be happy to send along as digital.  They may
not be exactly what you are after but...free!

1) Moderate sized anchor and chain (not freighter size but from maybe a
hundred foot vessel) on very nice reef with high coral cover.

2) Fish trap with parrotfish

3) Blackband disease close-up of disease, dead tissue and living tissue -
all in one image

4) Bleaching with healthy and bleached coral side by side

Let me know if you'd like any of these, what resolution you need and for
what use.

Best Fishes,

Lad Akins
Executive Director
REEF

-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov]On Behalf Of John Ware
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:22 PM
To: Paul Hoetjes
Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] photo of large anchor(chain) damage


Dear List:

Me too.  As long as we are asking for things, I would like to have images of
coral-reef damage due to destructive fishing practices such as muro-ami
(sp?) fishing, blast fishing, or chain dragging (practice prior to
netting).  I use images such as these in public presentations.

John Ware

Paul Hoetjes wrote:

> Dear Coral List members,
>
> For a presentation I am looking for (a) photo(s) documenting bottom
> damage caused by the large anchors of tankers or other large vessels and
> their long heavy chains, as such ships swing around on their anchors and
> the heavy chain plows through the bottom in a semi-circle. Even on sandy
> or rubble bottom, this kind of damage will over time completely destroy
> the fisheries in such areas, not to mention coral reef areas. Not only
> will any structural complexity be destroyed, but the constant tearing up
> of even sandy bottoms will destroy the algal flora established on such
> bottoms (and anything else growing there such as sea grass or
> gorgonians) and put an end to its being used by algae grazing conch as a
> feeding ground.
>
> I'm hoping someone has a (digital) picture of such damage on a rubble or
> sand bottom, that I might use.
>
> Best regards,
> Paul Hoetjes
>
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