[Coral-List] Chagos Marine Protected Area

Pete Raines psr at coralcay.org
Fri Sep 17 16:09:38 EDT 2010


  Dear all,

Those of you who care to know more may care to read about two Chagossian 
Scholars: http://www.coralcay.org/content/view/953/281/

All the best,

Pete

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On 17/09/2010 17:00, coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov wrote:
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>     1. Siltation measurement partner wanted in S Florida (Ulf Erlingsson)
>     2. Do goliath grouper eat lionfish? (Rachel T. Graham)
>     3. Sanctuaries Final Coral PEIS (Alice Stratton)
>     4. What's Happening in the Coral Reef Environments? (Mary Vega)
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>     7. Re: Do goliath grouper eat lionfish? (Lad Akins)
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>    10. Chagos Marine Protected Area - Fortress conservation at sea:
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:49:37 -0400
> From: Ulf Erlingsson<ceo at lindorm.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Siltation measurement partner wanted in S
> 	Florida
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> As the inventor of the SediMeter I am planning to deploy an
> instrument in a coral reef tract near Miami for collecting baseline
> data on siltation in a natural coral reef environment. To make the
> data collected more useful, I would like to carry out the
> measurements at a site that is being monitored for other parameters
> at the same time, most importantly coral reef health (to have an idea
> what level of stress the reef is under).
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> If you are interested, please contact me.
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>
> Ulf Erlingsson, PhD
> CEO, Lindorm, Inc.
> +1-305 888 0762
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> ?
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:30:47 -0000
> From: "Rachel T. Graham"<rgraham at wcs.org>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Do goliath grouper eat lionfish?
> To:<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> Hello Coral Listers and fellow goliath grouper researchers,
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>
> Do we have any direct evidence yet of lionfish being eaten by goliath
> grouper? It would make sense that they would and I have taken out many a
> ray/catfish spine or old hook from a GG stomach but I have not yet come
> across any lionfish spines - and we have a LOT of lionfish in Belize now. I
> can't seem to find any evidence for GG preying on the lionfish aside from
> anecdotal reports of lower abundances of lionfish in locations of high GG
> abundances.
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> Any confirmations of predation would be greatly appreciated.
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> Best
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> Rachel
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> Dr. Rachel T. Graham
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> Ocean Giants Program
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> Wildlife Conservation Society
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> PO Box 76
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> Punta Gorda
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> Belize
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> t: +501 722 0063
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> e: rgraham at wcs.org
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:35:47 -0400
> From: Alice Stratton<astratto at clam.mi.nmfs.gov>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Sanctuaries Final Coral PEIS
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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>    NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries Program has published the /Final
> Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Coral Restoration in the
> Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuaries/.  This
> document describes the methods typically used to implement restoration
> in response to physical injuries in both Flower Gardens and Florida Keys
> National Marine Sanctuaries.  The final incorporates public comments
> received in response to the draft published in 2008.  The PEIS is final,
> but any significant comments received by September 27, 2010 will be
> addressed in the Record of Decision.
>
> A PDF of the document is (or will soon be) available from the
> Sanctuaries website at
> http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/fr_notices.html or upon request
> from alice.stratton at noaa.gov.
>
>
> Alice
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