[Coral-List] mysterious Tridacna mortality

[Don Baker]

Hi Bill,

I have seen this so many times in Sabah, North Borneo and Philippines - especially Tawi Tawi.  The poachers leave the clam shells on the reef and take only the soft portions.  They are free divers with sharp knives and they just cut out the soft part and don't bother to pry/hack out the shell (especially T. crocea).

Regards,
Don

PS:  To also take the shell in some countries poses as 'evidence' of poaching...so why get caught with shells on your boat?

 


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 From: Bill Allison <allison.billiam at gmail.com>
To: Don Baker <reefpeace at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] mysterious Tridacna mortality
 

Thanks Don,
That assumes a rule of law and something more than paper regulations. This is Maldives.
Why do you say "for sure"?
Best,
Bill



On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Don Baker <reefpeace at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Bill,
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>Its the "Human Factor' for sure.   Time to nail the construction company with the government policies and slap the faces of the company work force.
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>Regards from Guam,
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>I am finding unusual numbers of T. maxima and T. crocea shells lying loose
>on the reef of a resort under construction.
>The shell are still hinged, there is no shell breakage or obvious scrape
>marks and their interiors are clean (no epibiota). I suspect human agency
>because the usual suspects are here in unusual numbers and I have not
>observed this in other instances when only the natural predators such as
>titan triggerfish are present.
>Suggestions welcome.
>Thanks.
>Bill
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