[Coral-List] Kiribati giant MPA; giant clam shell trade

[Douglas Fenner]

Kiribati commits to fishery-free reserve   (Kiribati is pronounced
"Kiribass" and is in the central Pacific)

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/06/kiribati-commits-fishery-free-reserve
  (open-access)

Shell trade pushes giant clams to the brink.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6271/323.short
 (not open -access)

Cheers,  Doug

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Douglas Fenner
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