[Coral-List] new book with lots of photos showing what the Caribbean was like

[Charles Delbeek]

Like many on this list, I dove the Keys from 1972- 1977, and did one dive
in 1992 off of Islamorada, big difference even then by 1992. I dove Bonaire
in 1976 and Curacao in 2013 for the first time. I am sure there have been
changes between the two since then. Back in 1976 they said that the reefs
and viz on the north part of Bonaire were not as pristine due the
construction of an oil refinery in that area a few years prior to that, and
the dredging to build a new pier in Kralendijk impacted some of the down
current reefs in the south. The windward reefs were still pristine but I am
sure to anyone who dove there in the early 60s it would look impacted ...
shifting baselines as work even back then.

Best regards,

*J. Charles Delbeek, M.Sc.*
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On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 12:04 PM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
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> The Caribbean Coral Reef, a record of an ecosystem under threat
> by William Sacco
>
> Photos of the reefs in Jamaica, Panama, and Curacao in the 1970's.  It is
> extremely important for us to know what reefs were like before they
> degraded, so we know what we have lost.  It is way too easy to have
> "shifting baselines," thinking that the way we first saw reefs is the way
> they always were.
>
>
> https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.globalcoral.org/caribbean-coral-reefs-natures-nearly-extinct-treasure-at-its-prime/___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmExYWU3YzkyNjU3ODQxOGEzYzAyMWFiNjk3NjlkZTM0OjY6NGY2Mjo3NWI5NGFiNDBiNmU1NWRjMmI5ZWMzNGQ0OWEzOTFhZTFiOTk5ODBmNDhhZWYyMzI4NzZhYzE3YWVjYTU1NjYzOnA6VA
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>
> https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.amazon.com/Caribbean-Coral-Reef-Record-Ecosystem/dp/1032414502/ref=sr_1_12___.YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOmExYWU3YzkyNjU3ODQxOGEzYzAyMWFiNjk3NjlkZTM0OjY6YzliZTplYmIyOTkwZDM4ODk0MTNiYzZhZDQyMGJkZDgxN2JlY2Y2NGY2YjdhOGZjZDljNzEzYWEyZjliNmM2NmJiZDU1OnA6VA
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> Check the reviews by Tom Goreau, Chuck Birkeland, Jim Porter, and Bob
> Kinzie.
>
> Cheers, Doug
> --
> Douglas Fenner
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